NIHR Public Health Research and Training Awards Portfolio Dataset

This Public Health Portfolio (Directly Funded Research - Programme and Training Awards) dataset contains NIHR directly funded research awards where the funding is allocated to an award holder or host organisation to carry out a specific piece of research or complete a training award. The NIHR also invests significantly in centres of excellence, collaborations, services and facilities to support research in England. Collectively these form NIHR infrastructure support. NIHR infrastructure supported projects are available in the Public Health Portfolio (Infrastructure Support) dataset which you can find [here]. NIHR directly funded research awards (Programmes and Training Awards) that were funded between January 2006 and the present extraction date are eligible for inclusion in this dataset. An agreed inclusion/exclusion criteria is used to categorise awards as public health awards (see below). Following inclusion in the dataset, public health awards are second level coded to one of the four Public Health Outcomes Framework domains. These domains are: (1) wider determinants (2) health improvement (3) health protection (4) healthcare and premature mortality. More information on the Public Health Outcomes Framework domains can be found [here]. This dataset is updated quarterly to include new NIHR awards categorised as public health awards. Please note that for those Public Health Research Programme projects showing an Award Budget of £0.00, the project is undertaken by an on-call team for example, PHIRST, Public Health Review Team, or Knowledge Mobilisation Team, as part of an ongoing programme of work. Inclusion Criteria The NIHR Public Health Overview project team worked with colleagues across NIHR public health research to define the inclusion criteria for NIHR public health research. NIHR directly funded research awards are categorised as public health if they are determined to be ‘investigations of interventions in, or studies of, populations that are anticipated to have an effect on health or on health inequity at a population level.’ This definition of public health is intentionally broad to capture the wide range of NIHR public health research across prevention, health improvement, health protection, and healthcare services (both within and outside of NHS settings). This dataset does not reflect the NIHR’s total investment in public health research. The intention is to showcase a subset of the wider NIHR public health portfolio. This dataset includes NIHR directly funded research awards categorised as public health awards. This dataset does not include public health awards or projects funded by any of the three NIHR Research Schools or NIHR Health Protection Research Units. Disclaimers Users of this dataset should acknowledge the broad definition of public health that has been used to develop the inclusion criteria for this dataset. Please note that this dataset is currently subject to a limited data quality review. We are working to improve our data collection methodologies. Please also note that some awards may also appear in other NIHR curated datasets. Further Information Further information on the individual awards shown in the dataset can be found on the NIHR’s Funding & Awards website [here]. Further information on individual NIHR Research Programme’s decision making processes for funding health and social care research can be found [here]. Further information on NIHR’s investment in public health research can be found as follows: The NIHR is one of the main funders of public health research in the UK. Public health research falls within the remit of a range of NIHR Directly Funded Research (Programmes and Training Awards), and NIHR Infrastructure Support. NIHR School for Public Health [here]. NIHR Public Health Policy Research Unit [here]. NIHR Health Protection Research Units [here.] NIHR Public Health Research Programme Health Determinants Research Collaborations (HDRC) [here]. NIHR Public Health Research Programme Public Health Intervention Responsive Studies Teams (PHIRST) [here].