Expertise Partnering Service
Our free Expertise Partnering Service (EPS) can support you to access expertise, funding, facilities, trial management support, data provision and patients by connecting your company to relevant contacts from the NIHR and wider UK research ecosystem.
It works as a matchmaking service, making your company visible to relevant clinical, care or research expertise to help drive forward your innovation. It provides you with the opportunity to propose questions to the research community about the challenges or considerations you need help to address.
It also supports commercial sponsors to:
- find patients and the public for feedback
- find early phase sites for delivery
- access health data and patient samples
- find relevant trial participants
This service is most beneficial to companies if you contact us at an early stage in your research, however, we can help find expert collaborators to support you at any stage of your research.
How does the Expertise Partnering Service work?
Begin by contacting our dedicated Industry team to discuss whether the EPS is relevant to your company and evidence generation plans.
You will need to complete a non-confidential Partnering Form outlining information about your innovation and the support you require from prospective collaborators. Wherever possible, you should include non-confidential supporting information such as slide decks and research papers outlining existing evidence. We will identify relevant research sites and expertise from the NIHR and the wider health and social care system and share your submission with them as an opportunity to collaborate.
Interested collaborators will respond with expressions of interest. We will share these with you and arrange an introductory call for you to commence your collaboration.
The service is free and we aim to complete the matchmaking process within two weeks.
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