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About us

Our mission is to improve the health and wealth of the nation through research.

Learn more about how NIHR is tackling some of the most pressing health and social care challenges of today.

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Who we are

An overview of our remit, structure and how we are managed.

What we do

Learn about what we do, our areas of focus and the principles that guide how we work.

Our impact

Read about the difference our research makes to health and care and how we report on it.