Nuffield Oxford Hospitals Fund
NOHF is a registered charity and was originally funded by Lord Nuffield in 1937.
The objectives of the charity are for:
“the raising of the standard of the Hospital or Hospitals concerned in order to assist the development and carrying on of the Oxford University Medical School”.
Applicants should note that research projects are not normally funded (other than through Oxfordshire Health Services Research Committee - OHSRC).
The annual funds available are approximately £450,000 and bids are considered and grants awarded by the Trustees in May/June of each year. Recently grants have been awarded in the £10,000 to £40,000 range. The Trustees do not allocate grants for less than £5,000.
2024 round of Nuffield Oxford Hospitals Fund
The 2024 round is now closed.
Previously funded NOHF projects
Conversations in Clinical Communication
In 2023, Nuffield Oxford Hospitals Fund provided funding to produce educational videos to support undergraduate teaching for Clinical Communication skills.
Teaching Room Hub at Botnar Institute
In 2023, Nuffield Oxford Hospitals Fund provided funding to create of a high spec Teaching Room Hub for the medical students at the Botnar Institute for Musculoskeletal Sciences.
Use of Proximie for Surgical Teaching
In 2022, Nuffield Oxford Hospitals Fund provided funding for pilot project to deploy the Proximie system within theatres at Oxford University Hospitals to enhance surgical teaching.
In 2022, Nuffield Oxford Hospitals Fund (NOHF) provided funding to enable the Oxford Centre for Education and Research in Palliative Care to purchase two OWL's to enhance their online seminars.
Pop-up Assessment Space System
In 2021, Nuffield Oxford Hospitals Fund provided funding to purchase 36 additional chromebooks, helping to ensure that all medical students in a year group are able to sit an examination in a single sitting.
Refreshing Audio Visual Equipment
In 2021, Nuffield Oxford Hospitals Fund provided funding to update audio visual equipment used for medical teaching, enabling hybrid teaching to take place.
Educational films to enhance teaching of medical students
In 2021, Nuffield Oxford Hospitals Fund provided funding to produce a bank of educational films to enhance the teaching of medical students.
Next generation Harvey Simulator
In 2020, Nuffield Oxford Hospitals Fund provided funding for replacing the Harvey Simulator, used to teach medical students by replicating cardiopulmonary symptoms. Due to Covid delays the simulator was delivered in January 2023.
In recent years, examples of grants awarded were for:
- Educational textbooks/online journals
- 3D printer (anatomical models)
- Interactive whiteboard for teaching
- AR and VR augmented reality equipment
- Upgrading AV capabilities for training
- Cameras/AV linkage for operating microscopes for teaching
- Refurbishment of Oxford Clinical School Museum
- Medical simulators
- Seminar room refurbishment
- IT and training facilities to support medical education
- Equipment for student training
- Annual budget to the Oxfordshire Health Services Research Committee (OHSRC)