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We support and promote paediatric child health research in the UK and internationally. Search our database of current and upcoming opportunities for projects and posts.

These opportunities are not managed nor endorsed by RCPCH. Though we do our best to ensure they are relevant and high quality, we cannot take any responsibility for their content or accuracy.

If you have questions or would like to submit a joint funding application with the College, contact us on research@rcpch.ac.uk.

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Academy of Medical Sciences - Starter Grant for Clinical Lecturers

https://acmedsci.ac.uk/grants-and-schemes/grant-schemes/starter-grants
Starter grants for Clinical Lecturers. Provides support to early-career research-active clinical scientists who are at key career transition points, to gather data to strengthen their bids for longer-term fellowships and funding.
Award programme/theme
Starter grant / pilot grant
Funding amount range
Under £50,000
Maximum duration
2 years
Submission deadline

Action for A-T - Project Grants

https://actionforat.org/research/apply-for-a-research-grant/
Inviting applications for medical research that has the potential to benefit children and adults with Ataxia Telangiectasia (A-T).
Award programme/theme
Project grant
Funding amount range
£100,001 to £250,000
Maximum duration
3 years

Action Medical Research - Project Grant

https://action.org.uk/research/apply-research-grant/apply-project-grant
Supports research which focuses on child health to include problems affecting pregnancy, childbirth, babies, children and young people. Emphasis is on clinical research or research at the interface between clinical and basic science.
Award programme/theme
Project grant
Funding amount range
£100,001 to £250,000
Maximum duration
3 years

Action Medical Research - Research Training Fellowships

https://action.org.uk/research/apply-research-grant/apply-research-training-fel…
Applications are invited from medical graduates, clinicians, bioengineers, research nurses, physiotherapists and allied health professionals who wish to train in research techniques and methodology which will lead to save and change children’s lives through medical research, developing treatments, vaccinations and cures.
Award programme/theme
Fellowship
Funding amount range
£100,001 to £250,000
Maximum duration
3 years

Asthma and Lung UK

https://www.blf.org.uk/research/information-for-researchers/available-research-…
To develop new or improved simple for patients, quick, inexpensive, minimally-invasive, safe and accurate diagnostic products/approaches which can differentiate between lung conditions, phenotypes of individual lung conditions and/or causes of exacerbations (e.g. to reduce exacerbations and the winter NHS burden).
Award programme/theme
Project grant
Funding amount range
£250,001 to £500,000
Maximum duration
3 years

Asthma UK - Innovation Grants

https://www.asthma.org.uk/research/researchers/grants/awards-we-fund/
Smaller awards designed to allow for the exploration of original ideas in inherently novel priority asthma research areas and to stimulate innovation in asthma science.
Award programme/theme
Innovation award
Funding amount range
£50,001 to £100,000
Maximum duration
18 months

Ataxia Telangiectasia Society - Equipment Grant

To enable the purchase of otherwise unavailable equipment necessary for A-T related research.
Award programme/theme
Research support grant

Ataxia Telangiectasia Society - Fellowships

Funding or contribution to PhD studentships or research fellowships.
Award programme/theme
Fellowship

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