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Research funding opportunities

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

Bone Cancer Research Trust - Ideas Grant

https://www.bcrt.org.uk/research/for-researchers/
The Bone Cancer Research Trust funds research from a range of disciplines to help to find the cause or cure of primary bone cancer. We also fund research that will improve the care for patients with this disease. This Ideas Grant is for research focused on adamantinoma.
Award programme/theme
Starter grant / pilot grant
Funding amount range
Under £50,000

British Skin Foundation - Small Grants Award

https://www.britishskinfoundation.org.uk/small-grant-awards
Funds UK or Republic of Ireland based research, which will benefit patients with skin disease and will benefit dermatological research in the future.
Award programme/theme
Starter grant / pilot grant
Funding amount range
Under £50,000
Maximum duration
1 year

Diabetes UK - Early-Career Small Grants

https://www.diabetes.org.uk/Research/For-researchers/Apply-for-a-grant/Small-gr…
Small grants for basic scientists and AHP's. Supports early-career researchers to undertake small research projects related to diabetes, with the aim of enabling successful recipients to go on to secure further, more significant, funding
Award programme/theme
Early career investigator award
Funding amount range
Under £50,000
Maximum duration
1 year
Submission deadline

Epilepsy Research UK - Pilot Grant

Grants to support pilot or start-up studies. Must be a novel piece of research and not part of an already funded project.
Award programme/theme
Starter grant / pilot grant
Funding amount range
Under £50,000
Maximum duration
2 years

European Research Council (ERC) - Starting Grants

Aims to support up and coming research leaders who are about to establish a proper research team and to start conducting independent research in Europe. It will support the creation of excellent new research teams.
Award programme/theme
Starter grant / pilot grant
Funding amount range
Over £500,000
Maximum duration
5 years

European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID) - Small Grant Award

https://www.espid.org/award-details.aspx?group=awards&id=14
Small pump priming grants to ESPID members to support research work design to produce pilot data for further external funding.
Award programme/theme
Starter grant / pilot grant
Funding amount range
Under £50,000