Health: Research
Commons · Question 124260 · Tabled 26 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 16 Apr 2026
Question
Asked by Tom Gordon
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the NIHR, in line with the Medical Research Council’s Place Framework, also uses the location of the host organisation as a tiebreaker in funding decisions to support a more geographically
Answer
Answered by Zubir Ahmed, 16 Apr 2026
The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) does not use location as a formal tie-breaker criterion in assessment. In the instances of a tie break scenario, the NIHR will typically use strategic fit to make a decision. The NIHR does, howeve...