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ARC OxTV Funding, Training and Support

The NIHR ARC OxTV provides funding  or support for discrete projects and promotes the development of skills in producing, understanding and using evidence in the health and social care, and public health sectors.

On these pages you will find information on the types of things we can support as well as currently open opportunities.

In this section

  • Open opportunities

    Currently open ARC OxTV funding or support opportunities

    • Research Career Development Awards 2025: Preparing for NIHR Funding Success

      Supporting ambitious researchers to develop competitive applications for NIHR career development schemes. Covers salary costs, mentoring, training, and public involvement activities. Open to healthcare professionals, social work and public health professionals, methodologists, and local authority researchers.

    • Funding for research activity or application in social care research

      Are you a social care professional interested in research? The NIHR ARC OxTV is offering funding (up to £10,000) to support social care practitioners in the Thames Valley region to develop research skills. Awards can cover salary backfill, training costs, and research supervision. Applications close 25th April 2025. Build your research capacity while continuing your practice with mentorship and guidance from established researchers.

  • ARC Support
    • Evaluation support

      Are you currently planning or considering completing an evaluation? The NIHR ARC OxTV may be able to help. We offer an evaluation service, which ranges from drop in clinics to more in-depth support.

  • ARC OxTV Internships
    • ARC OxTV Internships

      The NIHR ARC OxTV periodically offers research internships to people working in health and care, social care and public health. Applications for 2023 are now closed

  • Other opportunities

    Opportunities with partners or collaborators

We are currently offering two exciting funding opportunities to support health and care professionals and researchers in developing their research careers. All programmes start May 2025.

Research career development awards 2025: Preparing for NIHR funding success

For professionals preparing NIHR career development applications

Supporting ambitious researchers to develop competitive applications for NIHR career development schemes. Covers salary costs, mentoring, training, and public involvement activities. Open to healthcare professionals, social work and public health professionals, methodologists, and local authority researchers.

Research Career Development Awards 2025: Social care practitioners

Are you a social care professional interested in research?

The NIHR ARC OxTV is offering funding (up to £10,000) to support social care practitioners in the Thames Valley region to develop research skills. Awards can cover salary backfill, training costs, and research supervision. Applications close 25th April 2025. Build your research capacity while continuing your practice with mentorship and guidance from established researchers.

Key information for all awards

Deadline: 5pm, Friday 24th April 2025
Interviews: w/c 5th May 2025
Start Date: May 2025
Duration: Up to 10 months (end march 2026)