NIHR School for Social Care Research

The NIHR School for Social Care Research is one of the leading funders of research into adult social care practice in England, and aims to improve adult social care practice in England through conducting and commissioning research. [Please note these links will take you to an external website]

Who's Who

Led by Professor Martin Knapp (LSE, pictured), the SSCR is a partnership between six leading social care research centres in England and many more universities and other organisations.

 

Research Activities

SSCR is working to ensure high-quality evidence exists to help social care develop - now and in future. 56 studies are underway...

 

 

Outputs

Commissioned outputs from studies are available on our main website. See Scoping Reviews,  Method Reviews and Insights..

 

Generating impact

Research must be translated into practice to ensure the research we fund has real impact.

 

 

• Personal Social Services Research Unit, London School of Economics (LSE)
• Personal Social Services Research Unit, University of Manchester
• Social Policy Research Unit, University of York
• Personal Social Services Research Unit, University of Kent
• School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol 
• Tizard Centre, University of Kent

Latest:

• We are delighted that the National Institute for Health Research has extended the NIHR School for Social Care Research for a further five years from May 2014 and provided an additional £15 million in funding. We are pleased that Professor Martin Knapp has been reappointed as Director for SSCR.

Visit our main website for further information.