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<p>The usual practice of the Department's National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)
is not to ring-fence funds for expenditure on particular topics: research proposals
in all areas compete for the funding available. The NIHR welcomes funding applications
for research into any aspect of human health, including motor neurone disease (MND).
These applications are subject to peer review and judged in open competition, with
awards being made on the basis of the importance of the topic to patients and health
and care services, value for money and scientific quality.</p><br /><p>Current NIHR
awards include a £0.3 million doctoral research fellowship looking at the use of telehealth
in MND.</p><br /><p>The NIHR Clinical Research Network is currently recruiting patients
to 21 trials and studies in MND.</p><br /><p>The NIHR Office for Clinical Research
Infrastructure is a unique resource for the global life sciences industry, simplifying
access to the United Kingdom’s world-leading clinical research infrastructure in all
disease areas including MND.</p><br /><p>The NIHR Research Design Service supports
researchers to develop and design high-quality proposals for submission to NIHR itself
and also to other national, peer-reviewed funding competitions for applied health
or social care research in all disease and topic areas including MND. The service
provides expert advice to researchers on all aspects of preparing funding applications
in these fields, including advice on research methodology, clinical trials, patient
involvement, and ethics and governance.</p>
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