Acknowledging the NIHR
In 2022, the NIHR BRC: Moorfields received £20 million from the NIHR to continue its support for research at Moorfields Eye Hospital and UCL Institute of Ophthalmology. As a condition of this funding, every researcher at Moorfields and UCL IoO is required to acknowledge NIHR support in all research outputs (written or oral), regardless of whether they or their work have received any direct NIHR funding.
Please note that NIHR support should be mentioned in the acknowledgements/funding section of publications; stating an affiliation to the BRC is not sufficient.
Using your NIHR title
The correct wording is as follows:
The research [was funded / supported] by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre based at Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and UCL Institute of Ophthalmology. The views expressed are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the NHS, the NIHR or the Department of Health and Social Care.
Short version for restricted word counts:
This research was supported by the NIHR Biomedical Research Centre: Moorfields.
When speaking about your BRC research, or providing quotes for communications, please use your NIHR affiliation. Example:
[INSERT (TITLE) NAME], NIHR researcher at Biomedical Research Centre: Moorfields
Further information
Who should acknowledge NIHR BRC: Moorfields?
All research staff who carry out any patient/healthy volunteer clinical and/or experimental medicine research (involving human samples, bloods, cells etc.) within the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology and/or Moorfields Eye Hospital.
Why should I acknowledge NIHR BRC: Moorfields?
NIHR BRCs are a key part of the translation research landscape in the UK. Acknowledging NIHR support helps raise the profile of BRCs, ensures NIHR support is transparent to all and helps the NIHR track the impact of its research, enabling it to evidence the value of research funding.
In addition to directly (co-) funding projects and staff, NIHR BRC: Moorfields supports essential clinical research infrastructure at UCL Institute of Ophthalmology and Moorfields Eye Hospital. Therefore, if your research is translational or clinical in any way, it is supported – either directly or indirectly – by the BRC, please acknowledge this in all your peer-reviewed publications.
Acknowledgement of NIHR funding is used by the Department of Health and Social Care to justify future budgets, and is particularly important and visible during the BRC bid process. It is therefore essential for the BRC to continue to support research projects and infrastructure. Acknowledgement of BRC funding is also a contractual requirement and a condition of funding. We maintain regular reports on publication acknowledgements, and this information may be used to guide future funding decisions.
Acknowledging the NIHR BRC in scientific journals
Currently, there is no requirement for BRCs to submit their research articles/papers to the NIHR in advance of publication (other than when accompanying a draft press release), but researchers must acknowledge the NIHR in all research publications, using one of the templates above.
If the research associated with the scientific paper has not taken place within the NIHR Clinical Research Facility: Moorfields (CRF), please use the BRC acknowledgement only.
“If the research associated with the scientific paper has taken place wholly or partly within the NIHR Clinical Research Facility: Moorfields (CRF), please use the combined BRC and CRF acknowledgement.