Further information about devolved administrations
Each of the four UK Health Administrations that utilise the Central Portfolio Management System (CPMS) have developed a criteria for determining which studies can be included in their respective portfolios.
Northern Ireland
Due to the scale of Northern Ireland the range of potential studies eligible for NICRN support may exceed the staffing capacity. NICRN cannot support automatic eligibility. Instead there is a formal adoption process which focuses on capacity to ensure that the finite resources of the NICRN are used in a coherent and strategic manner across predefined disease specific areas to maximise the benefit of all service users of Health and Social Care.
Contact:
Dr Paul Biagioni, Senior Manager, NICRN CC
E: Paul.Biagioni@belfasttrust.hscni.net
Scotland
Applying to the Scottish Portfolio is done through the R&D Office at the relevant Health Board. Eligibility criteria and a list of eligible funders to the Scottish portfolio can be found on the Chief Scientist Office (CSO) website.
Contact:
The NHS Research Scotland
Wales
The Welsh eligibility criteria include studies where funding is awarded in open competition across Wales and other devolved administrations and is of relevance to NHS and/or social care.
The National Institute for Social Care and Health Research (NISCHR) will also consider other high quality peer-reviewed studies deemed to be important in Wales for adoption onto their Portfolio. The NISCHR Clinical Research Portfolio adoption criteria are available on the NISCHR Clinical Research Centre website.
Contact:
The NISCHR CRC Portfolio and Information Team