Research funding opportunities

Provides funding for innovative and relevant research on the ataxias that fit into an explicit therapeutic strategy. Will consider research projects, PhD studentships and research fellowships.

Funding for UK-registered medical practitioners for either research in progress or prospective paediatric research.

Provides funding to encourage and further medical research in a variety of areas. Applications are invited from doctors and research scientists and can be for either research in progress or prospective research.

Providing additional support for ongoing clinical trials. The trial may be observational or interventional and can be oncology or surgical. This additional funding may be used to support: -Aligned biological studies -Additional arms or research questions (observational or interventional) -Toxicology studies

Grants are offered for research projects that further the goals of ‘VISION 2020: The Right to Sight’. Research grants are available to clinicians, scientists or epidemiologists for 'pump-priming' to develop their research ideas and generate pilot data to facilitate a future application for a substantial grant or to provide funding for a non-clinical PhD or DrPH studentship.

Funds UK or Republic of Ireland based research, which will benefit patients with skin disease and will benefit dermatological research in the future.

This scheme provides funding for biomarker assay development, validation and qualification where there is a clear line of sight to clinical implementation.

Comic Relief primarily makes grants to create long term change, to help achieve a world where everyone is safe, healthy, educated and empowered. Funding is allocated under four programme areas - investing in children and young people, empowering women and girls, improving health and wellbeing and building stronger communities.

To support a single project or part of a larger ongoing project aimed at understanding, treating and seeking a cure for Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

To support high quality, original policy analysis that will generate insight to support and inform policy makers on important current and future issues in UK health policy.