Research

Cystic Fibrosis Trust - Strategic Research Centre Funding [CLOSED]

Strategic Research Centres intend to create multidisciplinary teams to address questions of strategic relevance to people with cystic fibrosis.

Award programme/theme

Programme grant

Funding amount range

Over £500,000

Maximum duration

3-5 years

Ataxia-Telangiectasia Society - Research Support Grants [OPEN]

These small grants are for covering support and administrative costs.

Award programme/theme

Research support grant

Ataxia-Telangiectasia Society - Project Funding [OPEN]

The A-T provide full or partial funding for particular research projects. The maximum funding duration for this grant is usually two years, but three years of funding can be awarded if satisfactory progress is being made.

Award programme/theme

Project grant

Maximum duration

3 years

Resource

Research Charter for Infants', Children's and Young People's Child Health

The Charter aims to support children, young people, families and health professionals to talk about child health research and guide discussions to ensure everyone is clear on what is happening, when and why child health research is important.

Patient involvement

Research

News

‘Worrying’ inequalities gap highlighted in children’s emergency healthcare

24 December 2017

School-aged children from the poorest areas are two and a half times more likely to be admitted to hospital in an emergency for asthma than their counterparts in the richest areas, and this gap has grown substantially in a decade, new research reveals today.

News

Breastfeeding rates increase when financial incentives given, finds new study

14 December 2017

Results of a study which saw breastfeeding rates rise when new mums were given vouchers, have today been published.

News

Vulnerable children being put in harm's way says 'State of Children's Rights' report

13 December 2017

Some of England’s most vulnerable children are being needlessly put in harm’s way because their safety and wellbeing is ignored whilst the Government is focused on Brexit.

Resource

Archives of Disease in Childhood - our journal

The College's scientific publication is one of the leading paediatric journals in the world. A peer-reviewed journal, ADC focuses on all aspects of child health and disease from the perinatal period to adolescence. Its Education and Practice edition can help paediatricians in their ongoing professio...

Membership

Research

Team profile

Research and Evidence team

News

OECD report reveals the scale of the UK's obesity epidemic, which has the highest rates in Western Europe

13 November 2017

The Organisation for Economic Development and Cooperation (OECD) has published its ‘Health at a Glance 2017’ report, which reveals that the UK has the highest obesity rates in Western Europe, with rates rising faster than any other developed nations.