Notification procedure

NIHR would like to work with award holders to better identify early, selected media opportunities and outputs which merit amplified dissemination where NIHR may be able to support the work of host institutions. 

You are required to notify your programme monitoring contact (prior to delivery of your manuscript) or the editorial office (once the manuscript is in editorial review) of all media activity (e.g., press releases, media exclusive journalist briefings and accepted journal articles etc), as well as any other type of outputs that could be deemed as sensitive, impactful or newsworthy. 

This notification should take place as soon as reasonably practicable and a minimum of three working days prior to any journalist outreach, and should include copies of all press releases and, where possible, the relevant research papers. 

NIHR coordinating centre will work with award holders to identify a selection of awards where awards and outputs are deemed particularly newsworthy, impactful or sensitive (see NIHR policy for Assessment Criteria for Prior Notification).

For these selected awards, you will be asked to submit a REALMS output notification for all your outputs derived from the research, so that across NIHR will support dissemination and communication, including flagging research with sensitive outputs to DHSC. Awards will be assessed throughout their lifespan against the newsworthy and sensitivity criteria. 

To send an output notification please login to REALMS. Once you are logged in:

• Click on the ‘Project Outputs’ tab 
• Click on the new project output button (represented by +)
• Click ‘Save Draft' to start a new output notification
  
• Complete the output details to notify us of the output

We will publish details of articles published in peer review journals relating to your research award with your paper. Outputs submitted correctly will help to support the threaded publication across your award pages. 

Details of the correct format for submitting journal references are available in the references section. 

Please see the permissions and copyright  sections for information on assigning copyright and the correct acknowledgements required when publishing the results of your work elsewhere.