Funding Opportunities

Funding to support answering the following question – Can a prediction tool be developed to identify frail older inpatients at high risk of discharge to residential or nursing care, or with a need for intensive support at home?

Applications are sought for research into interventions that are based or used by the NHS and its partners.

Applications are sought for studies of functional imaging techniques used in the diagnosis, management, monitoring or treatment of disease.

Inviting proposals for hypothesis driven research into the underlying mechanisms of action of clinical and public health interventions.

18/133 – Researcher-led primary research (including complex health and care needs in older people theme)

A call for applied health research studies to increase the evidence base to support health and care services to help people at the end of their lives to live as well as possible and to die with dignity, compassion and comfort.

A call for applied health research studies to increase the evidence base to support health and care services to help people at the end of their lives to live as well as possible and to die with dignity, compassion and comfort.

A call for applied health research studies to increase the evidence base to support health and care services to help people at the end of their lives to live as well as possible and to die with dignity, compassion and comfort.

A call for applied health research studies to increase the evidence base to support health and care services to help people at the end of their lives to live as well as possible and to die with dignity, compassion and comfort.

A call for empirical research studies to evaluate the use of digital technologies to improve health outcomes, self-management of health or delivery of health and social care.

Funding further the understanding of the mechanisms of ageing, help to treat disease, disability and frailty relating to ageing and to develop and innovate in the care and support of older people.

For those at a post-doctoral level and aimed at several specific points of a researcher’s career development.

Advancing Applied Analytics programme aimed at improving analytical capability in support of health and care services With £750,000 of funding to support up to 12 project teams across the UK over 15 months.

Provides funds to increase understanding of pathogenesis across neurodegenerative diseases.

Funding to support the sharing of research knowledge and material beyond researcher’s own peer groups – this includes NHS Staff, Carers, People with dementia and the public.

3 year full / part time award that supports individuals to undertake a PhD in an area of NIHR research.

DPUK supports the professional development of Early Career Researchers (ECRs) through targeted funding.

Provides up to £100,000 for scientific equipment.

Designed to encourage researchers into dementia research who have expertise which could benefit the field.

Welcoming proposals for standard research projects, large-scale surveys, infrastructure projects, and for methodological developments in any area of the social sciences.

Provides funds for high quality basic and clinical research projects.

Themed Call “Improving the outcomes of health & social care for frail people & their carers”

Funding research of PhD studentships, equipment and projects looking at how the brain works, diagnosis, treatments, DNA and more.

Funding research of equipment and projects looking at how the brain works, diagnosis, treatments, DNA and more.

Funds to conduct rapid baseline data collection, as well as other feasibility work, prior to intervention implementation.

Designed to power outstanding early career scientists in their pursuit of innovative solutions to the big questions in dementia research.

For academics, clinicians and allied health professionals who wish to pursue a research career in ageing, rehabilitation or palliative care.

Scheme to promote networking, collaborations, communication and dissemination of research results through scientific conferences.