The University is to receive £140million over the next nine years to continue to improve the health and wealth of the nation through research.
The University is home to the National Institute for Health Research Evaluation, Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre (NETSCC), which is one of the largest health research funding centres in the country, managing high-quality research to meet the needs of the public, patients and the NHS.
The nine year contract with the Department of Health means the University will continue to manage a range of healthcare research funding programmes, together with the NIHR Journals Library (which publishes NIHR funded research) and the NIHR Centre for Business Intelligence.
Professor Mark Spearing, Vice-President (Research and Enterprise), said:
“I am delighted that we have been successful in retaining the NETSCC contract and will continue to take vital research programmes forward that will improve the lives of people across the UK and meet the changing needs of the NHS and the research landscape into the 2020s.”
Professor Iain Cameron, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, added:
“The work of NETSCC is recognised as nationally important and is internationally respected. Hosting NETSCC enhances the reputation of the University and helps cement our position as a leading research institution in medicine and healthcare.”
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