Funding Opportunities

The Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation (EME) Programme is accepting stage 1 applications to their commissioned workstream.

The Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation (EME) Programme is accepting stage 1 applications to their commissioned workstream for this funding opportunity.

The Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation (EME) Programme is accepting stage 1 applications to their researcher-led workstream.

The Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation Programme is accepting Stage 1 applications to this funding opportunity.

The Public Health Research Programme are accepting stage 1 applications to their researcher-led workstream.

The Public Health Research Programme are accepting stage 1 applications to their commissioned workstream for this topic. For this call, we wish to draw your attention to the following commissioning briefs that we have previously advertised. These represent enduring gaps in our portfolio that we would like to fill with high quality research.

The Health Technology Assessment Programme is accepting stage 1 applications to their researcher-led workstream.

The Health Technology Assessment Programme is accepting stage 1 evidence synthesis applications to their researcher-led workstream.

Funding to continue building the evidence base, to improve the lives of people affected by dementia.

The Public Health Research Programme are accepting stage 1 applications to their researcher-led workstream.

The Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation (EME) Programme is accepting applications, this is not a Dementia specific call, but the NIHR would encourage Dementia Researchers to apply as part of their highlight notice.

The Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation (EME) Programme is accepting stage one applications to this funding opportunity. Dementia is a growing challenge that has become one of the most important health and social care issues facing the world. We need to continue building the evidence base, to improve the lives of people affected by dementia.

The Public Health Research (PHR) Programme is accepting stage one applications to this funding opportunity. Dementia is a growing challenge that has become one of the most important health and social care issues facing the world. We need to continue building the evidence base, to improve the lives of people affected by dementia.

New Accelerator Programme to invest in innovations to improve the lives of people affected by dementia.

BBSRC and MRC seek to establish a group of challenge-led, interdisciplinary research networks that will bring together novel and diverse groupings of researchers and stakeholders. The aim is to enhance collaboration, building interdisciplinary communities and knowledge exchange in the field of ageing research.

EPSRC, in partnership with MRC, invites proposals for ‘network plus’ grants that build capability for responsible research across the breadth of neuro-technologies.

The ABN and ARUK Clinical Research Training Fellowship scheme provides 3-year clinical research training fellowships in neurological disciplines resulting in a PhD.

This award aims to recognize the importance of good clinical research and to encourage young investigators in FTD.

This award aims to recognize the importance of good clinical research and to encourage early career investigators in Lewy body diseases.

This award aims to recognize the importance of clinical research and to encourage young investigators in clinical studies in Parkinson’s disease.

These fellowships are for those looking to return to a research career after a break of two or more years for family, health or caring reasons.

This National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) call invites proposals for dementia research to address important health and social care questions.

The Health Services and Delivery Research (HS&DR) Programme aims to produce rigorous and relevant evidence to improve the quality, accessibility and organisation of health and social care services.

The Development and Skills Enhancement Award (DSE) provides a maximum of 1 year of funding for post-doctoral NIHR Academy Members to gain skills and experience for the next phase of their research career.

Funding for academically led pre-clinical development and early clinical testing of novel therapeutics, devices and diagnostics, including repurposing of existing therapies.

This travel grant is to support ECS Members to attend SfAM events only.

Call status: Open Application deadline: apply at any time* *at least 12 weeks before the proposed start of the project Funded through responsive mode This award is run jointly with Brazil’s São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP). See the guidance notes for more details. Aim To pump-prime collaborations between scientists in the UK and the São…

The Commonwealth Fund’s Harkness Fellowships in Health Care Policy and Practice for 2022-23 provide a unique leadership development opportunity for mid-career research professionals who are committed to advancing healthcare policy and practice.

To help scientists add an international dimension to their BBSRC-funded research by making and establishing new contacts with international counterparts.

Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs) accelerate business innovation by supporting knowledge exchange with academic institutions. KTP operates through an open call which includes the entirety of BBSRC’s remit.

Neurosciences and Mental Health Board grants are for researchers who are ready to take the next step towards becoming an independent principal investigator with clear host institution support.

Partnership grant to support new partnerships between diverse groups of researchers in the area of neurosciences and mental health.

Programme grants provide large, long-term and renewable programme funding for researchers working in the area of neurosciences and mental health research.

Funding is available from MRC’s Neurosciences and Mental Health Board to support focused research projects on neurosciences and mental health.

Awarding new investigator grants to support new researchers at the start of their careers, based at research organisations eligible for UKRI funding, to become independent researchers through gaining experience of managing and leading research projects and teams.

This prize will go to an individual or a group of individuals who have demonstrated, maintained, enhanced, valorized, and/or delivered Open Science practices, policies, and/or tools that have had a demonstrable impact on neuroscience research.

This grant is designed to support activities where aspects of microbiology are promoted to the general public and other relevant stakeholders (or to create resources used for education and training). Proposals eligible for support can be very diverse, from pieces of art and drama to popular music, or funds may be used to aid individuals to attend and exhibit at public science festivals, or in collaborations with schools and community groups. Resources promoting microbiology that may also be considered for support could consist of the following: personal time and materials in the design, production and delivery of items such as software, books, videos and other items used in education.

The Pilot project scheme is meant for novel research ideas that if successful would lead to a Major project or programme application to Alzheimer’s Research UK or other funding body.

SfAM offers the opportunity for its members to apply for financial assistance in support of attending conferences, training programmes to learn new techniques or acquire new knowledge, or scientific meetings and workshops that are consistent with the Society’s objectives.

Placements in BBSRC Swindon Office. Call status: Open Application deadline: apply at any time A key component of our Doctoral Training Partnership programme (DTP) is the Professional Internship for PhD Students (PIPS) – a 3-month integrated placement to provide BBSRC-funded DTP PhD students the opportunity to carry out a work placement unrelated to their doctoral research during…

We are offering awards of up to £1,500 to support NC3Rs-funded researchers past and present to engage the public with the approaches being taken to replace, reduce and refine animal use in science.

Research Fellowships are open to experienced researchers, particularly those who are or have been prevented by routine duties from completing a programme of original research.

Applications are invited for research proposals that are concerned with the day-to-day practice of health service staff, and which have the potential to have an impact on the health or wellbeing of patients and users of the NHS.

The NIHR Research for Social Care (RfSC) call is inviting proposals for studies to address important social care questions relating to dementia.

The NIHR Research for Social Care (RfSC) call invites proposals for research to address important social care questions around mental health in Northern England.

Apply for research on inclusive ageing

For researchers based at universities, institutions of higher education or registered charities with university-equivalent research capacity, to undertake an innovative and original research project.

Nuffield Foundation has a two-stage application process. Applicants submit a short outline application, and those that meet our criteria are invited to submit a full application, which is subject to independent peer review and considered by Trustees.

This award aims to recognize the importance of good clinical research and to encourage early-career investigators in clinical studies related to Alzheimer’s and related dementias.

Funding to address key issues at the intersection of housing, social care and health, which specifically focus on transforming care and / or health at home enabling independence.

You can submit a collaborative research proposal in any area of the social sciences within the remit of both the ESRC and FNR.