The Health Research Classification System (HRCS) is a bespoke system for classifying the full spectrum of biomedical and health research – from basic to applied – across all areas of health and disease.
Read all about the key features of the classification system Download the HRCS manualOrigins and future of the HRCS
- The HRCS was developed by the UK Clinical Research Collaboration (UKCRC) Partners and was designed to produce a broad strategic overview of health research funding
- Since 2004 the HRCS has been used by UK health research funders and internationally to classify and strategically assess award portfolios
- The HRCS was the basis for five major reports about the UK’s health research funding which have had a major impact
- Read more about how the HRCS is used across the UK and internationally
What is the HRCS?
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- You can find out much more about the two arms of the HRCS;
- Health Categories – the topic or disease of interest
- Research Activities – the type of research (e.g. discovery science, translational)
- Browse our extensive guidance for bespoke topics of research that are more difficult to code
- You can download a number of analysis tools for use with the HRCS, or to replicate the analysis with your own portfolio data
- Want to know even more about the HRCS? You can contact us