School of Health Sciences and Social Work

Research Design Services South Central

The Research Design Service is part of the infrastructure of the National Institute for Health Research. The RDS South Central (formerly ARDSU) is one of several regional services around the country making up the national RDS.

The RDS exists to provide help to people preparing research proposals for submission to peer-reviewed funding competitions for applied health or social care research. As the RDS is funded by the NIHR for this purpose, such help is provided free of charge.