This PGfAR funding opportunity is a ring-fenced call for programmes of applied health research designed to respond to NIHR PGfAR brief – ‘Research inspired by under-represented disciplines and specialisms to drive transformational changes for patients and the public’.
Through this ring fenced funding call, PGfAR is seeking to grow a portfolio of applied health and care research programmes with leadership/co-leadership from underrepresented disciplines, specialisms and/or methodologists:
- Registered health and care professionals (HCPs), who are not doctors or dentists (i.e., proposals cannot solely be led by doctors or dentists but in alignment with the above, a co-lead arrangement is permitted given the scale and complexity of research programmes).
- Allied health professionals.
- Research methodologists specifically the following disciplines: medical statistics, health economics, clinical trial design, operational research, modelling, bioinformatics, qualitative research, mixed methods and epidemiology.
To support career development, we encourage co-leadership
The timing of this ring fenced funding aligns with highly relevant initiatives that we look to research applicants to reflect on and respond to as they shape their research proposals including the UK’s Government’s Health and Growth Missions, and the DHSCs Area of Research Interest (ARI) 3 shaping and supporting the health and social care workforce of the future. Applicants are encouraged to align their research to these policy ambitions.
For more information:
Programme Grants for Applied Research – October 2025 | NIHR
Closing date: 2 December 2025