It’s crucial to find the right networks and people to support you on your academic journey. Below are some groups we highly recommend learning more about.
NIHR Incubators
Incubators are vital for building research capacity. They operate in key areas at a national level, for example in mental health, emergency care, AI and digital healthcare. They provide targeted high-level career development support for researchers, led by experts in the field. Incubators to support research capacity | NIHR
NIHR Three Schools
- NIHR School for Primary Care Research
- Home – NIHR School for Public Health Research
- Home – NIHR SSCR
A unique collaboration between the Schools for Public Health Research (SPHR), Primary Care Research (SPCR), and Social Care Research (SSCR) to deliver on three programmes:
Three Schools Prevention Programme Home – NIHR Three Schools Prevention Programme
Three Schools Mental Health Programme Three NIHR Research Schools’ Mental Health Programme — NIHR School for Primary Care Research
Three Schools Dementia Research Programme Dementia Research Programme – NIHR SSCR
Medical Association of Nigerians Across Great Britain (MANSAG)
This association was formed in 1997 following a long period of cross fertilisation of ideas amongst Nigerian doctors resident in the United Kingdom. It is the main professional body representing the interests of over 15,000 Physicians, Nurses, Pharmacists, Radiographers, and other Allied Healthcare professionals of Nigerian heritage in the United Kingdom.
REDiC has helped shape the creation of a research manifesto and delivered research series workshops and presentations at its national conference 2024−25, promoting engagement of Nigerian healthcare professionals in research.
Birmingham Health Partners
Working together, we are transforming Birmingham’s healthcare through high-impact innovation – delivering research that matters to patients.
For researchers – Birmingham Health Partners
MRC ‘Black in Biomedical Research’ Advisory Group (MRC BBRAG)
The ‘Black in Biomedical Research’ Advisory Group (BBRAG) brings together academics, researchers and practitioners from Black heritage backgrounds spanning across the UK biomedical research sector.
Melanin Medics
Melanin Medics | For current & future black medical students and doctors in the UK
The organisation provides practical support through a number of programmes, events, engagements, outreach, networking opportunities and mentorship.
Having started as a blog, Melanin Medics has rapidly grown to become one of the UK’s leading black-led charities dedicated to supporting current and prospective Black African Caribbean doctors.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in Science and Health (EDIS)
EDIS is a coalition of organisations working within the science and health research sector committed to improving equality, diversity and inclusion. EDIS is hosted by the British Science Association, working in close partnership with the Francis Crick Institute.
Centre for Research Equity through pharmacy, communities and healthcare
Welcome — Centre for Research Equity through pharmacy, communities and healthcare
The University of Oxford’s Centre for Research Equity (CfRE) mission is to advance health equity by building strategic partnerships and promoting inclusive research practices across the UK and beyond.
UKRI Medical Research Council
Medical Research Council (MRC) – UKRI
We support the development of skills and careers across research and innovation. We provide targeted talent investments such as fellowships and doctoral training awards. We also help foster a healthy research and innovation environment which attracts, retains and develops talented people.
Minoritised Life Sciences Future Forum (MLS FF)
March 2025, REDiC hosted a stall alongside the NIHR Academy and participated in the launch of the MRC Black in Biomedical Research Advisory Group (BBRAG) led Equal Breath, a James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership addressing respiratory health disparities in Black communities.
Link to report in Newsletter.
Access to Success Pathways for Inclusive Research Excellence (ASPIRE)
Access to Success Pathways for Inclusive Research Excellence – University of Birmingham
A Wellcome-funded programme which includes trialling mentorship for racially minoritised staff at the University of Birmingham, where 21 mentor–mentee pairings have been established and will be evaluated by CFE Research.
READY: Research Education And Development equity
The aim of the READY project is to support equitable access to research-related learning and development opportunities across the West Midlands. It is supported by the West Midlands Strategic Partnership Group for Research Education.
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