Resources

General Research Resources

• NIHR Research Design Service East of England Funding Application Process (pdf)
• Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP): offers critical appraisal skills training, workshops and tools.
• Cochrane Library: systematic reviews of primary research in health care and health policy.
• Health Research Authority (HRA): their remit is to promote and protect the interests of patients, streamline regulation and promote transparency in health and social care research.
• James Lind Alliance: Priority Setting Partnerships (PSPs) enable clinicians, patients and carers to work together to identify and prioritise uncertainties about the effects of treatments that could be answered by research.
• UK policy framework for health and social care research outlining the principles of good governance for research carried out in England.

NIHR

• One NIHR: Identity guidelines, stamps for funded research, logos and other identity resources.
• NIHR website and a paper outlining a brief overview of the NIHR.
• NIHR Business of Discovery Podcast Series A series of podcasts that aim to highlight various topics relevant to clinical research.
• NIHR Clinical Research Network (CRN): provides the infrastructure that allows high quality clinical research to take place in the NHS. CRN Eastern is hosted by Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
• NIHR Clinical Trials Guide for Trainees (version 2): leaflet with information to support individuals interested in pursuing a research career that involves the delivery of clinical trials.
• NIHR Funding Opportunities for research and career development (2017)
  Leaflet with information on the different NIHR funding programmes.
• NIHR Dissemination Centre: critically appraises the latest health research from both within the NIHR and other research organisations to identify the most reliable, relevant and significant findings.
• NIHR Journals Library: five open access peer-reviewed journals reporting results from a range of health research areas.
• NIHR School for Public Health Research: research reports and publications on public health research.
• NIHR School for Social Care Research: information on social care research funded and commissioned with publications on social care methods and scoping reviews