RPSC Commissioned Call - June 2026
Funds UK social care research, up to £350,000, across three commissioned application routes.
This runs as a two-stage process: an outline application first, and only shortlisted proposals go on to a full application. How much of a project's real cost NIHR actually funds depends on the applicant's organisation — universities get 80% of full economic costs covered, while NHS Trusts, charities and local authorities can have 100% covered, so a university-led project's true cost can run above …
The Research Programme for Social Care is commissioning evaluative research into methods development, adaptation and implementation within social care, alongside two rolling routes: proposals that address NICE guidance evidence gaps, and proposals that respond to James Lind Alliance patient-and-public research priorities. All three routes must fall within RPSC's methods-development remit rather than being general social care studies.
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