2024: Our sector's footprint

AMRC charities are a major contributor to UK medical research 

• 150: Number of current AMRC member charities, as of June 2024.

• £1.7bn: Collective research spend in the UK for the financial year ending in 2023 by AMRC member charities; £1.25bn figure from NIHR annual report 2022/23; £0.9bn figure from page 122 on the UKRI annual report and Accounts 2022-23. 

They invest in research in universities and the NHS 

• 87%: The percentage of AMRC member grants active in 2023 in the UK, where the host institution was a university. 

• 27%: Percentage of non-commercial research studies supported by the NIHR Clinical Research Network that were funded by AMRC member charities between April 2023 and March 2024. Data provided by the NIHR Clinical Research Network Open Data Platform. Annual data cut 27th April 2024. 

• 1,318: Number of clinical research studies or trials funded by AMRC member charities between 1 April 2023 and 31 March 2024. Data provided by the NIHR Clinical Research Network Open Data Platform. Annual data cut 27th April 2024.

AMRC charities support the research workforce 

• Over 25,000: Total number of researchers whose salaries and/or studentships were paid for by AMRC charities in 2023. Number of early career researchers 2,076. Number of PhD Students is 2,629. 

• 1,146: Total number of research posts in the NHS, including, but not limited to, clinicians, nurses and clinical trials support staff. 

They partner to accelerate health impact 

• 64%: Percentage of AMRC members who co-funded at least 1 grant active in 2023. 

AMRC charities fund at every research stage 

• 89: AMRC members fund Basic research. This is defined as research that leads to new knowledge and insights about the body, health and disease. 

• 85: AMRC members fund Translational research. This is defined as research focused on turning discoveries into practical applications. 

• 97: AMRC members fund Clinical research. This is defined as research that is focused on improving health and care, often happens within the NHS, and may be a clinical trial. 

• 38: AMRC members fund Accelerating access. This is defined as streamlining the adoption of new innovations. 

AMRC charities fund research into every health area 

• Over 60%: Percentage contribution by AMRC member charities in 2022 to the UK’s public investment into cancer and cardiovascular research. Data from UK Health Research Analysis 2022 public dataset. * 

• Over 30%: Percentage contribution by AMRC member charities in 2022 to the UK’s public investment into inflammatory and immune system and neurological research. Data from UK Health Research Analysis 2022 public dataset. * 

• Health area bar chart: Total expenditure by AMRC members to UK research into each health category, in 2022. Data from the UK Health Research Analysis 2022 report public dataset. * 

• 198,920: Number of patients recruited in the UK to take part in clinical research studies or trials funded by AMRC member charities between 1 April 2023 and 31 March 2024. Data provided by the NIHR Clinical Research Network Open Data Platform. Annual data cut 27th April 2024.
• Breakdown of total number of participants in UK recruited into AMRC member funded studies by specialty. Data provided by the NIHR Clinical Research Network Open Data Platform. Annual data cut 27th April 2024. 

Further Notes

All figures from AMRC annual data collection 2024, unless stated otherwise. 

*124 AMRC members contributed data towards the Health Research Analysis 2022 report. In short, grants active in 2022 were coded for HRCS Health Categories. Each grant was then given an annualised value corresponding to its duration in 2022. These values were then used to calculate the total AMRC member expenditure to research, into each health category.