This page is being updated with current funding calls that may be of interest. Click on the links to take you through to the funders website for more information.
This page is being updated with current funding calls that may be of interest. Click on the links to take you through to the funders website for more information.
NIHR Programme Grants for Applied Research (PGfAR) funds collaborative, multidisciplinary programmes of applied research to solve health and social care challenges. Applications are invited for Stage 1 research proposals to develop individual programmes of research. Research funded through a Programme Grant typically consists of an interrelated group of high quality projects focused on a coherent theme and hence require multidisciplinary approaches, including clinical, health economics, statistics, qualitative and behavioural sciences, to ensure that research objectives can be met. For more information: https://www.nihr.ac.uk/funding/programme-grants-for-applied-research-competition-35/26616
The Translational Grant aims to support and accelerate the translation of research discoveries into potential new treatments to protect and regenerate hearing and /or silence tinnitus. It funds projects at both academic institutions and small/medium enterprises in any country. For more information: https://rnid.org.uk/hearing-research/im-a-researcher-looking-for-funding/translational-grant/
Discovery Fellowships support researchers’ first steps into independent research and help them to gain leadership skills. They are aimed at researchers who want to conduct their own independent research within a host laboratory and will have strong evidence of working toward this. Applicants will have demonstrated high potential to become future research leaders. For more information: https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/discovery-fellowship-2021/
The Novo Nordisk – Oxford Fellowship Programme aims to support the development of a new generation of exceptional researchers in diabetes and metabolism, who will become future leaders in the field. The programme also aims to further develop scientific excellence within diabetes and cardiometabolic diseases and ultimately improve the lives of patients. For more information: https://www.rdm.ox.ac.uk/work-with-us/novo-nordisk-oxford-fellowships
The hub will be part of the UKRI and Versus Arthritis Strategic Priority Fund (SPF) Advanced Pain Discovery Platform. It will underpin original research by providing innovative new data assets for pain research in areas of need. It will not support original research directly.
The proposals must show: appropriate scientific and clinical leadership, a track record of using health data for public benefit, the ability to process health data for research and innovation and a commitment to patient and public involvement. For more information: https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/pain-research-data-hub/
Apply for funding to set up a mental health data research hub in partnership with Health Data Research UK. The hub will underpin original research by providing innovative, high-value data resources for research and innovation. It will not directly support original research.
You and your team must show: appropriate scientific and clinical leadership, a track record of using health data for public benefit and the ability to process health data for research and innovation. For more information: https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/mental-health-data-research-hub/
Grants will be awarded for research on aspects of leukaemia and for relevant studies on related haematological malignancies. Requests for support for basic science programmes may be considered. Clinical trials will not be supported. Proposals which are closely related to the prevention, diagnosis, or therapy of leukaemia and related diseases are particularly encouraged. For more information: http://kklf.org.uk/project-grants/
The Nuffield Foundation will fund research that informs the design and operation of social policy and practise across their three core domains: Education, Welfare and Justice. For more information: https://www.nuffieldfoundation.org/funding/research-development-and-analysis-fund
The specific focus of the call for 2021 is on “Learning from the Covid-19 pandemic in health and social care: Implications for nursing practice”. Applicants are encouraged to identify an appropriate research methodology to address their research question. For more information: http://www.gnct.org.uk/grants/
For the list of all current Cancer Research UK funding awards: https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/funding-for-researchers/our-funding-schemes
The British Skin Foundation plays a vital role in addressing the skin disease issue in the UK by funding the work aimed at finding better treatments for all conditions. Available awards are: Fellowship Award, Young Investigator Award, Studentship Award and Research Award. For more information: https://www.britishskinfoundation.org.uk/researchawards
Small Grants are available to anybody wishing to carry out U.K or R.O.I based research into skin disease. For more information: https://www.britishskinfoundation.org.uk/bsf-small-grant
This scheme enables researchers to undertake humanities or social science doctoral degrees in any area of health. For more information: https://wellcome.org/grant-funding/schemes/doctoral-studentships
These project grants are aimed to support innovative and established research projects with an established proof-of-concept. It is expected that our funding will enable projects to develop further towards clinical translation. They particularly welcome cross-disciplinary applications. For more information: https://rosetreestrust.co.uk/project-grant-applications/
Applications are invited for research proposals that are concerned with the day-to-day practice of health service staff, and which have the potential to have an impact on the health or wellbeing of patients and users of the NHS. As a response mode researcher-led programme, Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) does not specify topics for research, but encourages proposals for projects which address a wide range of health service issues and challenges.
The programme aims to fund high quality quantitative and qualitative research with a clear trajectory to patient benefit. It particularly encourages applications that have a strong element of interaction with patients and the public, and which have been conceived in association with a relevant group of service users. For more information: https://www.nihr.ac.uk/funding/research-for-patient-benefit-competition-44/26207
The purpose of this funding is to develop or test interventions to reduce the transmission of antibiotic resistance. You must apply as part of a transnational consortium of three to seven partners. For more information: https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/interventions-to-reduce-antibiotic-resistance-or-transmission/
The HEE/NIHR ICA Pre-doctoral Clinical Academic Fellowship (PCAF) scheme supports early career researchers to become competitive applicants for a doctoral level research training fellowship.
ICA PCAFs support health and social care professionals who are not doctors or dentists, but are registered with an ICA approved regulatory body. For more information: https://www.nihr.ac.uk/funding/heenihr-ica-pre-doctoral-clinical-academic-fellowship-pcaf-round-4/26203
NIHR Pre-doctoral Fellowships are designed to support people who are looking to start or advance a career in health and social care research methodology. NB: This Fellowship is not open to clinical applicants looking to undertake training in research methods. Clinical applicants looking to develop a career as a clinical academic should consider schemes from the relevant clinical academic programmes provided by NIHR. For more information: https://www.nihr.ac.uk/funding/pre-doctoral-fellowship-round-3/26319
NIHR is accepting stage 1 applications for this call from applied health research studies, to increase the evidence base to support health and care services for people with a new cancer diagnosis, and the role of prehabilitation in their treatment pathway.
Research proposals must be within the remit of at least one participating NIHR Programme. Applications which span the remit of one or more of the participating NIHR Programmes are welcomed. For more information: https://www.nihr.ac.uk/funding/20142-prehabilitation-living-with-and-beyond-cancer/26350
The Public Health Research Programme are accepting stage 1 applications to their researcher-led workstream. The NIHR programmes and research funding schemes have a highlight notice for brain tumours, but is open to all relevant research areas. For more information: https://www.nihr.ac.uk/funding/20136-public-health-research-programme-researcher-led/26253
This pilot scheme has been designed to support the academic ambitions of individuals wishing to develop as health and/or social care researchers whilst remaining employed, or at least engaged, within local authorities or local authority supporting services.
Applicants must be employed by: a local authority, a provider of local authority commissioned services or a non-profit organisation (such as a charity) that provides services on behalf of a local authority, or supports a local authority in meeting its objectives. For more information: https://www.nihr.ac.uk/funding/nihr-pre-doctoral-local-authority-fellowship-scheme/26235
The NIHR Academic Clinical Fellowship (ACF) is a clinical specialty training post in medicine that incorporates academic training. The NIHR has allocated funding for 235 ACFs for recruitment in 2021/22, through the Integrated Academic Training (IAT) Programme.
The post has a standard duration of 3 years (up to 4 years for GPs). As an NIHR ACF you will have access to Masters-level research training to develop academic skills and spend 25% of your time in research or educationalist training. In 2021, 94 of the 235 ACFs have programmes of research aligned with NIHR IAT Priority Research Themes. The research areas for the remaining NIHR ACF posts will be based on local expertise and the applicant’s individual interests. For more information: https://www.nihr.ac.uk/funding/nihr-academic-clinical-fellowships-in-medicine-2021/25719
The Development and Skills Enhancement Award (DSE) provides a maximum of 1 year of funding for post-doctoral NIHR Academy Members to gain skills and experience for the next phase of their research career. As an applicant you will be required to demonstrate the new skills and experience you hope to gain through the award, and how it will benefit your future career in research.
Applications from the following areas of strategic importance are particularly welcomed: health data science, clinical trials, entrepreneurship and working with industry. For more information: https://www.nihr.ac.uk/funding/development-and-skills-enhancement-award/26427
For more information: https://www.nihr.ac.uk/explore-nihr/funding-programmes/health-technology-assessment.htm
The Health Technology Assessment Programme is accepting stage 1 applications to their researcher-led workstream. For more information: https://www.nihr.ac.uk/funding/2101-health-technology-assessment-programme-researcher-led-primary-research/26521
The Health Technology Assessment Programme is accepting stage 1 applications to their researcher-led workstream. For more information: https://www.nihr.ac.uk/funding/2102-health-technology-assessment-programme-researcher-led-evidence-synthesis/26520
The Health Services and Delivery Research (HS&DR) Programme aims to produce rigorous and relevant evidence to improve the quality, accessibility and organisation of health and social care services.
The HS&DR Programme are accepting stage 1 applications to the following call via the commissioned workstream:
The Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation (EME) Programme funds ambitious studies evaluating interventions with potential to make a step-change in the promotion of health, treatment of disease and improvement of rehabilitation or long-term care. Within these studies, EME supports research in the mechanisms of diseases and treatments. EME is a partnership between the Medical Research Council (MRC) and the NIHR. For more information: https://www.nihr.ac.uk/funding/20138-efficacy-and-mechanism-evaluation-programme-researcher-led/26305
The Health Services and Delivery Research (HS&DR) Programme is collaborating with What Works for Children’s Social Care (WWCSC), and looking to receive applications for high-quality, evaluative research to improve the quality of care, support and access to services for children and young people (CYP) with mental health conditions, including children who have, or have had a social worker. For more information: https://www.nihr.ac.uk/funding/2104-children-and-young-peoples-mental-health/26585
The Health Services and Delivery Research (HS&DR) Programme is accepting stage 2 evidence synthesis applications to their researcher-led workstream. For more information: https://www.nihr.ac.uk/funding/2109-health-service-and-delivery-research-programme-evidence-synthesis-researcher-led/
The Health Services and Delivery Research (HS&DR) Programme are accepting stage 1 applications to their researcher-led workstream. For more information: https://www.nihr.ac.uk/funding/2110-health-services-and-delivery-research-programme-standard-researcher-led/
Post-doctoral clinical fellowship
Post-doctoral clinical fellowships provides salary support for up to one year to early/mid-career clinicians based in the United Kingdom. The scheme is intended to provide funding after completion of a higher degree (PhD or research MD). Applicants must be engaged in, neurology, neurosurgery, neurophysiology or psychiatry higher specialist training in the UK (including MRCP or equivalent for the different specialties). The candidate must demonstrate their intention and prospects of a career in clinical academia.
Non-clinical post-doctoral fellowships
Non-clinical post-doctoral fellowships provide salary support for up to three years to non-clinical postdoctoral career researchers who are working in clinical neuroscience setting in the United Kingdom. Successful candidates will demonstrate their interest in bringing basic science approaches to bear on key problems in clinical neuroscience. The Fellowship must be undertaken after completion of a PhD or equivalent higher degree, to commence no more than six years from the PhD. The Fellowships are intended to support research that is embedded in a clinical neuroscience setting, typically in clinical neurology and its related specialties, and research with clear goals for clinical translation. The candidate should demonstrate a long-term commitment to a career in clinical neuroscience.
For more information: https://guarantorsofbrain.org/grants/post-doc-brain-entry-fellowships/
This award offers funding for clinical trainees to undertake a research project after completion of a PhD. For more information: https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/funding-for-researchers/our-funding-schemes/postdoctoral-research-bursary-for-clinical-trainees
Biomarker Project Awards provide funding for biomarker assay development, validation and qualification where there is a clear line of sight to clinical implementation. For more information: https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/funding-for-researchers/our-funding-schemes/biomarker-project-awards
DEBRA is currently accepting applications for their all priorities call. Current research priorities are:
For more information: https://www.debra-international.org/funding-opportunities
Available awards:
For more information: https://www.blf.org.uk/research/information-for-researchers/available-research-grants
The Colt Foundation funds high quality research projects in the field of occupational and environmental health, particularly those aimed at discovering the cause of illnesses arising from conditions at the place of work.
The Colt Foundation aims particularly to support research projects concerning the health, safety, comfort and well-being of people at work, and the impacts of industrial activities and pollutants on the health of the public more widely. The Trustees have occasionally supported projects that fall outside these areas, but they are very much the exception. For more information: https://www.coltfoundation.org.uk/project-grants/
Types of grants:
-PhD Studentships (Biomedical and Healthcare)
-Biomedical Research Projects
-Clinical Research Fellowships
-Non-Clinical Research Fellowships
-Healthcare Research
For more information: https://www.mndassociation.org/research/for-researchers/apply-for-funding/
The Dame Vera Lynn Translational Research Fellowship scheme will support laboratory and clinical research aimed at improving the clinical outcomes for people at risk of breast cancer and for patients with breast cancer. For more information: https://breastcancernow.org/breast-cancer-research/information-researchers/apply-funding/dame-vera-lynn-translational-research-fellowship
Opportunity for UK registered organisations to apply for a share of up to £25 million from Innovate UK to deliver game-changing and commercially viable R&D innovation that can significantly impact the UK economy. For more information: https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/innovate-uk-smart-grants-jan-2021/
Applications are invited for research that is novel/original, good value for money, and will benefit people with Crohn’s, Colitis or any other form of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) in the UK. Research projects may be directed towards:
-Medical – any aspect of Crohn’s or Colitis relevant to a better understanding of the causes or mechanisms of IBD or better treatment, including surgery, for people with the conditions.
-Improving Lives – any aspect of the social and psychological impact of Crohn’s or Colitis, including research into ways of helping those with IBD and their families to live with the conditions, or with the potential to improve the services provided to the UK’s IBD community and to drive up standards of care for people living with these conditions.
For more information: https://www.crohnsandcolitis.org.uk/research/looking-for-funding#Open%20Call
TUF smaller research awards support nurse-led and/or Clinician-led patient projects for patient benefit that seek to improve services and treatments and communications with patients and carers. The outcomes of the study must be measured and evaluated and demonstrate improved care and well-being of patients. For more information: https://www.theurologyfoundation.org/professionals/who-and-what-we-fund/research-programmes/smaller-research-projects-fund-application-information
