Acknowledging NIHR ARC South London, templates and branding

All written or oral outputs related to studies or produced by researchers who are supported by NIHR ARC South London should include a full acknowledgement.

For adopted projects which are being carried over to the ARC South London and new projects, please use the following acknowledgement in research papers:

For research fully funded by the NIHR ARC South London:

‘This study/project is funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Applied Research Collaboration South London (NIHR ARC South London) at King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. The views expressed are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the NIHR or the Department of Health and Social Care.’

For research partly funded or supported by the NIHR ARC South London:

‘This study/project is supported by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Applied Research Collaboration South London (NIHR ARC South London) at King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. The views expressed are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the NIHR or the Department of Health and Social Care.’

If the researcher was funded by the NIHR ARC South London:

‘[Researcher’s name and university] is supported by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Applied Research Collaboration South London (NIHR ARC South London) at King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. The views expressed are those of the author[s] and not necessarily those of the NIHR or the Department of Health and Social Care.’

• The statements above cover your NIHR ARC South London support and operate in the same way regardless of which ARC South London partner organisation you are based in.

• Your research may have other sources of funding that also need to be acknowledged.

ARC templates and branding advice

ARC South London has produced Word, PowerPoint and poster templates for staff and researchers to use:

• ARC South London A4 Word template

• ARC South London PowerPoint template (4.3) and PowerPoint template (16.9, wide screen)

• ARC South London A1 poster templates: with blue band across top and without blue band

• ARC South London A2 poster templates: with blue band across top and without blue band.

• National NIHR Powerpoint template to be used only for joint national NIHR ARC work.

For further information

Visit: acknowledging the NIHR

For advice about branding, and including the NIHR logo on promotional materials such as leaflets and posters, slides, digital channels (eg websites and social media), and films, please contact the ARC South London communications team.

Michele Harris-Tafri email: michele.harris-tafri@kcl.ac.uk

Nick Sarson email: n ick.sarson@kcl.ac.uk