At present, researchers and researchers of the future are working and studying across a range of departments and organisations, without being able to easily come together to share ideas and support each other. CHORAL will create a virtual child health institute to support the current child health research community in Leeds and create a supportive community for future researchers to achieve their potential. We will provide fellowship opportunities to support early career researchers to develop PhD proposals or to further their research careers following PhDs. There will also be CHORAL research prizes for undergraduate students and postgraduate researchers to recognise excellent research outputs.