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GOSH Charity and Sparks National Funding Call 2022/2023
Funder deadline: 07/07/22 5pm
Funding available: £2 million available - above £50,000 and up to £250,000 per application
Eligibility: Project grant applications for paediatric health research studies focusing on complex or rare diseases. The call will support research across the spectrum of medical conditions affecting the foetus, neonates and children directly, as well as pregnancy disorders that affect the child.
All projects must aim to improve understanding of the disease or associated conditions or to improve outcomes for the affected child. . If you would like to know more about the funding call or have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the GOSH Charity Grants team at grants@gosh.org

Medical Research Foundation Research Grants
Funder deadline: 27/07/22 12pm
Funding available: up to £300,000
Duration of funding: up to 3 years
Eligibility: The competitions are open to researchers at all levels of seniority who will increase understanding of child and adolescent cancer pain, and improve diagnosis, treatment and recovery. Research grant applications are particularly welcomed from established researchers working in adult pain, cancer, or other adjacent fields of research who wish to apply their skills and knowledge to a proposal focusing on cancer pain in young people.

Fight for Sight Small Grant Awards Schemes
Funder deadline: 28/07/2022 5pm
Funding available: £ 15,000
Duration of funding: up to 12 months
Eligibility: Grants available for UK researchers working in ophthalmology and vision science to undertake small clinical or non-clinical feasibility and pilot studies to generate preliminary data to support larger, follow-on applications for funding. Applicants should indicate in their application under which Joint Small Grant Award their research proposal should be considered. Applications from new investigators and researchers currently working in fields outside of vision research are encouraged

Glaucoma UK/UKEGS Research Award
Funder deadline: 13/08/2022 5pm
Funding available: up to £ 50,000
Eligibility: Applications will be considered for ophthalmology-focussed clinical and laboratory-based research projects into the causes and prevention, early detection, diagnosis, treatment or improving the quality of life of people of all ages living with glaucoma and allied conditions. Applications are invited from departments and individuals based in the UK or Eire. Principal investigators should be a member of UKEGS and must be based in UK or Ireland.

CCLG Little Princess Trust Project Grants
Funder deadline: 31/08/2022 5pm
Funding available: up to £ 250,000
Duration of funding: up to 36months
Eligibility: Funding is available to support research into cancers affecting children, teenagers and young adults. Funded projects will improve our understanding of the disease and help improve the outlook for children. The Trust generally funds basic science (with a clear plan for translation/patient benefit), translational and clinical research. Other types of research are unlikely to be considered for this funding scheme.

BBSRC - Partner with researchers in Canada on antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
Funder deadline: 06/09/22 4pm
Funding available: up to £150,000
Duration of funding: 18 – 24 months
Eligibility: Apply for funding to establish new partnerships or develop pre-existing collaborations with researchers in Canada on a project relating to combating antimicrobial resistance (AMR). You must be based at an eligible UK organisation. Standard BBSRC eligibility criteria applies. BBSRC will fund 80% of the full economic cost.

Horizon Europe: Mission – Cancer
Funder deadline: 07/09/2022
Funding available: total budget is €128.65 million. Funding levels vary between individual calls for proposals.
Duration of funding: varies between individual calls for proposals
Eligibility: Details of specific cancer calls can be found here. The Cancer Mission aims to improve the lives of more than three million people living with cancer by 2030 through prevention and cure, enabling those affected by cancer to live longer and better while supporting their families. By joining efforts across Europe, the Mission together with Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan will prevent cancer cases, allow for earlier diagnosis, reduce suffering and improve cancer patients’ quality of life during and after cancer treatment, while ensuring equitable access to these outcomes across Europe. Any legal entity may participate in an action provided that the conditions laid down in the Rules of Participation have been met as well as any conditions laid down in the relevant work programme or work plan. Applications to Horizon Europe calls and topics must be submitted via the European Commission Funding and Tenders Portal.

Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation
Funder deadline: 15/09/2022
Funding available: up to £4,000
Duration of funding: 1-3 years
Eligibility: The Foundation's awards are intended as pump-priming or partial support for worthwhile projects, rather than a source of core funding. Emphasis is placed on innovative projects and on those involving groups of people in both countries (especially young people) rather than individuals. Eligible applicants are institutions/organisations and individuals with organisational support (individuals proposing projects for personal benefit are not eligible for support, however an institution may submit an application on behalf of an individual's project). Evidence of core funding is required.

Royal College of Radiologists Constance Thornton Fellowship
Funder deadline: 01/07/2022
Funding available: £3,000
Duration: 1 year
Eligibility: This annual fellowship enables a UK clinical radiologist to undertake a research project or further a radiological interest (preferably centres on cross-sectional imaging or paediatric radiology, likely to lead to a publication) in the UK or abroad. Applicants may only submit one application to any of the following RCR awards in any given year: Constance Thornton Fellowship; Kodak Fellowship; RCR Seed Grant; Research Bursary. To apply you must be a UK clinical radiologist and an RCR Fellow or member.

Harrington UK Rare Disease Scholar Award
Funder deadline: Letter of Intent is due 18 July 2022
Funding available: £100K guaranteed, with the potential for an additional up to £400K
Duration: 2 years
Eligibility: MD or PhD or equivalent required for eligibility. UK academic medical center or university or nonprofit research institute can apply. Letters of Intent are very brief. The Harrington UK Rare Disease Scholar Award is a grant award programme to advance promising research into novel treatments for rare diseases. In addition to grant funding, the award includes guidance and oversight in all aspects of drug development, while taking no rights to intellectual property, which is retained by you/your institution. The call for Letters of Intent is now open.

Thrasher Early Career Award
Funder deadline: 13/09/2022
Funding available: £ 20,100
Duration: 1-2 years
Eligibility: The Thrasher Research Fund aims to support the development of medical research in child health by awarding small grants to new researchers. The Thrasher Early Career Award focuses on hypothesis-driven research that offers substantial promise for meaningful advances in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases in children, particularly those that can be applied more broadly. A wide variety of research topics will be considered, with incidence and severity being the two main characteristics used for assessment when determining the significance of the proposed research topic. Preference is given to applicants who show potential for creating impact within the field of child health. Each project needs to be under the guidance of a mentor.

MRC Career Development Award
Funder deadline: 14/09/2022 4pm
Funding available: Fund salary and project costs – no upper limit
Duration of Funding: up to 5 years
Eligibility: Apply for funding to support your move to independent investigator in a medical research field. Your research can focus on any area of MRC’s remit to improve human health. You must have a PhD or equivalent, show evidence of career progression and show clear plans for developing as a leader in your specialist area of research. They will fund 80% of the full economic cost.

Please acknowledge the BRC in your publications!
NIHR GOSH Biomedical Research Centre has provided important infrastructure funding for research at the GOS ICH and GOSH. This research infrastructure contributes to all research that goes on at the ICH and GOSH. It is very important that the NIHR BRC is acknowledged in all publications, including conference and meeting abstracts. Full details of how to acknowledge the BRC can be found on the webpage.

NIHR Policy Research Units
Our Policy Research Programme is planning the next set of Policy Research Units, to deliver longer-term and responsive policy related research. Join us at our webinar on 10 June 2022 to find out more about this upcoming funding call

NIHR How to apply public involvement effectively
Find out how to incorporate public involvement successfully into your research, and hear insights from a researcher and public involvement representative, at our webinar on 6 July 2022. This will cover NIHR’s definition of public involvement, guidance on co-producing a research project, what NIHR is looking for in public involvement, and more.

NIHR Wear #Red4Research
Wear #Red4Research on 17 June 2022, to show your support and appreciation for all those participating, undertaking and supporting COVID-19 research. This is your chance to thank and recognise everyone who makes research possible, from cleaners, researchers and volunteers, to the families of everyone involved in research.

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