High priority public health research
Government support available to prioritise, coordinate and deliver COVID-19 Urgent Public Health Research
6th April 2020
The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) has prioritised COVID-19 urgent public health research to gather the clinical and epidemiological evidence that will inform national policy and enable new diagnostic tests, treatments and vaccines to be developed and tested for COVID-19.
Support is available to prioritise, coordinate and deliver these studies. For more information and to apply, visit the NIHR application webpage here.
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