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NIHR research grants

As grant holder we are responsible for the oversight and financial management of the grants we hold and will lead on contracting arrangements with NIHR and financial reporting. 

For further advice and support, please contact the Research Management Team on NWICB.RandDoffice@nhs.net

Our current research grants

INFLAIM - Prof Alex Macgregor

Funding Stream: Programme Grants for Applied Research (PGfAR)

Funding Amount: £4,909,890.38

Start Date: 01/02/2024

End Date: 31/01/2032

Outdoor Mobility after Hip Fracture: a Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial (OUTDOOR) - Dr Emma Godfrey

Funding Stream: Research for Patient Benefit (RFPB)

Funding Amount: £255,434

Start Date: 04/07/2023

End Date: 02/03/2025

Social Prescribing for people to Live ENjoyably with  Dementia/memory problems In Daily life (SPLENDID) - Prof Chris Fox

Funding Stream: Programme Grants for Applied Research (PGfAR)

Funding Amount: £2,707,916

Start Date: 01/03/2023

End Date: 28/02/2028

Improving the long-term care of patients who have had bariatric surgery: PROMISE CARE study - Dr Helen Paretti

Funding Stream: Research for Patient Benefit (RFPB)

Funding Amount: £150,000

Start Date: 01/11/2022

End Date: 01/05/2024

A feasibility study to test a caregiver intervention for people with chronic pain (JOINT SUPPORT) - Prof Toby Smith

Funding Stream: Research for Patient Benefit (RFPB)

Funding Amount: £250,000

Start Date: 02/04/2022

End Date: 01/04/2024

The clinical, social and cost effectiveness of a decision support tool to optimise community-based tailored management of sleep (TIMES) for people living with dementia or mild cognitive impairment and sleep disturbance (TIMES - TaIlored ManagEment of Sleep) - Prof Chris Fox

Funding Stream: Programme Grants for Applied Research (PGfAR)

Funding Amount: £2,449,975

Start Date: 01/02/2022

End Date: 31/01/2027

Fighting fatigue in the NHS ambulance workforce: development, acceptability and feasibility testing of a comprehensive fatigue risk management system to improve staff and patient safety (CATNAPS) - Prof Kristy Sanderson

Funding Stream: Health Services and Delivery Research (HS&DR)

Funding Amount: £641,528.58

Start Date: 02/10/2021

End Date: 01/04/2024

FluCare: Estimating the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a complex intervention to increase care home staff influenza vaccination rates - Dr Amrish Patel

Funding Stream: Public Health Research (PHR)

Funding Amount: £1,449,319.51

Start Date: 02/09/2021

End Date: 01/05/2024

BabyBreathe Trial (A randomised controlled trial of a complex intervention to prevent return to smoking postpartum) - Prof Caitlin Notley

Funding Stream: Public Health Research (PHR)

Funding Amount: £1,673,457.41

Start Date: 02/10/2010

End Date: 31/12/2024

For a list of previous NIHR grants awarded through the NIHR Central Commissioning Facility (CCF), please visit NIHR Funding and Awards and enter "Norfolk and Waveney" or "Norfolk & Waveney" as a search term.