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Please note: You can download the full guidance, plus the ARC Power Point and Poster templates at the bottom of this page.

How to reference the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) for the North East and North Cumbria (NENC) if we’ve funded your research.

As an NIHR Applied Research Collaboration, we fund a wide range of research projects, as well as research posts including our PhDs and Research Fellows.

If we’ve funded your project or we’ve funded (or part-funded) your post, it’s really important that you reference that funding in your research outputs or whenever you’re sharing information about your work.

Download the ‘Guide to referencing the NIHR ARC NENC’ below, for more info.

If you’re producing any of the following, they should include an appropriate reference to the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) North East and North Cumbria (NENC), and/or our logo.

• Presentations about your project or work
• Posters
• Research papers
• Research briefs/policy briefs
• Blogs or other online content
• Social media posts (we need to be tagged @NIHR_ARC_NENC)
• Press releases
• Films or animations
• Podcasts

There are resources below to help you with this, including a step-by-step guide to referencing the NIHR ARC North East and North Cumbria.

Communicating more widely about your work

Your research is complete, your paper has been published – now it’s time to spread the word.

We’re here to help you disseminate and make an impact with your work – and can support with social media activities, news articles, blogs, research briefs and other activities.

Please email [email protected] for advice.

Media activity/press releases

If your host organisation is planning a press release or media activity relating to your ARC-funded work, you must let us know. We will also need to know in advance, rather than after the event, so we can give NIHR notice, too.

If this is the case, please contact our Communications Manager – [email protected] at the earliest opportunity.

Training and support

We’re in the process of developing some training sessions around communicating with a wide range of audiences, and achieving impact, with more info to come soon. In the meantime, if you have a particular area or topic you’d like us to cover, please get in touch.

Please email us at [email protected] with your suggestions.