UK Prevention Research Partnership (UKPRP)

The UK Prevention Research Partnership (UKPRP) is an exciting £50m cross-funder initiative focussed on improving population health, and reducing health inequalities, through the primary prevention of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). It covers physical health as well as mental health and wellbeing in the UK.

The research should address the upstream determinants of NCDs and be co-produced with users (e.g. policy makers, practitioners, health providers, the third sector, the public etc.).

The upstream determinants include, but are not limited to, the built and natural environment; employment, education, welfare, transport, health and social care, and communication systems; and the policies of local and central government and of commercial enterprises.

The UKPRP funding partners are:

• British Heart Foundation
• Cancer Research UK
• Chief Scientist Office (Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorates)
• Health and Social Care Research and Development (Welsh Government)
• Economic and Social Research Council
• Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
• Medical Research Council
• Natural Environment Research Council
• National Institute for Health Research
• Public Health Agency (Northern Ireland)
• The Health Foundation
• Wellcome

The Medical Research Council will administer the call for proposals on behalf of funding partners.

Further information on funding calls and how to apply are available on the Medical Research Council website.