Research funding opportunities

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.

These awards aim to enable world-class research teams to tackle challenges in priority areas of asthma research.

Designed to identify and invest in a new generation of asthma superstar scientists. 

Support projects where a relatively small amount of money can make a big difference for children and young people experiencing disadvantage.

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.

Funding is available to support a PhD student performing research in one or more of the following priority areas: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), children’s lung disease and bronchiectasis.

To fund smaller research projects with direct benefit to patients, or to fund 'proof of concept' studies that facilitate larger studies.

A range of award types offered to support clinical, laboratory-based and/or epidemiological research to tackle lung disease.

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.

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.