Research programmes
The following research programmes are based at NETSCC:
- NIHR Coordinating Centre for Health Technology Assessment (NCCHTA) which manages the NIHR Health Technology Assessment (HTA) programme.
The HTA programme produces independent research information about the effectiveness, costs and broader impact of healthcare treatments and tests for those who plan, provide or receive care in the NHS.
Go to the HTA programme web site
- The Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation (EME) programme
The EME programme is broadly aimed at supporting 'science driven' studies with an expectation of substantial health gain and aims to support excellent clinical science with an ultimate view to improving health or patient care.
Go to the EME programme web site
The EME and HTA programmes have worked together to produce a document to help clarify some of the differences between the two programmes. The aim of the document is to make it easier for you to decide which research programme it would be most appropriate for you to submit a proposal to. Please click the link below to view the document. - NIHR Public Health Research (PHR) programme
The PHR programme will evaluate public health interventions: specifically, it will provide new knowledge on the benefits, costs, acceptability and wider impacts of non-NHS interventions intended to improve the health of the public and reduce inequalities in health.
Go to the NIHR PHR programme web site
- NIHR Health Services Research (HSR) programme.
The ultimate aim of the NIHR Health Services Research (HSR) programme is to lead to an increase in service quality and patient safety through better ways of planning and providing health services.
The HSR programme will fund both primary research and evidence syntheses, depending on the availability of existing research and the most appropriate way of responding to important knowledge gaps.
Go to the NIHR HSR programme web site
Characteristics of the EME and HTA programmes (pdf format, 24 Kb).
