CSO funds 6 Research Units across Scotland promoting research excellence in
- Health Services Research – HSRU, Aberdeen
- Director – Professor Craig Ramsay
- Health Economics – HERU, Aberdeen
- Director – Professor Mandy Ryan
- Hearing Research – Scottish Section, hearing sciences, University of Nottingham, Glasgow University
- Director – Dr Graham Naylor
- Nursing and Allied Health Professions – NMAHP RU, Glasgow Caledonian and Stirling
- Director – Professor Margaret Maxwell
- MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit – SPHSU, Glasgow
- Director – Professor Laurence Moore
- Scottish Collaboration for Public Health Research Policy – SCPHRP
- Director – Professor Ruth Jepson
CSO partners the Medical Research Council (MRC) in funding MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow.