Programme Grants for Applied Research

The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Programme Grants for Applied Research (PGfAR) Funding Opportunity - October 2025 is a ring fenced call for programmes of applied health research designed to respond to NIHR PGfAR Brief - ‘Research inspired by under-represented disciplines and specialisms to drive transformational changes for patients and the public’. 

Sign up for this webinar to find out more about this ring fenced opportunity.

Agenda for the webinar will be:

10:20 - 10:30 Event waiting room opens (10 min) 1

0:30 - 10:35 Introductions (5 min)

10:35 - 11:05 ‘Research inspired by under-represented disciplines and specialisms’ PGfAR - Funding Opportunity October 2025 Marian Knight PGfAR Programme Director, Raj Flora and Katie Cook from the PGfAR secretariat (30 min)

11:00 - 11:20 DHSC’s Areas of Research Interest 3: shaping and supporting the health and social care workforce of the future, Jo Daniels DHSC/UKRI Research Fellow (20 min)

11:20 - 11:40 An example of a research programme led research methodologist and tips for applying, Kavita Vedhara, Cardiff University (20 mins)

11:40 - 12:10 Q and A Session (30 min)

12:10 - 12:15 Closing remarks (5 min) 

This webinar is being run by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) if you have any questions, please contact them.