Part of the governing structure of the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). The CCF is responsible for managing the Research Design Service (RDS), the Senior Investigator scheme, NIHR infrastructure including Biomedical Research Centres (BRCs), Clinical Research Facilities (CRFs), and Applied Research Collaborations (ARCs), and five of the NIHR research programmes including Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB), Invention for Innovation (i4i), Policy Research Programme (PRP), and Programme Development Grants (PDG).
