Further funding and support

NIHR Funding Opportunities

• NIHR Work and Health Research Awards - Round 2 (Rolling call: outline application closing 11 March 2026)

Other Funding Opportunities (non-NIHR)

• Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) are co-funding a What Works Centre (WWC) for local employment support. This call is open and closes on 19 May 2026 4:00pm UK time. Further detail can be found on this website.  

• If you would like your funding opportunity to be featured here, please contact the Work and Health Research Team (workandhealth@nihr.ac.uk)

NIHR Application Support

• Research Support Service - NIHR service to assist in applying for NIHR funding through various Programmes and Schemes as well as post award help. 

• NIHR Planning a funding application guidance 

Writing Results for Policy 

• Guide to writing policy briefs 

Creative Dissemination

• Blog: Creative communication tools can bring research findings to a wider audience

• Theatre can bring research findings to life for a wide range of audiences

• Getting the message across: how can we share our research with everyone?

• Plan for knowledge mobilisation 

NIHR Funded Awards 

• NIHR Funding and Awards website - Search for and analyse information on NIHR supported activity in health and care research, including expenditure and research findings .