Project grant

Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity & LifeArc - Translational Research Accelerator Grants [OPEN]

Through this scheme, GOSH Charity and LifeArc are inviting milestone-driven applications that aim to improve the prevention, diagnosis, prognosis, or treatment of rare disease or that focus on developing research tools that increase the efficiency of developing interventions in rare disease. For the first time, the 2025 call will be open nationally to academic researchers from eligible Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) across the United Kingdom.
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Project grant
Funding amount range
£100,001 to £250,000
Maximum duration
3 years
Submission deadline

Fight for Sight - Project Grants [OPEN]

For applicants proposing hypothesis-driven clinical or non-clinical research projects that aim to address sight loss caused by any eye condition.
Award programme/theme
Project grant
Funding amount range
£100,001 to £250,000
Maximum duration
3 years
Submission deadline

Fight for Sight - Small Grants Award [OPEN]

For applicants to collect preliminary/pilot data to make research ideas more competitive when developing larger, follow-on funding applications in vision research.
Award programme/theme
Project grant
Funding amount range
Under £50,000
Maximum duration
1 year
Submission deadline

Economic and Social Research Council - Various Funding Opportunities

The Economic and Social Research Council provide funding for social sciences research. This includes anything from a standard research project through to a large-scale survey or methodological development.
Award programme/theme
Project grant
Funding amount range
Over £500,000

Diabetes UK - Project Grants [OPEN]

Provides support for high-quality, diabetes-related research. Applications should normally be for hypothesis-driven projects.
Award programme/theme
Project grant
Funding amount range
£250,001 to £500,000
Maximum duration
3-5 years
Submission deadline

DEBRA - All-Priorities Call [CLOSED]

Provides grants for research into Epidermolysis Bullosa.
Award programme/theme
Project grant
Funding amount range
£100,001 to £250,000
Maximum duration
3 years

Cancer Research UK - Various Funding Opportunities

Cancer Research UK fund exceptional scientists. Examples of funding include those for individual research, large-scale team programmes, multidisciplinary collaborations, and international consortia.
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Comic Relief - UK Main Grants [CLOSED]

Comic Relief primarily makes grants to create long-term change to help achieve a world where everyone is safe, healthy, educated and empowered.
Award programme/theme
Project grant
Funding amount range
£50,001 to £100,000

Children with Cancer UK - Research Grants [OPEN]

Supports research projects that address improved treatment for and survival from childhood and young person cancer and into improved quality of ongoing life.
Award programme/theme
Project grant
Funding amount range
£250,001 to £500,000
Maximum duration
3 years
Submission deadline

The Brain Tumour Charity - Clinical Biomarkers [CLOSED]

This scheme supports the identification, validation, and implementation of clinical biomarkers that bring us closer to an early and accurate diagnosis, and/or inform the management of brain tumours.
Award programme/theme
Project grant
Funding amount range
£250,001 to £500,000
Maximum duration
5 years