Faculty of Health Sciences

Timely notifications and submission of your pre-award approval, via the UCT eRA System, ensures that all the relevant support functions, including FHS Research Finance, FHS Research Office and RC&I, can provide the necessary support to timeously review and approve external research grant proposals and contracts.

Make sure to submit all required documents and approvals by the specified deadlines to avoid any delays or complications in the review process.

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NIHR: UK-LMIC Research Partnership for the UK Public Health Rapid Support Team
(https://www.nihr.ac.uk/funding/uk-lmic-research-partnership-uk-public-health-rapid-support-team-uk-phrst/2025355)

The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) has a new funding opportunity to contract a high-quality research partnership to collaborate with the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) 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 low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) through an integrated triple remit incorporating:

· Outbreak response: deploying specialist public health experts to rapidly investigate and respond to disease outbreaks at source in LMICs, to stop a public health threat from becoming a broader health emergency.

· Research: delivering rigorous, collaborative research to improve the evidence base for best practice in outbreak response in LMICs.

· Capacity strengthening: strengthening leadership, systems and capacity for improved outbreak response in LMICs.

The UK-LMIC Research Partnership will deliver an ambitious, interdisciplinary programme of research aimed at improving public health responses to infectious disease outbreaks in LMICs.

Award details

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

Eligibility

Established researchers with the skills, knowledge, and resources necessary to carry out the proposed research as the Principal Investigator:

· must be led by a lead applicant from a research active higher education institution (HEI) based in the UK

· must include at least one co-applicant from a research active HEI or research institute in an ODA-eligible country. Preference will be given to applications which include multiple co-applicants from multiple LMIC-based institutions across different countries and/or regions.

· can include co-applicant(s) from up to two additional UK-based research active institutions.

Funder information webinar for Applicants on the 11th September 2025 -  Registration Link

Download the PDF outlining UCT’s deadlines for internal approval

Funder deadline:

27 November 2025