UK/European Research Funding Opportunities (by type) Updated 6 June 2011

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AWARDS / FELLOWSHIPS / PRIZES

Queen's Nursing Institute Scotland (QNIS) : PiPS Partnership in Practice Awards Scotland 0131 229 2333 Aims : To acknowledge and reward nurses involved in innovative partnership working with other disciplines, voluntary sector, social services, patient groups or the community. Funding : Limited to £2000. Amount : < £5K Closing Date : 30 June 2011 Duration : Single Payment

EMAP Healthcare Ltd : Nursing Times Awards 020 7728 5000 Aims : These prestigious annual nursing awards recognise and honour the incredible achievement of nurses and the outstanding contribution they make to healthcare across the UK. Funding : Each Category winner (Individual or team) will be awarded £1,000 prize money, and a 2011 NT Awards trophy. (Except the Cancer Nurse Leader of the year who will receive a free place on the National Cancer Leadership programme). Each finalist will be awarded £100 and a certificate of recognition. Amount : < £5K Closing Date : 01 July 2011 Duration : Single Payment

Royal College of Psychiatrists : Alec Shapiro Prizes 020 7235 2351 Aims : To reward trainees for their contribution to the Psychiatry of Learning Disabilities. Funding : Two prizes of £100. Amount : < £5K Closing Date : 31 August 2011 Duration : Single Payment

MRC - Medical Research Council : MRC/Wellchild Clinical Research Training Fellowship 020 7636 5422 Aims : To encourage clinicians to become involved in research and to promote research of relevance to Wellchild. Funding : At the pre-doctoral level, the fellowship provides a competitive personal salary up to but not including NHS consultant level, and a research training support grant of up to £15,000 per year (or £45,000 over the three year period). This may cover consumables, PhD fees, equipment, conference travel, other course fees; however, each item must be separately costed and justified. At the post-doctoral level, the fellowship provides a competitive personal salary, up to but not including NHS consultant level, research expenses, and travel costs at an appropriate level for the research, under full economic costs (FEC). Amount : £50K - £100K Closing Date : 15 September 2011 Duration : 1 year - 3 years

MRC - Medical Research Council : MRC/Welsh Assembly Clinical Research Training Fellowships 020 7636 5422 Aims : To encourage clinicians to become involved in research and to promote research of relevance to the Welsh Assembly. Funding : At the pre-doctoral level, the fellowship provides a competitive personal salary up to but not including NHS consultant level, and a research training support grant of up to £15,000 per year (or £45,000 over the three year period). This may cover consumables, PhD fees, equipment, conference travel, other course fees; however, each item must be separately costed and justified. At the post-doctoral level, the fellowship provides a competitive personal salary, up to but not including NHS consultant level, research expenses, and travel costs at an appropriate level for the research, under full economic costs (FEC). Amount : £50K - £100K Closing Date : 15 September 2011 Duration : 1 year - 3 years

Royal College of Psychiatrists : The Child & Adolescent Faculty Poster Prize: SHOs/Sts 1-3 Phone:- 020 7235 2351 Aims : To raise awareness of child and adolescent mental health among SHOs/speciality trainees STs 1-3. Funding : The value of this annual prize is £300. Amount : < £5K Closing Date : 18 February 2012 Duration : Single Payment

Royal College of Psychiatrists : Margaret Davenport Prize Phone:- 020 7235 2351 Aims : To stimulate the quantity of trainee presentations and to reward the quality of these. Funding : £100. Amount : < £5K Closing Date : 18 February 2012 Duration : Single Payment Royal College of Psychiatrists : Brian Oliver Prize Phone:- 020 7235 2351 Aims : The prize is awarded for research undertaken in the psychiatry of learning disability. Funding : A prize of £500. Amount : < £5K Closing Date : 30 April 2012 Duration : Single Payment REMEDI : Research Awards 0207 384 2929 Aims : To fund medical research into rehabilitation or disability. Funding : Funding available dependent on the nature of the project. In addition the Trustees are committed to supporting a major research project annually in one particular field of disability/rehabilitation and this grant is circa £100,000. Amount : £50K - £100K Closing Date : Apply Anytime Duration : 1 year - 3 years

PROJECT/ RESEARCH GRANTS

Nuffield Foundation : Africa Programme 020 7631 0566 Aims : These project grants fund UK and African universities and/or NGOs working in partnership, often together with African government departments or quasi government bodies such as training and research institutions, to develop training initiatives in science, technology and public service provision. In addition, we initiate funding collaborations with other foundations to support larger schemes to increase African research capacity. Funding : The total budget for the five years 2010 to 2014 is £3 million. Amount : > £100K Closing Date : 08 July 2011 Duration : > 3 years

Sparks (Sport Aiding Medical Research for Kids) : Research Grants Phone:- 0207 799 2111 Aims : To fund medical research related to the prenatal period and the early years aimed at providing a therapeutic intervention that will make a significant contribution to reducing mortality or relieving the condition, disease or disability in question. Funding : Normal support provides 1-3 years salary costs to cover a research post, consumables and essential equipment. Currently a three year grant covering all of these components rarely exceeds £200,000. Amount : > £100K Closing Date : 22 August 2011 Duration : 1 year - 3 years

Tenovus Scotland : Small Research Grants Phone:- 01292 443387 Aims : To foster high quality research within the health care professions in Scotland. Funding : Funding available up to £10,000. Support is mainly provided for the purchase of equipment for research and/or running costs although, from time to time when funds are available, applications may be invited for salary support or for research studentships. Amount : £5K - £10K Closing Date : 15 September 2011 Duration : 1 year - 3 years

Deafness Research UK : Small Grants 020 7833 1733 Aims : Deafness Research UK exist to secure radical improvements in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of all forms of hearing impairment. Ultimately, their aim is to find cures for these distressing and neglected disabilities. Funding : Less than £15,000. Amount : £10K - £50K Closing Date : Apply Anytime Duration : Unspecified

Sir Halley Stewart Trust : Project Grants Phone:- 01954 260707 Aims : To support innovative and imaginative people who are early in their research career. Funding : The total grant budget for Financial Year 2010-11 is £800,000 Amount : > £100K Closing Date : Apply Anytime Duration : 1 year - 3 years

Thomas Pocklington Trust : General Research Proposals 020 8995 0880 Aims : To promote research for people with sight loss. Funding : Each year they commit around £300,000 to fund social and public health research and development projects. Amount : Unspecified Closing Date : Apply Anytime Duration : Unspecified

Waterloo Foundation (The) : Child Development Grants Aims : The Waterloo Foundation is keen to support research designed to give a better understanding of the psychological and behavioural development of children. Funding : No upper limit but usually not exceeding £100,000. Amount : £50K - £100K Closing Date : Apply Anytime Duration : Unspecified

BURSARIES / STUDENTSHIPS / SCHOLARSHIPS

Queen's Nursing Institute Scotland (QNIS) : Brigid Stewart Scholarship 0131 229 2333 Aims : To offer funding for individuals resident in Scotland who have provisionally been accepted to study for a degree/diploma in Community Nursing. Funding : The amount of funding available is unspecified. Amount : Unspecified Closing Date : 30 June 2011 Duration : Unspecified British Society for Children's Orthopaedic Surgery : Travel Bursary 020 7405 6507 Aims : To support travel to an international orthopaedic meeting held in the UK or abroad. Funding : Up to £750. Amount : < £5K Closing Date : 30 November 2011 Duration : Single Payment