About us
This National Institute for Health and Care Research Applied Research Collaboration works across the Wessex region in the South of England.
It is funded to work from April 2026 until April 2031, and will cover Hampshire, Dorset and the Isle of Wight, as well as Wiltshire.
The NIHR ARC Wessex is led by Professors Catherine Bowen and Michael Boniface both based at the Univerisity of Southampton.
The organisation is part of a network of 11 Applied Research Collaborations that cover England, and we work closely with University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust.
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We are a genuine collaboration of Universities, NHS Trusts, Local Councils, the Voluntary, Community, Faith and Social Enterprise organisations, and Industry partners.
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We work together to address real-world health abd care challenges across the region and nationally through high-quality applied research.
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Our work leads to evidence that informs practice, improves patient care, and shapes policy.
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We work together with public contributors and our communities in everything we do.
Our mission
NIHR is committed to funding health, public health and social care research that leads to improved outcomes for patients and the public, and makes the health and social care system more efficient, effective and safe. We work closely with stakeholders across the system to ensure we address the challenges they face and are responsive to their research needs.
National Institute for Health and Care Research
Our collaboration
Each NIHR ARC is made up of local providers of NHS services, local providers of care services, NHS commissioners, local authorities, universities, private companies and charities. These collaborations work together to conduct high quality, generalisable, applied health and care research that addresses the specific health or care issues in their region.
NIHR ARCs act to increase the rate at which research findings are implemented into practice.
The 11 ARCs work collaboratively to address national research priorities, with individual ARCs providing national leadership in their areas of expertise.
Prior to April 2026 NIHR ARC Wessex ran from October 2019 until March 2026 - Link to this ARC Website
From April 2014 until October 2019 the organisation was called NIHR CLAHRC Wessex.
Contact
Southampton Science Park, Innovation Centre, 2 Venture Road, Chilworth, Southampton SO16 7NP
023 8059 7983
