Directory of Community Research Organisations

Here are key Community Nursing Research Forum partners and organisations that can support your research journey and have a range of excellent resources and opportunities to tap into.

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• QNI Scotland https://www.qnis.org.uk/research-pages/
• National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) – Some schemes are UK-wide https://www.nihr.ac.uk
• International Community Nursing Observatory (ICNO) https://qni.org.uk/explore-qni/icno/
• Society for Academic Primary Care (SAPC) https://sapc.ac.uk
• NIHR School for Primary Care Research (SPCR) – England focus https://www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/
• NIHR School for Social Care Research (SSCR) – England focus https://www.sscr.nihr.ac.uk
• NIHR School for Public Health Research  (SPHR) – England focus https://sphr.nihr.ac.uk/
• Northern Ireland Clinical Research Network (NICRN) – Primary Care https://nicrn.hscni.net/research/primary-care/
• International Collaboration for Community Health Research (ICCHNR)https://www.icchnr.org
• Community Healthcare Alliance of Research Trusts (CHART) https://rdforum.nhs.uk/news/entry/2770/  X (Twitter) @CommunityHART
• Primary Care Academic Collaboration (PACT) https://www.gppact.org/
• School and Public Health Nurses Association (SAPHNA) https://saphna.co/research/
• Institute of Health Visiting (iHV) https://ihv.org.uk/our-work/research/
• Primary Care Unit, University of Cambridge https://www.phpc.cam.ac.uk/pcu/
• Palliative & End of Life Care Group in Cambridge (PELiCam) https://www.phpc.cam.ac.uk/pcu/research/research-groups/end-of-life-care/
• RCN Foundation https://rcnfoundation.rcn.org.uk/
• Royal College of Nursing (RCN) research pages https://www.rcn.org.uk/Professional-Development/research-and-innovation
• Royal College of General Practice research pages https://www.rcgp.org.uk/representing-you/research-at-rcgp
• NIHR Applied Research Collaborations – England focus (link to all 15 regional ARCs) https://www.nihr.ac.uk/explore-nihr/support/collaborating-in-applied-health-research.htm
• Nuffield Trust https://www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/research-and-commentary
• NIHR Nursing & Midwives Research pages https://www.nihr.ac.uk/health-and-care-professionals/professions/nurses-and-midwives/
• THIS.Institute https://www.thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk
• The Health Foundation https://www.health.org.uk/funding-and-partnerships/current-opportunities
• Scottish Primary Care Research Network (SPCRN) https://www.nhsresearchscotland.org.uk/research-areas/primary-care
• Edinburgh Clinical Research Facility (Community) https://clinical-research-facility.ed.ac.uk/core-services/nursing-and-clinical/community
• Primary Care Research Centre, University of Southampton https://www.southampton.ac.uk/research/institutes-centres/primary-care
• School of Health Sciences, University of Nottingham https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/HealthSciences/index.aspx
• Centre for Academic Primary Care, University of Bristol  https://www.bristol.ac.uk/primaryhealthcare/
• Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care, King’s College London https://www.kcl.ac.uk/nmpc
• School of Medicine, Keele University https://www.keele.ac.uk/medicine/
• Academic Primary Care, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/med/research/hscience/apc/
• NIHR Nursing and Midwifery Incubator https://www.nihr.ac.uk/documents/the-nihr-nursing-and-midwifery-incubator/22559