Author: Fiona Calvert

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All research funding applications MUST be registered with R&D at least 15 days before the funder deadline to get costings and approvals in time for the funders deadline.

Wellcome Discovery Awards
Funder deadline: 26/07/2022, 17:00
Funding available: ask for the resources you need
Duration of funding: Usually 8 years, but may be less for some disciplines
Eligibility: This scheme provides funding for established researchers and teams from any discipline who want to pursue bold and creative research ideas to deliver significant shifts in understanding that could improve human life, health and wellbeing.

NIHR Senior Investigators - Call 16
Funder deadline: 24/08/22 13:00
Funding available: discretionary award £20,000
Duration of funding: 4 Years
Eligibility: The NIHR Faculty Support will hold two webinars on 11 July 2022 in support of this call.
14:00 - 15:20: Senior Investigators 16 Competition Applicants Workshop - General Application Focus (Register)
15:30 -16:45: Senior Investigators 16 Competition Applicants Workshop - Social Care, Nursing and Midwifery, Allied Health Professionals (NMAHP), and Methodologists Focus (Register)
Please note that there is an internal review process ahead of the funders deadline. Please contact grants. Advice@gosh.ac.uk if you wish to apply.

UKRI - Partner with researchers in Japan on synthetic cells or genomes
Funder deadline: 06/09/2022 16:00
Funding available: The full economic cost may be up to £187,500. BBSRC will fund 80% of the full economic cost.
Duration of funding: Last between 18 and 24 months.
Eligibility: You must be based at a UK institution eligible for funding in accordance with standard UKRI practice. Standard eligibility criteria as set out in the UKRI-BBSRC research grants guide applies. You must partner with a researcher at a research organisation in Japan. BBSRC does not fund the research costs of Japan-based partners, except travel and subsistence. You may also partner with business and industry.

NIHR Research Partnerships - liver disease
Funder deadline: 14/09/2022 13:00
Funding available: between £50,000 and £100,000
Duration of funding: 12 to 18 months
Eligibility: The NIHR is keen to support the building of capacity and capability in liver disease research. NIHR wishes to ensure research is conducted in geographical areas and with populations where health and social care needs are greatest, increasing the evidence base to improve prevention, diagnosis, treatment, delivery of services and outcomes for people who use health and care services, carers of people in receipt of services, and/or those working in the sector.

Oncomine Clinical Research Grant Program
Funder deadline: 26/09/2022
Funding available: £163,005 (200,000 USD)
Duration of funding: Max 1 year
Eligibility: Funding to support investigator-initiated studies and education projects, on molecular profiling in oncology, with the aim of increasing high quality molecular profiling for health care providers serving cancer patients and improving clinical outcomes.

European Paediatric Orthopaedic Society (EPOS) Research Grants
Funder deadline: 30/09/2022
Funding available: EUR 2’000 to 10’000
Duration of funding: 1-3 years
Eligibility: Principal Investigator or Co-PI must be a Member of EPOS in good standing. Applicant must be an orthopaedic surgeon who is licensed to practice. Focus is Clinical and Basic science research in the field of Pediatric Orthopedics. A broad range of research areas will be considered for the EPOS Research Grant, including patient-based studies, clinical and basic science research and clinical studies.

Clinical Movement Analysis Society (CMAS) Small Project Grants
Funder deadline: 1/10/2022 16:00
Funding available: £10,000
Eligibility: The Clinical Movement Analysis Society of UK and Ireland (CMAS) is a national membership group for researchers and medical practitioners involved in gait analysis. CMAS membership includes physiotherapists, clinical scientists and engineers, consultant orthopaedic surgeons, consultant paediatricians, researchers and others with an interest in movement analysis. The Principal Investigator must be a member of CMAS and employed in a permanent position in a UK or Irish university, NHS trust or Irish public hospital institution. Research teams may only submit one application per application round.

Kidney Research UK Paediatric Research Awards
Funder deadline: 04/10/2022
Funding available: £ 250,000
Duration of funding: 2-3 years
Eligibility: Dedicated to paediatric research, funds standalone research at innovation and project level that will advance our knowledge of kidney disease and refine current treatments or lead to new advances in the future.

PhD Studentship with DRIVE & UCL ICH
Funder deadline: 21/07/2022
Funding available: covers the cost of tuition fees based on the UK
Duration: 3years
Eligibility: The aim of this research is to create a fracture detection computer vision model to detect fractures on paediatric radiographic imaging data as a triage tool in emergency medicine.
Enquiries regarding the post can be made to Susan.Shelmerdine@gosh.nhs.uk

MRC Career Development Award
Funder deadline: 14/09/2022
Funding available: ask for the resources you need
Duration: 5 years
Eligibility: Applicants should be able to clearly demonstrate that their skills and experience at the time of application match those of the transition to independence career stage in the applicant skills and experience table. Career breaks, flexible working and changes in discipline are taken into account when assessing research experience to date and track record. Part-time awards are not available to combine the Fellowship with other research activities and projects or to continue clinical training, however applicants needing to maintain professional clinical responsibilities may request part-time support.

Pathological Society Jean Shanks Pre-Doctoral Research Bursary
Funder deadline: 01/10/2022
Funding available: £ 40,000
Duration: 3-12 months
Eligibility: Bursary for trainee pathologists and histopathologists to undertake research prior to undertaking a PhD or MD. All applicants should be clinically qualified and registered to practice medicine in the UK or Ireland. Applicants must be members of the Pathological Society and a medical trainee in a recognised Specialist Trainee 1-5 post in Histopathology (including histopathology, dental/oral pathology, paediatric and perinatal pathology, and diagnostic neuropathology).

ESRC Doctoral Training Partnerships: 2024
Funder deadline: 31/10/2022 16:00 for expressions of interest
Funding available: ask for the resources you need
Duration of Funding: up to 3.5 years
Eligibility: Apply for funding to provide PhD training and professional development opportunities to students. ESRC Doctoral Training Partnerships (DTPs) are designed to enhance the capabilities of doctoral candidates, and develop a world-class, highly skilled workforce for the UK.
Your organisation must be a UK research organisation eligible for research council funding, have the infrastructure in place to provide postgraduate training. Your proposal must be multidisciplinary across a range of social science disciplines

Future Leaders Fellowships: round 7
Funder deadline: 06/12/2022 16:00
Funding available: ask for the resources you need
Duration: 4 years
Eligibility: This scheme is for early career researchers and innovators who are transitioning to or establishing independence, or who may be developing their own original and ambitious plans within a commercial setting. You do not need to hold a PhD and there are no eligibility rules based on the number of years since your PhD. However, if you do not hold a PhD, you must be able to demonstrate equivalent research or innovation experience or training. There are no eligibility rules based on whether you currently hold a permanent or open-ended academic position or job role.

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.

NHS Health Research Authority
HRA have launched a public conversation about how research ethics review could be changed to make it better for researchers, ethics committee members and people taking part in research. And they want to hear from you. There’s an online survey, and they’re also planning a series of workshops, so you can take part in a way that suits you. Whether you are a member of the public, a current or former Research Ethics Committee member, staff involved in research review, a research, research organisation or you've taken part in a study, your opinion matters to us.

MEDTECH CONNECT
Come and join us on the Connect portal.
The MedTech CONNECT portal is a web-based tool designed to enable companies to readily identify and consult with NHS experts by their clinical and research interests. MedTech CONNECT is believed to be the first portal of its kind that enables both clinicians and medtech SMEs to pinpoint and connect with the most appropriate collaborations on a free-to-access basis. REGISTER NOW

NC3Rs/MRC joint webinar: using both sexes in animal experiments
The National Centre for the 3Rs (NC3Rs) and MRC are co-hosting a webinar on 21 July 10 - 11 am, which will explore how to address common challenges when planning, conducting and analysing animal experiments involving both sexes. Researchers and animal care staff are encouraged to attend. For details about this event please visit their website

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Patient Public Involvement (PPI) Support:
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