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Increasing the evidence-base for Primary Care Practice.

The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) School for Primary Care Research is a partnership between nine leading academic centres for primary care research in England.

Established in 2006, we work to increase the evidence base for primary care practice through high quality research and strategic leadership, and to build capacity in primary care with a well established training programme.

Current Funding Opportunities

NIHR Three Schools' Prevention Research Programme Research Projects and Practice Evaluation Scheme Funding Call

The NIHR Three Schools' Prevention Research Programme has new funding opportunities.

Deadline of 5pm on Friday 29 November 2024. Find out more

  • Call 2 for Pre and Post-Doc Fellowships and Career Development Awards

Deadline of noon on Wednesday, 15 January 2025. Find out more

NIHR Three Schools' Mental Health Research Programme Funding Calls

The NIHR Three Schools' Mental Health Research Programme has new funding opportunities.

  • Projects to improve Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) - deadline 15:30 on Friday 13 December 2024
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PhD Programme for Primary Care Clinicians

The Primary Care Clinicians PhD programme is now open for applications. Applications for the 2025 programme are welcomed from clinicians of all disciplines working in UK primary care, for example: practice nurses; health visitors; dentists, primary care pharmacists; optometrists working in primary care and general practitioners (NB this list is not exhaustive)

Closing date: 11.59pm Thursday 12th December 2024

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Latest news and blogs

PPIE in Practice - Support for Pakistani carers through social prescribing

21 November 2024

In our latest episode of 'Public Involvement and Engagement in Practice', Halle Johnson (Public Involvement and Engagement Manager) speaks to Dr Abi Woodward, NIHR SPCR Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at Queen Mary University of London and Sarah McMullen, Research Assistant in the Department of Primary Care and Population Health at University College London about their recent project exploring support for Pakistani carers through social prescribing.

Found poem gives voice to patients’ experiences of blood tests

Jess Watson's NIHR SPCR funded project recently co-produced a poem that gives voice to patients' experiences of having blood tests and receiving blood test results.

NIHR Three Schools' Prevention Research Programme Call 2

NIHR Three Schools Prevention Programme: Call 2 for Pre and Post-Doc Fellowships and Career Development Awards NOW LIVE

The second call for applications to the NIHR Three Research Schools Prevention Research Programme for Pre-Doctoral and Post-Doctoral Fellowships and Career Development Awards.

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Upcoming Events and Latest Publications

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The NIHR School for Primary Care Research is a research and capacity-building partnership between nine leading centres for academic primary care across England, with our Directorate hosted at the Keele University.

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