NIHR: UK-LMIC Research Partnership for the UK Public Health Rapid Support Team (UK-PHRST). Deadline: 27 November 2025

This is a new ODA-funded opportunity to contract a high-quality research partnership to collaborate with the UK Health Security Agency to deliver the UK Public Health Rapid Support Team (UK-PHRST). 

The UK-PHRST works to address the threat posed by infectious disease outbreaks in LMICs through an integrated triple remit incorporating outbreak response, research, and capacity-building. The primary aim of the Research Partnership is to deliver an interdisciplinary programme of planned and responsive research that aims to support and improve public health responses to infectious disease outbreaks in the world’s poorest countries while  generating evidence for best practice in outbreak response, facilitating its uptake into public health policy, and supporting continuous learning to improve future UK-PHRST deployments.

Criteria

The application must make a clear case for how the research will be of primary benefit to the development challenges of LMICs and how outcomes will promote health and welfare. The lead applicant must be employed by a research active higher education institution (HEI) based in the UK and there must be at least one co-applicant employed by a research active HEI or research institute based in an ODA-eligible country.

Amount

Funding is a single award of up to £18 million (£3.6 million per year) for five years.    

Deadline

13:00 GMT, 27 November 2025