the nihr was awarded one of the first 'cochrane-reward prizes for reducing waste in research' for the adding value in research programme in 2018, an article published in public health identified that nhs trusts with increased nihr-adopted clinical trial activity are associated with reduced mortality levels. in 2022, a study looking at clinical trial transparency among european medical research funders ranked nihr the highest for being the most compliant in implementing best practices. in september 2022, nihr cambridge brc announced what is believed to be uk's first demonstration of genomic data federation by connecting the trusted research environments of nihr cambridge brc with genomics england as part of a uk research & innovation-funded project involving university of cambridge, nihr cambridge brc, genomics england, lifebit, eastern academic health science network, and cambridge university health partners.