Research funding opportunities

Supports research which focuses on problems affecting pregnancy, childbirth, babies, children and young people. Emphasis is on biomedical clinical research or research at the interface between clinical and basic science.

Aims to attract and retain talented postdoctoral basic scientists, vets, nurses and allied health professionals in research relevant to arthritis and related musculoskeletal conditions, and provide them with the opportunity to develop an independent research career.

Clinical research fellowships awarded to encourage clinicians into an academic career in rheumatology or any related field concerned with the treatment of musculoskeletal conditions.

Awarded to encourage clinicians into an academic career in rheumatology or any related field concerned with the treatment of musculoskeletal conditions.

Aims to retain the best postdoctoral researchers in areas of research relevant to arthritis and musculoskeletal diseases and provide an opportunity for fellows to develop independent research ideas at an early stage in their career.

Provides longer term support which aims to answer an interrelated set of questions on a broader front than would be feasible with a project grant.

Applications are invited for ambitious and innovative research that will have a significant impact on tackling the pain of musculoskeletal diseases. Funded research resulting from the call will be expected to make a significant leap forward in our understanding of musculoskeletal pain, how it is managed and how it may be prevented.

Scholarships to encourage the best young science graduates to embark on a research career in any discipline relevant to arthritis and related musculoskeletal diseases.

Aims to fund innovative research that seeks to address key clinical research priorities that will change practice and impact patients, utilising novel trial design and methodological approaches on the basis of established feasibility and pilot work.

The focus of this call is on applied health research relevant to people with arthritis. These awards support research whose intended primary outcomes will lead to improvements in the quality of life of people with arthritis and/or contribute to the evidence base of knowledge that will lead to improvements relevant to people with arthritis and musculoskeletal conditions.