AwardFunding Call NIHR Impact Prize

Published on 3rd October 2024 in Research
NIHR Impact Prize

NIHR have launched a brand new NIHR Impact Prize to celebrate researchers and teams who have maximised the impact of their research and whose work has transformed people’s lives or promoted economic growth.

Details can be found on the NIHR website.

The Impact Prizes are open to those who have received NIHR funding or support across the range of areas NIHR funds, including health, public health, social care, and global health research.

NIHR will award up to 6 Impact Prizes, up to 3 for research teams or individuals, and up to 3 specifically for early career researchers. The prize is public recognition for the impact, not monetary.

Winners will be nationally recognised at an in-person award ceremony in March 2025, hosted by Professor Lucy Chappell, the Department of Health and Social Care’s Chief Scientific Advisor and CEO of the NIHR.

Key dates

3 October 2024: Applications open and webinar for applicants

13 November 2024: Applications close

February 2025: Notification of outcome

March 2025: Winners will be announced at an in-person award ceremony

Eligibility criteria

  • All applications must either be from current or previous NIHR award holders OR individuals/teams whose research has benefited from funding and/or support from NIHR programmes, NIHR infrastructure funding (ie NIHR Imperial BRC), or Academy funding. For NIHR Global Health Research award holders, researchers from HEIs and Research Institutions based in the UK or abroad are eligible.
    • While applications can be made by individuals or teams, only one application should be submitted per research team/programme of research
  • There must be a clear, demonstrable link between NIHR funding and/or support, the research undertaken, and the impact achieved.
  • Applications must provide evidence of how the impact was achieved. For example, through strategic stakeholder engagement (including patient and public involvement and engagement), creative dissemination, knowledge mobilisation, or implementation activities.
  • As part of their application, teams may nominate and highlight the role and contribution of an early career researcher to the impact and dissemination of the outputs of the research, or early career researchers can apply as individuals.
  • Applications must include evidence of realised impact (i.e. demonstrable change(s) has been achieved/has happened).
  • The impact reported through the application should have been realised in the last 5 years, however, there is no time limit on when the research should have been undertaken.

The application includes a short online Google Form and a 2min video.

All guidance can be found on the NIHR website

For enquiries relating to the call, including queries relating to the administrative process of applying, please contact impact-prizes@nihr.ac.uk