Administration of NISCHR Research Funding Schemes

Descriptions

The National Institute for Social Care and Health Research (NISCHR) is the Welsh Government body that develops, in consultation with partners, policy on research and development to reflect the health and social care priorities of the Welsh Government. NISCHR delivers its strategy and policies through commissioning services, running research schemes and initiatives, and through strategic investment and partnership working with other funding bodies, the NHS, academia, industry and other key partners.NISCHR wishes to procure the services of a contractor to administer the RfPPB and up to two other new research funding schemes.The contractor will be required to administer and performance manage three further RfPPB calls in years 2014, 2015 and 2016 and a review will be undertaken to assess its continuation beyond this.A key aim of the NISCHR’s strategy ‘Together for Research and Innovation’ is to maximise the research potential within health and social care in Wales. Complementing this, NISCHR’s 3 year NHS R&D Funding Plan 2012/13 – 2014/15 outlines the vision and plans for establishing NHS R&D funding streams to support high quality studies taking place in the NHS.NISCHR runs a suite of competitive funding schemes, aimed at doctoral, post-doctoral and senior researchers in Wales. These are open, national, peer reviewed schemes, which supports one of NISCHR’s key aims to build capacity in the research community in Wales through funding high-quality research activity.