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Breakthrough T1D - Kellogg Family Early-Career Patient-Oriented Diabetes Research Award

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Designed to provide crucial support to investigators who plan to pursue a career in diabetes related clinical investigation. Awards are made in the later stages of training and include the ability for recipients to transition to independent faculty or research appointments. In most cases, applicant will have an MD, MD-PhD, DO, or PsyD, hold an appointment or joint appointment in a subspecialty of clinical medicine, and conduct human clinical research.
Award programme/theme
Early career investigator award
Funding amount range
Over £500,000
Maximum duration
Five years
Submission deadline

Breakthrough T1D Career Development Awards

https://breakthrought1d.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/FY27-CDA-RFA.pdf
The primary purpose of the Career Development Award is to attract qualified and promising scientists early in their faculty careers and to give them the opportunity to establish themselves in areas that reflect the Breakthrough T1D research emphasis areas. In the five-year term of the award, awardees will focus their research efforts on a subject directly related to Breakthrough T1D mission goals and Breakthrough T1D Research Strategy.
Award programme/theme
Early career investigator award
Funding amount range
Over £500,000
Maximum duration
Five years
Submission deadline

Breakthrough T1D Advanced Postdoctoral Fellowships

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The Advanced Postdoctoral Fellowship program is designed to attract qualified and promising health scientists, to provide an opportunity to receive full-time research training, and to assist these promising individuals in transitioning from a fellowship to an independent (faculty-level) position. Breakthrough T1D envisions the 3-year award term as a period in which fellows will receive critical research training that will position them to work at the leading edge of their chosen field.
Funding amount range
£50,001 to £100,000
Maximum duration
Three years
Submission deadline

Breakthrough T1D Postdoctoral Fellowships

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Postdoctoral fellowships are designed to attract qualified, promising scientists entering their professional career in the T1D research field. The applicant is required to work with a sponsor who can provide a training environment conducive to beginning a career in type 1 diabetes relevant research. At the time of activating the award, the applicant must have a doctoral degree, or the equivalent from an accredited institution and must not be simultaneously serving an internship or residency.
Award programme/theme
Fellowship (award type)
Maximum duration
Three years
Submission deadline

Postdoctoral Award - Co-funding Partnership with NIHR/Breakthrough T1D

https://www.nihr.ac.uk/funding/postdoctoral-award-cohort-3/2026427
The NIHR Postdoctoral Award is aimed at anyone with a PhD or a submitted PhD thesis under assessment who has not yet been appointed to a professorial post. This award provides funding to help you develop your research career across a broad range of postdoctoral career stages.
Maximum duration
Two to five years FTE
Submission deadline

Action Medical Research Training Fellowship in Child Health 2027

https://email.action.org.uk/cr/AQijmxQQk_vXAhjutZtzMLOmvhB3EgMZ_j394WpHp5Elwzah…
Applications are now invited for 2027 Research Training Fellowships from medical graduates, clinicians, bioengineers, research nurses, physiotherapists and allied health professionals who wish to train in research techniques and methodology applied to subjects relevant to the aims of the charity. The fund aims to support clinicians and bioengineers with high-quality projects of up to three years duration, providing a maximum of £300,000 per project (salary and consumables).
Award programme/theme
Fellowship (award type)
Maximum duration
Three years
Submission deadline
Event

Research Essentials Day 2026

24 September 2026
Are you a paediatric resident with little or no experience in research and would like to learn more? Join our online event. We'll cover the essentials of research, including finding mentorship, understanding different research types and data, presenting your work, opportunities to get involved and t...
Paediatric training
Research

The Curriers' Company Millennium Bursary

https://www.curriers.co.uk/charity/millennium-healthcare-bursary
The Curriers' Company established a Bursary in 2000 for a qualified and established primary healthcare professional to carry out research or personal study into ways of improving health outcomes in areas of London where the population face significant health challenges. Applications are welcome from a wide range of healthcare professionals delivering health or social care in London. Past applicants include GPs, Nurses, Midwives, Mental Health Workers, Pharmacists, Therapists and Ophthalmologi...
Award programme/theme
Research support grant
Maximum duration
31 March 2026