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Comic Relief - UK Main Grants
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.
Award programme/theme
Project grant
Funding amount range
£50,001 to £100,000
National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) - Health Services & Delivery Research (HS&DR)
Funds research to produce rigorous and relevant evidence on the quality, accessibility and organisation of health services. This includes evaluations of how the NHS might improve delivery of services.
Award programme/theme
Project grant
Funding amount range
Over £500,000
National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) - Programme Grants for Applied Research (PGfAR)
Supports work that will deliver findings with practical application, typically through improved healthcare or better healthcare delivery, within three to five years of programme's end.
Award programme/theme
Programme grant
Funding amount range
Over £500,000
Maximum duration
Over 5 years
National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) - Public Health Research (PHR)
Funds research that evaluates public health interventions, providing new knowledge on the benefits, costs, acceptability and wider impacts of non-NHS interventions intended to improve health and reduce inequalities in health.
Award programme/theme
Project grant
Funding amount range
Over £500,000
The Big Lottery - Project Grants
Funds projects which address the issues, needs and aspirations of local communities and people - aimed at developing skills, improving health, revitalising the local environment and enabling people to become more active citizens.
Award programme/theme
Project grant
Funding amount range
Under £50,000