Communicating your research

Communicating well is key to getting research funded, done and taken up by others.

Our R&D communications team provide support, templates and opportunities for communicating your work with a wide range of audiences, while the university-hospital partnership supports effective publication of your research findings.

Publication guidelines

You must name and acknowledge the NIHR in any research outputs enabled by them, including through the BRC, as outlined on the NIHR website.

A statement should be incorporated within the acknowledgements of publications and other disseminations of research results following studies undertaken at the BRC.

Scenario 1: Instances where the research received majority funding from the BRC:

Acknowledgement and disclaimer for NIHR research at the BRC:

“This study/research is funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Southampton Biomedical Research Centre (BRC). The views expressed are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the NIHR or the Department of Health and Social Care.”

Please list the BRC as an affiliation on your publication and also acknowledge any other NIHR support the research may have received.

Scenario 2: Instances where the research was funded by another funder but delivered through the BRC:

Statement (including funder and disclaimer)

“[Research funder statement] This study has been delivered through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Southampton Biomedical Research Centre (BRC). The views expressed are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the [name of the research funder], the NIHR or the Department of Health and Social Care.”

Please list the BRC as an affiliation on your publication and also acknowledge any other NIHR support the research may have received, for example, through a research programme award.

*We define ‘delivered through’ as a project that is supported by Southampton BRC workforce, resources and/or infrastructure to meet the outputs as published, for example BRC-funded or affiliated project managers, use of trial delivery teams, technology platforms or support services, a PhD student supervised by a BRC Theme/programme Lead.

Scenario 3: Instances where the researcher, but not the research study or project, is funded or supported by the BRC:

“[Researcher name] is funded/supported [delete as appropriate] by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Southampton Biomedical Research Centre (BRC).”

Please list the BRC as an affiliation on your publication and also acknowledge any other NIHR support the research may have received, for example, through a research programme award.

Scenario 4: Minimum statement to be used in instances where there are funder details and/or word count restrictions AND the research was funded by another funder but delivered through the BRC:

Acknowledgement only (for use within a broader set of acknowledgements/disclaimers)

“The research was carried out at the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Southampton Biomedical Research Centre (BRC).”

For further information on submitting a research paper to a journal, please read Southampton’s Joint Partnership Policy and Guidance on Pre-clinical and Clinical Research Publications.

Communication templates

You can download correctly branded and formatted NIHR BRC templates, including letterheads, posters and presentation slides, from the Documents and templates page.

R&D communications team

We can help you communicate with staff, patients and the public onsite, online and through others’ broadcast, print or event platforms.

We also push news directly and via the university and hospital, working closely with their press teams to develop press and media coverage.

For study recruitment we can provide a range of support including materials, advertisement advice and targeted engagement.

Please get in touch to find out how we can help you:

Email: researchcomms@uhs.nhs.uk
Tel: 023 8120 6241
Twitter: @RDSouthampton