NHS Research Scotland (NRS, formerly Health Science Scotland and Scottish Academic Health Science Collaboration), is a government agency that supports clinical and translational research in Scotland. NRS is a partnership between 4 of Scotland's medical schools (

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), the Scottish NHS Boards and the Chief Scientist Office. NRS brings together the most senior figures from across Government, academia and the NHS.

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* Academic health science centres Higher education in Scotland Innovation in the United Kingdom Organisations supported by the Scottish Government NHS Scotland Scottish medical research Translational medicine 2009 establishments in Scotland Government agencies established in 2009 Research organisations in Scotland Clinical research {{science-org-stub