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Diabetes UK - RD Lawrence Fellowship
The RD Lawrence Fellowship is a career development fellowship that enables postdoctoral researchers to establish their independence in diabetes research.
Award programme/theme
Fellowship
Funding amount range
Over £500,000
Maximum duration
5 years
Submission deadline
Diabetes UK - Sir George Alberti Research Training Fellowship
Enables graduate healthcare professionals to work towards a PhD or MD in diabetes and develop a career in research.
Award programme/theme
Fellowship
Funding amount range
£250,001 to £500,000
Maximum duration
3 years
Submission deadline
Diabetes UK - Springboard for Biomedical Scientists
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
Starter grant / pilot grant
Funding amount range
Under £50,000
Maximum duration
2 years
Diabetes UK - 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
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) - Social Sciences Research
Provides funding to enable research teams to undertake social sciences research - anything from a standard research project through to a large scale survey or methodological development.
Award programme/theme
Project grant
Funding amount range
Over £500,000
Maximum duration
3-5 years
Epilepsy Research UK / Autistica - Fellowship Award
Funds research with the aim of addressing the causes, prevention and clinical management of epilepsy in autistic people.
Award programme/theme
Fellowship
Funding amount range
£250,001 to £500,000
Maximum duration
4 years
Submission deadline
Epilepsy Research UK - fellowship
To support research fellowship projects into the causes, treatment, prevention and psychosocial aspects of epilepsy.
Award programme/theme
Fellowship
Funding amount range
£100,001 to £250,000
Maximum duration
4 years
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
Submission deadline
Epilepsy Research UK - Project Grant
To support research projects into the causes, treatment, prevention and psychosocial aspects of epilepsy.
Award programme/theme
Project grant
Funding amount range
£100,001 to £250,000
Maximum duration
3 years
Submission deadline
European Research Council (ERC) - Advanced Grants
Allows exceptional established research leaders to pursue groundbreaking, high risk projects that open new directions in their respective research fields or other domains.
Award programme/theme
Innovation award
Funding amount range
Over £500,000
Maximum duration
3-5 years
Submission deadline