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Academic training posts offer paediatricians the opportunity to do crucial research in child health. Find out about this area

Lister Institute of Preventative Medicine - Research Prize [CLOSED]

https://www.lister-institute.org.uk/how-to-apply/
These awards are aimed at researchers in the early years of running their own groups, for whom receipt of the prize would make a significant difference to their research work. The Institute accepts applications from tenured and non-tenured researchers, clinicians and non-clinicians to undertake high quality biomedical research and has no priority diseases or restrictions on the research area supported.
Award programme/theme
Project grant
Funding amount range
£100,001 to £250,000
Maximum duration
5 years
Submission deadline

BMA Foundation - Medical Research Grants [CLOSED]

http://www.bmafoundationmr.org.uk/grant-categories/
Provide 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.
Award programme/theme
Project grant
Funding amount range
£50,001 to £100,000
Maximum duration
3 years
Submission deadline

Brain Research UK - Post-doctoral / Clinical PhD Fellowships [OPEN]

https://www.brainresearchuk.org.uk/phd-studentship-call-2019/
Intended to help outstanding graduates gain the necessary skills and training to set them on course for an independent career in one of their priority research areas, or to support clinicians entering a clinical academic career pathway focused on one of these areas.
Award programme/theme
Studentship / PhD support
Funding amount range
£250,001 to £500,000
Maximum duration
3 years
Submission deadline
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Socioeconomic inequalities in children’s weight reversed in the UK between 1953 and 2015

21 March 2018
Since the post-war period, socioeconomic inequalities in children’s weight have reversed in the UK – with disadvantaged children originally being more likely to be thinner than more advantaged children, but now typically being more likely to be overweight or obese, according to an observational stud...

National Lottery Community Fund - Funding Programmes (Various)

These programmes fund projects that seek to build the skills and capabilities of young people.
Award programme/theme
Project grant
Funding amount range
£250,001 to £500,000
Maximum duration
3-5 years