Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility

Welcome to the Edinburgh Clinical Research Facility website.

Embedded in the three main hospital sites in Edinburgh, the CRF provides state-of-the-art facilities to support clinical research.

Investigators can apply to use a single CRF site or multiple sites.

Applications to use the facility are welcomed from investigators in Edinburgh, Scotland and beyond. We support investigators from multidisciplinary backgrounds.


Our MHRA Phase l accreditation. Click to read more.

The facility operates under a consortium partnership involving the University of Edinburgh and Lothian Health. The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336.