The NIHR has appointed 43 new Senior Investigators in 2024. 21 Senior Investigators have been appointed for a second term. This brings the College of NIHR Senior Investigators to 200 active members. This is round 17 of the scheme.
We are pleased to congratulate our SPCR colleagues in their appointments; Nick Francis (Southampton) and Darren Ashcroft (Manchester).
And extend our congratulations to other current / past SPCR collaborators; David Abbott (Bristol), Robbie Foy (Leeds), Victoria Goodwin (Exeter), Melanie Calvert (Birmingham), Cathy Creswell (Oxford), Eileen Kaner (Newcastle-Upon-Tyne) and Richard Riley (Birmingham).
NIHR Senior Investigators are among the most prominent and prestigious researchers funded by the NIHR and the most outstanding leaders of patient and people-based research within the NIHR research community. NIHR Senior Investigators are critical to augmenting the ongoing success of NIHR, and developing the health research capability fit for the challenges we must meet.
Collectively, Senior Investigators constitute the NIHR College of Senior Investigators, and are members of the NIHR Academy. They help guide research capacity development and enhance the career paths of NIHR researchers. This includes participating as mentors in the NIHR mentoring programme.
The 18th annual round of the NIHR Senior Investigators Competition will be announced in summer 2024.