Research funding opportunities

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

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

Provides financial support for the collection of pilot or proof-of-concept data. Applications are invited from clinician and scientist investigators, including Academic Clinical Lecturers, based at a UK university or hospital planning research studies on any topic within paediatric gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition.

Supports preliminary research that will contribute to a subsequent larger research grant proposal. Projects may be stand-alone or linked to one or more existing studies.

Applications from PhD students to cover project consumables costs in a research project in liver disease in children and young people.

Supports a wide range of projects, including clinical, lab-based, social and nursing research which look into understanding and improving treatments in paediatric hepatology.

Provides grants for research, which meets any of the following criteria: improve our understanding of the biology and genetics of all forms of epidermolysis bullosa (EB); work towards the development of therapies (including possible gene therapies, cell therapies, drug therapies or protein therapies); understand the nature of wound healing and the development of skin cancer in EB, and seek to develop better treatments and prevention strategies; support clinical care research to improve the manag...

Award for translational or proof of concept research in any area of gastroenterology. Five grants for research on gastroenterology (including hepatology and pancreatology) and two grants for research on any aspect of nutrition that is related to gastroenterology (including pancreatology and hepatology).

These trainee research awards are open to speciality trainees, who are eager to conduct research or audit/quality improvement in any area of gastroenterology (including pancreatology and hepatology) or nutrition in relation to gastroenterology.

The programme aims to research ideas on the new ways of thinking that generate new knowledge with a focus on productivity and retention within the health care workforce.