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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.

2025 round of Nuffield Oxford Hospitals Fund

The 2025 round is now close.

 

Previously funded NOHF projects

Comfortable seating area and wellbeing book collection at the Cairns LibraryImproving wellbeing spaces at Bodleian Health Care Libraries

In 2023, Nuffield Oxford Hospitals Fund (NOHF) provided funding to improve the wellbeing spaces at Bodleian Health Care Libraries.

 

 

Class with groups interacting with teachers

Ultrasound teaching into pre-clinical medical curriculum

In 2024, Nuffield Oxford Hospitals Fund (NOHF) provided funding to support the integration of ultrasound teaching into pre-clinical medical curriculum at the Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics.

 

 

Professor with students at a class session

Patient-centric Hybrid Education in Oxford

In 2022, the Nuffield Oxford Hospitals Fund (NOHF) provided funding to develop patient-centric hybrid education to provide students with deep learning opportunities and patient-centred content at scale. 

 

Rob Smith Centre- Teaching area 1

Upgrade of the Rob Smith Centre (RSC), Churchill Hospital for Undergraduate Medical Students

In 2023, Nuffield Oxford Hospitals Fund provided funding to refurbish the Rob Smith Centre (RSC).  

 

 

Screenshot of video 'Doctors personal experience of racism'

Conversations in Clinical Communication

In 2023, Nuffield Oxford Hospitals Fund provided funding to produce eucational videos to support undergraduate teaching for Clinical Communication skills.

 

 

A Mac studio and screen, ready for student useTeaching 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.

 

 

New hybrid meeting equipment set up in the Beeson RoomBodleian Health Care Libraries - hybrid meeting and improving IT

In 2022, the Nuffield Oxford Hospitals Fund (NOHF) provided funding to enable the Bodleian Health Care Libraries to install hybrid meeting equipment in the Beeson Room (Cairns Library, JR Hospital) and also to upgrade the IT infrastructure. 

 

 

Clinician holding a tablet, alongside an illustration of a DNA strand 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.

 

Meeting room set up with the OWLEnhancing online seminars

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. 

 

Chromebooks on desks in the pop up assessment space in the Examination School

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.

 

 

NDORMS Seminar Room with a refreshed setup

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.

 

 

 Students interviewing professional interpreters 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.

 

 

Two Final Year medical students honing clinical skills on HarveyNext 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. 

 

Middle aged man talking to a female medical student

Consultation Companions: Progress and Evidence-Based Plan

In 2020, Nuffield Oxford Hospitals Fund (NOHF) provided funding to build upon a project previously funded by the NOHF.

 

 

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)