News for Investigators

The NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) North Thames and NIHR UCLH BRC Hearing Theme are recruiting a  Public and Community Involvement, Engagement and Participation Lead based at UCL.

The BRC Clinical and Research Informatics Unit (CRIU) is seeking a Clinical Research Fellow for 3 years with an interest in health informatics and clinical trials.

UCLH teams can apply for up to £10,000 for innovative ways of improving staff safety.

The Clinical and Research Informatics Unit (CRIU) at UCLH and UCL is excited to announce the launch of its new website.

NHS Research and Development offices delivered faster set up times for research during the Covid-19 outbreak, according to a survey of the UK R&D community.

The BRC has expanded its network of people interested in inputting into research, to include local community groups.

18 Covid-19 UCL research projects have been awarded grants in a competitive rapid response funding call.

Researchers can now apply for seed funding from the initiative Precision AMR (Anti-Microbial Resistance).

Researchers are invited to complete a short questionnaire exploring perspectives on patient and public involvement and engagement in research involving animals.

Researchers can now submit proposals for student projects which apply artificial intelligence (AI) to improve healthcare, and apply to supervise projects.

Researchers can now apply for funding to involve patients and the public in their research. Four starter grants of up to £500 – and one grant of up to £2,000 to support innovative work – are available from the BRC’s Public and Patient Involvement bursary. The scheme is also offering two grants of up

A series of webinars are being held in May to help support clinical staff returning to research after being released to work within the NHS .  On the panel to answer questions will be David Lomas (Vice Provost Health), Evelyn Eguridu or Terezia Clarke (HR Business Partnering), Karen Sergiou

The Integrated Research Application System (IRAS) will update tonight (18 May) to integrate an electronic Central Booking System (CBS) for project-based research in the NHS (or HSC in Northern Ireland) and for Research Ethics Committee (REC) applications for tissue banks, databases and health research taking place outside of the NHS/HSC.  

Staff at the UCLH and UCL Joint Research Office have succeeded in setting set up a Covid-19 research study in just a matter of hours

The Joint Research Office has updated two SOPs this month.