Who should acknowledge NIHR Imperial BRC?
ALL research staff who carry out ANY patient/healthy volunteer clinical and/or experimental medicine research within either Imperial College (all Faculties) or Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. Further details can be found in the leaflet below.
Why should I acknowledge NIHR Imperial BRC?
In addition to directly (co-)funding projects and staff, NIHR Imperial BRC supports essential clinical research infrastructure at Imperial, including technology platforms (e.g. imaging, genomics, cell sorting), tissue banking, key NHS support services (pharmacy, labs, radiology), research nurses, administrators, clinical trials infrastructure and governance support. Therefore if your research is translational or clinical in any way, it is supported – either directly or indirectly – by the BRC and MUST acknowledge this is all your peer-reviewed publications. Furthermore, acknowledgement of NIHR funding is an important metric used by the Department of Health & Social Care to justify future budgets and is particularly important and visible during the quinquennial BRC re-application process. These metrics are therefore essential for the College and ICHT to continue supporting clinical research projects and infrastructure.
Finally, acknowledgement of BRC funding is a contractual requirement and a condition of your funding. The BRC Office maintains regular reports on publication acknowledgements and this information may be used to guide future funding decisions.
What is the correct wording for acknowledgement?
Sample wording for each type of BRC funding can be found in the leaflet below. If you’re unsure about wording, please contact us.
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If you have any questions about acknowledgement of NIHR Imperial BRC funding, please contact us.
In addition to the BRC, Imperial College receives the following NIHR infrastructure grants which must be acknowledged as and when appropriate:
NIHR Biomedical Research Centre: Imperial
NIHR Clinical Research Facility: Imperial
NIHR North West London Patient Safety Research Collaboration
NIHR HealthTech Research Centre in Vitro Diagnostics: London
NIHR School for Public Health Research: Imperial
NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Respiratory Infections: Imperial
NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Health Analytics and Modelling Methodology
NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Radiation Threats and Hazards: Imperial