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.
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 and has been the basis for four major reports about the UK’s health research funding landscape.