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External Funding Calls 23 April 2018

Prepared for Jennifer Cook of Durham University

Contents

A Kids' Brain Tumor Cure Sponsored Grant ............................................................................................................. 15

ACPICR Research Fund .......................................................................................................................................... 15

Active and Assisted Living Joint Programme (AAL JP2) .......................................................................................... 15

ADDF Biomarkers Development ........................................................................................................ 16

ADDF Drug Discovery Program ................................................................................................................................ 16

ADDF Prevention Beyond the Pipeline ..................................................................................................................... 17

ADDF Programme to Accelerate Clinical Trials (PACT) ........................................................................................... 17

Aga Khan Award for Architecture ............................................................................................................................. 17

AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnerships .............................................................................................................. 18

AHRC Leadership Fellows Scheme ................................................................................................... 18

AHRC Leadership Fellows Scheme – Early Career Researchers ...................................................... 19

AHRC Research Grants Scheme ....................................................................................................... 19

AHRC Research in Film Awards ........................................................................................................ 19

AHRC Research Networking Scheme ................................................................................................ 20



Alpine Garden Society Hendry Fund Grants ...................................................................................... 20

Alzheimer’s Research UK Extension Grants ...................................................................................... 21

Alzheimer's Research UK Global Clinical Trials Fund .............................................................................................. 21

Alzheimer's Research UK Interdisciplinary Research Grant ..................................................................................... 21

Alzheimer’s Research UK Major Project Grants ....................................................................................................... 22

Alzheimer’s Research UK Network Cooperation Scheme ........................................................................................ 22

Alzheimer’s Research UK PhD Scholarships ........................................................................................................... 23

Alzheimer’s Research UK Scientific Conference Grants .......................................................................................... 23

Alzheimer's Society Drug Discovery Programme - Academic-led Clinical Studies ................................................... 23

Anatomical Society Departmental Seminar Grants ................................................................................................... 24

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Grants ...................................................................................................................... 24

Anxiety and Depression in Older People PhD Scholarship ....................................................................... 25

Arcus Foundation Grants: Great Apes Conservation ................................................................................................ 25

ARDF Alternatives Research Grant Programme ...................................................................................................... 25

Arts Council England - Grants for the Arts ................................................................................................................ 26

AS Conference Grants ............................................................................................................................................. 26

AXA Research Fund Chair ....................................................................................................................................... 27

BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants ............................................................................................. 27

Baily Thomas Charitable Fund Research Grants ..................................................................................................... 27

BAPRAS Barron Prize .............................................................................................................................................. 28

Bayer Center of Expertise in Tropical Agriculture ..................................................................................................... 28

Bayer Partnering in Crop Science ............................................................................................................................ 29

BBSRC CASE Studentships .............................................................................................................. 29

BBSRC Exploring Innovation Seminars (formerly Knowledge Exchange and Commercialisation Seminars) .......... 29



BBSRC Industrial Partnership Awards (IPA) ............................................................................................................ 30

BBSRC Knowledge Transfer Partnerships ......................................................................................... 30

BBSRC Research Experience Placements (REP) Scheme ..................................................................................... 31

BBSRC Responsive Mode Funding .......................................................................................................................... 31

BBSRC Stand Alone LINK Scheme .......................................................................................................................... 31

BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Awards ............................................................................ 32

BHF Clinical Study Grants ........................................................................................................................................ 32

BHF Infrastructure Grant .......................................................................................................................................... 33

BHF New Horizons Grant ......................................................................................................................................... 33

BHF Programme Grant ...................................................................................................................... 33

BHF Project Grant .............................................................................................................................. 34

BHF Small Meeting Fund ......................................................................................................................................... 34

BHF Special Project Grant ................................................................................................................. 35

Biochemical Society Conference Proposals ............................................................................................................. 35

Biochemical Society Undergraduate Recognition Awards ........................................................................................ 36

BMGF Grand Challenges Explorations ..................................................................................................................... 36

Brain Tumour Charity Clinical Biomarkers ................................................................................................................ 36

Brain Tumour Charity Conference and Workshop Grants ........................................................................................ 37

Breast Cancer Research Trust Grants ............................................................................................... 37

British Psychological Society (BPS) Research Seminar Competition ................................................ 38

BSA Phil Strong Memorial Prize ............................................................................................................................... 38

BSCB Abercrombie Conference Fund ...................................................................................................................... 38

BSI Immunology Undergraduate Prizes ............................................................................................. 39



Cancer Research UK Early Diagnosis Advisory Group (EDAG) Project Grants ................................. 39

Cancer Research UK Early Phase and Feasibility Study Awards............................................................................. 40

Cancer Research UK Late Phase Clinical Trial Awards ........................................................................................... 40

Cancer Research UK Multidisciplinary Project Award ........................................................................ 40

Cancer Research UK Pioneer Award ....................................................................................................................... 41

Cancer Research UK Population Research Catalyst Award .................................................................................... 41

CARF Research Grants ............................................................................................................................................ 42

Castang Foundation Research Funding ................................................................................................................... 42

CDMRP BCRP Breakthrough Fellowship Award ...................................................................................... 42

CDMRP BCRP Breakthrough Levels 1 and 2 Award ................................................................................ 43

CDMRP BCRP Breakthrough Levels 3 and 4 Award ................................................................................ 43

CDMRP BCRP Distinguished Investigator Award ..................................................................................... 44

CDMRP BCRP Era of Hope Scholar Award .............................................................................................. 44

CDMRP BCRP Innovator Award ............................................................................................................... 44

Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange Lecture Series Grants .............. 45

Children and Young People's Mental Health PhD Scholarship .......................................................... 45

Children with Cancer UK - Conference & Meetings Grants ...................................................................................... 46

CLDF Research Grants Programme .................................................................................................. 46

Company of Biologists Small Meeting Grants........................................................................................................... 46

Connecting Europe Facility - Digital Telecommunications ........................................................................................ 47

COST European Cooperation in the Field of Scientific and Technical Research ............................... 47



Culture Vannin Grants .............................................................................................................................................. 48

Defence People Innovation Challenge ............................................................................................... 48

DG Education and Culture - Framework Partnership Agreements with European Policy Networks ... 48

Diabetes UK Project Grants...................................................................................................................................... 49

Dunhill Medical Trust Research Project Grants .................................................................................. 49

Eaga Charitable Trust Postgraduate Bursaries .................................................................................. 50

EaSI Progress Programme (2014-2020) .................................................................................................................. 50

ECU - Research Fund .............................................................................................................................................. 50

EDAB-FENS Brain Awareness Week (BAW) Excellence Award ........................................................ 51

EFSD/JDRF and Lilly European Programme in Type 1 Diabetes Research ...................................... 51

EFSD/Lilly European Diabetes Research Programme ............................................................................................. 52

EIB Individual Project Loans ..................................................................................................................................... 52

EIB Universities Research Action ............................................................................................................................. 52

EiF - Enhancing Communication and Use of Information in Engineering ................................................................. 53

Ekhaga Foundation .................................................................................................................................................. 53

EMBO Funding for Keynote Lectures ....................................................................................................................... 54

EMBO Science Policy Lecture Grants ................................................................................................ 54

EMBO Workshops .................................................................................................................................................... 54

EMBO Young Investigator Lecture Grants ............................................................................................................... 55

EMDR Research Dissemination Travel Award ......................................................................................................... 55

Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI) ............................................................................................................... 56

Enterprise Europe Network....................................................................................................................................... 56

EPS Small Grants ..................................................................................................................................................... 56



ERAB - Research Grants ................................................................................................................... 57

Erasmus+ Education and Training (2014-2020) ................................................................................. 57

Erasmus VET Mobility Charter 2014-2020 ......................................................................................... 58

Erasmus+ Youth (2014-2020) ............................................................................................................ 58

ESC - Course Grants ................................................................................................................................................ 58

ESC - Project Grants ................................................................................................................................................ 59

ESE European Journal of Endocrinology Prize .................................................................................. 59

ESRC Research Grants ..................................................................................................................... 60

EU Aid Volunteers Initiative ................................................................................................................ 60

EULAR - Scientific Training Bursaries ...................................................................................................................... 60

EUREKA: EURIPIDES² ............................................................................................................................................ 61

Europass .................................................................................................................................................................. 61

European Civil Protection Mechanism ...................................................................................................................... 62

European Cultural Foundation - Research and Development Grants ................................................ 62

European Drug Prevention Prize .............................................................................................................................. 63

European Institute of Innovation and Technology - Knowledge and Innovation Communities ................................. 63

European Research Area - Joint Programming Initiatives .................................................................. 63

European Social Innovation Competition .................................................................................................................. 64

EUROSPINE Funding for Research ................................................................................................... 64

EUSP Visiting Professor Scheme ............................................................................................................................. 65

Expanding Excellence in England (E3) Fund ............................................................................................ 65



Experimental Medicine Challenge Grants .......................................................................................... 65

Expo Live Innovation Impact Grant Programme ....................................................................................................... 66

Farm Sanctuary Research Grants ............................................................................................................................ 66

FEED - Grants .......................................................................................................................................................... 67

Feminist Review Trust Awards ................................................................................................................................. 67

FSRH 4-O-8 Sheffield Fund...................................................................................................................................... 67

Galton Institute Conferences/Workshop Grant ......................................................................................................... 68

Genetics Society One-off Meeting Sponsorship ....................................................................................................... 68

GHF Research Project Grants .................................................................................................................................. 69

GHF Special Programme Islam, the Modern Nation State and Transnational Movements ...................................... 69

GHF Special Programme Security, Society and the State ........................................................................................ 69

GlaxoSmithKline Bioelectronics Innovation Challenge ............................................................................................. 70

Global Innovation Fund (GIF) ................................................................................................................................... 70

Guarantors of Brain Support for Short Meetings & Conferences .............................................................................. 71

Guarantors of Brain Visiting Lecturer Bursary Scheme ............................................................................................ 71

Healthcare Technologies: Call for Investigator-led Research Projects ..................................................................... 71

Hertie Foundation Research Grants ......................................................................................................................... 72

HIS Major Research Grants...................................................................................................................................... 72

HIS Small Research Grants...................................................................................................................................... 73

HIS Strategic Research Grant .................................................................................................................................. 73

Horizon 2020 ............................................................................................................................................................ 73

Horizon 2020 - EIC Prize for Affordable High-Tech for Humanitarian Aid ................................................................ 74

Horizon 2020 - Excellent Science - European Research Council (ERC) Proof of Concept Grants .......................... 74

Horizon 2020 - Excellent Science - European Research Infrastructures (including e-Infrastructures)...................... 75

Horizon 2020 - Excellent Science - Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) ........................................................ 75



Horizon 2020 - Excellent Science - Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions ................................................ 76

Horizon 2020 - Industrial Leadership - Innovation in SMEs and Access to Risk Finance .................. 76

Horizon 2020 - Innovative Medicines Initiative 2 (IMI 2) ........................................................................................... 77

Horizon 2020 - Social Innovation Prize ..................................................................................................................... 77

Horizon 2020 - Societal Challenges - Health, Demographic Change and Wellbeing................................................ 77

Horizon 2020 - Societal Challenges - Secure Societies ........................................................................................... 78

Horizon 2020 - Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation ..................................................... 78

HS&DR: Health Services and Interventions for Children and Young People who have Experienced Online-

Facilitated Abuse, Including Online Grooming .......................................................................................... 79

HS&DR: Improving the Participation and Conduct of Health Services Research in Nursing and Care Homes at

Scale ......................................................................................................................................................... 79

HS&DR Mental Health Themed Call ......................................................................................................................... 80

HS&DR: Predicting Failure of Quality of Care in NHS Healthcare Service Provider Organisations, and Evidence for

the Interventions that Lead to Sustained Improvement ............................................................................. 80

HS&DR: Research on Interventions to Improve the Patient and Family Experience of Complaints Management and

the Decision to Litigate Against the NHS .................................................................................................. 81

HS&DR: Researcher-Led Workstream ..................................................................................................................... 81

HTA Mental Health Themed Call (Primary Research and Evidence Synthesis) ................................. 81

Humanitarian Innovation Fund Small Grant Facility .................................................................................................. 82

IEEE Medal for Innovations in Healthcare Technology ............................................................................................. 82

IFCN - Meeting Support ............................................................................................................................................ 83

InnovFin - Advisory ................................................................................................................................................... 83

InnovFin - Large Projects ......................................................................................................................................... 83

INSTRUCT Integrating Biology ................................................................................................................................. 84

INTERREG VB Atlantic Area 2014-2020 .................................................................................................................. 84



INTERREG VB North-West Europe Programme 2014-2020 .............................................................. 85

IOIBD - Operating Grants ......................................................................................................................................... 85

IPEM Conference and Course Grant ........................................................................................................................ 85

Irene Bruegel Bequest .............................................................................................................................................. 86

ISBT - Support for Transfusion Medicine Educational Events .................................................................................. 86

IUK Biomedical Catalyst 2018 Round 1 - Early Stage Award ............................................................. 87

IUK Biomedical Catalyst 2018 Round 1 - Feasibility Award ............................................................... 87

IUK Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs) ................................................................................... 87

Japan Foundation - London Grant Programme (Japanese Studies and Intellectual Exchange) .............................. 88

JDRF Conference Grants ......................................................................................................................................... 88

John Grace QC PhD Scholarship ....................................................................................................... 89

John Templeton Foundation Character Virtue Development Grants ........................................................................ 89

John Templeton Foundation Exceptional Cognitive Talent and Genius ................................................................... 89

John Templeton Foundation Genetics Grants .......................................................................................................... 90

John Templeton Foundation Human Sciences Grants ............................................................................................. 90

John Templeton Foundation Natural Sciences Grants ............................................................................................. 91

John Templeton Foundation Philosophy and Theology Grants ................................................................................ 91

John Templeton Foundation Public Engagement Grants ......................................................................................... 91

John Templeton Foundation Voluntary Family Planning Research Funding ............................................................ 92

JSPS International Prize for Biology ......................................................................................................... 92

KVA - Sjöberg Prize .................................................................................................................................. 93

Leukaemia UK Project Grants .................................................................................................................................. 93

LIFE Programme for the Environment (2014-2020) ........................................................................... 93



Litwin IBD Pioneers Initiative .................................................................................................................................... 94

LNF Brain Cancer Research Grants ......................................................................................................................... 94

Longitude Prize ......................................................................................................................................................... 95

M2D Feasibility Fund - Embedded Research Scheme ............................................................................................. 95

M2D Feasibility Fund - Pilot Project Scheme............................................................................................................ 95

M2D Feasibility Fund - Workshops, Sandpits and Short Courses Scheme .............................................................. 96

Macmillan Research Grants ............................................................................................................... 96

MB Reckitt Trust Grants ........................................................................................................................................... 97

Medicines Manufacturing Challenge Fund: Round 2 .......................................................................... 97

MHRA Conference Grant Fund ................................................................................................................................ 97

Michelson Grants and Prize Programme ............................................................................................ 98

Microsoft Azure for Research Awards ...................................................................................................................... 98

Misk Grand Challenges - Activating Global Citizenship ............................................................................................ 99

Misk Grand Challenges - Reinventing Teaching and School Leadership ................................................................. 99

MNI Grant for the Best Initiative Relating to an Optimal Nutritional Care Approach ........................... 99

NACCSGBI Project Grant ....................................................................................................................................... 100

NAM Rhoda and Bernard Sarnat International Prize in Mental Health ................................................................... 100

National Institutes of Health (NIH) R01 Research Project Grants ........................................................................... 101

National Institutes of Health (NIH) R03 Small Grant Programme ........................................................................... 101

National Institutes of Health (NIH) R21 Exploratory/Developmental Research Grants .................... 101

National Institutes of Health (NIH) R34 Clinical Trial Planning Grants ............................................. 102

National Institutes of Health (NIH) U01 Research Project Cooperative Agreements .............................................. 102

National Teaching Fellowship Scheme (NTFS) ...................................................................................................... 103

NC3Rs PhD Studentships ...................................................................................................................................... 103



NC3Rs Public Engagement Awards ....................................................................................................................... 104

NC3Rs Training Fellowships .................................................................................................................................. 104

NERC Biomolecular Analysis Facility (NBAF) ........................................................................................................ 104

New Organ Liver Prize ........................................................................................................................................... 105

Newton Fund: Building Science and Innovation Capacity in Developing Countries ......................... 105

Newton Researcher Links Travel Grants .......................................................................................... 106

Newton Researcher Links Workshop Grants ................................................................................... 106

NTU - Project Grants Dutch language Education or Dutch Studies Abroad ........................................................... 106

NTU - Support for Neighboring Countries - Dutch as a Foreign Language ............................................................ 107

Parkinson's UK Next Step Funding ........................................................................................................................ 107

Parkinson's UK Project Grants ............................................................................................................................... 108

Parkinson's UK Small Grants Scheme ................................................................................................................... 108

PHR: Interventions for Looked-after Children and Young People that Aim to Enhance Quality of Life ... 108

PHR: Rural Health ................................................................................................................................... 109

Public Engagement Fund ....................................................................................................................................... 109

Rare 2030 ............................................................................................................................................................... 110

Raymond Williams Foundation Grants ................................................................................................................... 110

Reinier Elias Foundation ........................................................................................................................................ 110

Research England Catalyst Fund ..................................................................................................... 111

RGS Geographical Fieldwork Grants ..................................................................................................................... 111

RHS Bursaries ........................................................................................................................................................ 111

RIBA President's Awards for Research ............................................................................................ 112

Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme (2014-2020) ..................................................................................... 112



RLjS - Research and Education Grants in Medicine, Caregiving and Music ........................................... 113

RLS Research Grant Program................................................................................................................................ 113

Royal Society Wolfson Fellowships ........................................................................................................................ 114

RTPI Awards for Research Excellence ................................................................................................................... 114

Rutherford Fund Strategic Partner Grants .............................................................................................................. 114

SANHS Grants for Heritage and Natural Sciences ................................................................................................. 115

São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) Collaborative Grants .................................................. 115

Scleroderma Foundation Established Investigator Grant ....................................................................................... 116

Scottish International Education Trust Travel Grant Scheme ................................................................................. 116

Sempre Arnold Bentley New Initiatives Fund ......................................................................................................... 116

SFT General Funding Awards ................................................................................................................................ 117

SFT Proof of Concept and Scoping Studies Grants ............................................................................................... 117

Shire Independent Medical Education Grants ........................................................................................................ 118

Shire Investigator Initiated Research Grants .......................................................................................................... 118

Simons Foundation SFARI Explorer Award ............................................................................................................ 118

Society for Endocrinology Undergraduate Achievement Award ....................................................... 119

Spalding Trust Grants ............................................................................................................................................. 119

SPF/JBM - Grants in Parapsychology .............................................................................................. 120

SRIP Research Development Workshop Grant ............................................................................... 120

St Luke's College Foundation Corporate Awards ................................................................................................... 120

Swedish Association of Architects - Ralph Erskine Award ............................................................... 121

Swiss Bridge Award ................................................................................................................................................ 121

Technology for Monitoring Risk Management at Home - SBRI Competition .................................... 122



TFD International Grants ........................................................................................................................................ 122

Third Health Programme (2014-2020) .................................................................................................................... 122

THIS Institute Post-Doctoral Fellowships ............................................................................................................... 123

THIS Institute Senior Fellowships ........................................................................................................................... 123

Thrasher Early Career Award ........................................................................................................... 124

Tres Cantos Open Lab Foundation (TCOLF) ......................................................................................................... 124

Trust for London Grants ......................................................................................................................................... 124

TS Alliance Research Grants Program ................................................................................................................... 125

Turing Foundation - Leprosy Research Grant ........................................................................................................ 125

UBS Optimus Foundation Grants ........................................................................................................................... 126

UK/China AMR Partnership Hubs Initiative ...................................................................................... 126

UK-China Collaboration to Tackle Antimicrobial Resistance ................................................................... 126

UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships .......................................................................................................... 127

UKRI-SBE Lead Agency Agreement ................................................................................................ 127

Ulverscroft Foundation ........................................................................................................................................... 128

Understanding Society Policy Fellowships ....................................................................................... 128

Vinnova - Individual Mobility for Innovation and Societal Benefits .................................................... 128

VolkswagenStiftung - Communicating Science and Research Funding ................................................................. 129

VolkswagenStiftung - Mixed Methods in the Humanities (Workshops and Small-Scale Summer Schools) ............ 129

Waterloo Foundation Child Development Dissemination and Intervention Grants ................................................. 130

Waterloo Foundation Child Development Grants ................................................................................................... 130

Wellcome Trust Master's Awards in Humanities and Social Science ..................................................................... 131

Wellcome Trust University Awards in Humanities and Social Science ............................................. 131



Wings for Life Project Research Grant ................................................................................................................... 131

Wolfson Foundation Grants .................................................................................................................................... 132

Women’s History Network Community History Prize .............................................................................................. 132

Women's History Network Small Grants Scheme UK ............................................................................................. 133

Yorkshire Cancer Research Travel Awards ..................................................................................... 133



All Schemes

A Kids' Brain Tumor Cure Sponsored Grant

Status: Open for Applications

Grants for basic and translational research projects that can advance understanding of the underlying biology of the development and treatment of paediatric low grade glioma tumours (PLGA tumours).

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Funding body: A Kids’ Brain Tumor Cure (PLGA Foundation)

Maximum value: Discretionary

Application deadline: None specified

ACPICR Research Fund


Funding is provided to support ACPICR members in their professional development within the field of cardiac rehabilitation.

Fund Information

Funding body: Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Cardiac Rehabilitation (ACPICR)

Maximum value: £ 1,000


Active and Assisted Living Joint Programme (AAL JP2)


http://www.idoxgrantfinder.co.uk/education/Scheme/View/GRUKRES!S14013





This programme aims to create better conditions of life for older adults and to strengthen the industrial opportunities in Europe through the use of information and communication technology.

Fund Information

Funding body: European Commission

Maximum value: € 250,000

Application deadline: 28/05/2018

ADDF Biomarkers Development


Funding to support the development and validation of novel and existing biomarkers, in order to enhance the design and performance of clinical trials for Alzheimer's disease and related dementias

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Funding body: Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation



ADDF Drug Discovery Program


Funding for promising drug discovery and clinical development programmes relevant to Alzheimer's disease, other dementias and cognitive ageing. Potential therapeutic approaches are considered for funding.

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ADDF Prevention Beyond the Pipeline


Funding to support comparative effectiveness research, prevention clinical trials and epidemiological studies to determine whether the use or choice of drugs alters the risk for dementia or cognitive decline.

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Maximum value: £ 2,220,000


ADDF Programme to Accelerate Clinical Trials (PACT)


Funding to support innovative treatments for humans with Alzheimer's disease or related dementias.

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Aga Khan Award for Architecture







Awarded every three years to recognise building projects which set new standards of excellence in architecture, planning practices, historic preservation and landscape architecture and are designed to support Muslim communities anywhere in the world.

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Funding body: Aga Khan Trust for Culture



AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnerships


Funding to support non-HEI organisations or consortia, with a proven track record of postgraduate research in the arts and humanities, to host a cohort of three or more PhD studentships over a three year period.

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Funding body: Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)



AHRC Leadership Fellows Scheme


Funding opportunities for researchers and research organisations in the UK, to work in partnership with the Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC), to increase leadership capacity and capabilities through supportive programmes of development, training and engagement.

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AHRC Leadership Fellows Scheme – Early Career

Researchers


Funding available to assist researchers in the early part of their career to develop the range of skills, experience and qualities necessary to lead research agendas in the 21st Century.

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AHRC Research Grants Scheme


The scheme is aimed at supporting well-defined research projects, so enabling individual researchers to collaborate with other individuals and organisations by carrying out high quality research in the arts and humanities.

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AHRC Research in Film Awards








Awards programme designed to showcase, reward and recognise the best short films (defined as no longer than 30 minutes) produced as outputs or by-products of arts and humanities research.

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AHRC Research Networking Scheme


Funding available to support workshops, seminars or other events aimed at facilitating interaction on a specified thematic area between stakeholders and researchers.

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Alpine Garden Society Hendry Fund Grants


Funding for projects that involve research on any aspect of alpine plants in the wild or in cultivation.

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Funding body: Alpine Garden Society







Alzheimer’s Research UK Extension Grants


Extension grants available to current Alzheimer's Research UK Major Project Grant recipients, where additional funding will deliver significantly enhanced results.

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Funding body: Alzheimer’s Research UK



Alzheimer's Research UK Global Clinical Trials Fund


Grants available to Alzheimer’s researchers located worldwide for high quality research projects involving clinical trials.

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Alzheimer's Research UK Interdisciplinary Research Grant


Funding to support high quality dementia research projects conducted by researchers from other disciplines whose expertise and experience could benefit the field of dementia research.

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Alzheimer’s Research UK Major Project Grants


These grants provide funding for high quality research projects, of up to five years duration, for Alzheimer’s researchers in the UK.

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Alzheimer’s Research UK Network Cooperation Scheme


Funding for projects that promote cooperation and collaboration between two or more Alzheimer’s Research UK Network Centres.

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Alzheimer’s Research UK PhD Scholarships


These scholarships provide a stipend, tuition fees and research/travel costs for UK based research students working on projects associated with Alzheimer's disease.

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Alzheimer’s Research UK Scientific Conference Grants


Grant funding to support scientific conferences in the UK or overseas that further collaboration, communication and dissemination of results, with the aim of improving diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer's disease.

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Alzheimer's Society Drug Discovery Programme - Academic-led Clinical Studies








Funding for clinical studies to measure the safety and tolerability of new drugs for Alzheimer's or other forms of dementia, as well of proof of efficacy studies with biomarker or cognitive outcomes and repurposing studies, which seek to leverage the benefit of translated preclinical work and safety data.

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Anatomical Society Departmental Seminar Grants


Small grants are available to fund visiting speakers for seminars held at eligible schools within the UK and Ireland.

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Funding body: Anatomical Society

Maximum value: £ 300


Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Grants


Funding available to support a wide range of initiatives aimed at strengthening the humanities, arts, higher education, and cultural heritage.

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Funding body: Andrew W. Mellon Foundation







Anxiety and Depression in Older People PhD Scholarship


Funding available to support a PhD scholarship in the field of anxiety and depression in older people.

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Funding body: Schizophrenia Research Fund



Arcus Foundation Grants: Great Apes Conservation


Funding for public policy research, advocacy, operational and capital costs, capacity building, and general project support in the area of great apes conservation.

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Funding body: Arcus Foundation



ARDF Alternatives Research Grant Programme







Funding for research projects that develop alternative investigation methodologies and/or utilise an alternative research approach to avoid the use of laboratory animals in order to advance science.

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Funding body: Alternatives Research and Development Foundation (ARDF)



Arts Council England - Grants for the Arts


Grants are available to support arts activities that benefit people in England or that help artists and arts organisations to carry out their work.

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Funding body: Arts Council England



AS Conference Grants


Funding available to support the organisation and holding of conferences in the UK focusing on philosophical subjects.

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Funding body: Aristotelian Society







AXA Research Fund Chair


The AXA Chair scheme supports the creation of a long term, full time academic position within a host institution to research basic science in environmental, life, socio-economic and the data/technology risks.

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Funding body: AXA Research Fund



BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants


Grants are available for collaborative or individual projects, with a UK-based lead applicant, focused on primary research in the humanities and social sciences.

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Funding body: British Academy (BA)



Baily Thomas Charitable Fund Research Grants


Funding available to enable initiation of research into learning disability so that it can progress to the point at which there is sufficient data to support an application to a major funding body.

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Funding body: The Baily Thomas Charitable Fund



BAPRAS Barron Prize


Prize awarded for the best CD or DVD, on any subject, submitted by any Member or Associate of BAPRAS or by any plastic surgery trainee in the UK.

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Funding body: British Association of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (BAPRAS)



Bayer Center of Expertise in Tropical Agriculture


This programme offers grant funding for academic organisations and agri-tech companies from anywhere in the world to collaborate with Bayer's Center of Expertise in Tropical Agriculture in Latin America on agricultural, crop protection and environmental science research to develop novel approaches relevant to sustainable agriculture in tropical environments.

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Funding body: Bayer AG







Bayer Partnering in Crop Science


This scheme aims to foster collaborations and licenses covering early stage R&D opportunities for marketed products within the field of crop science.

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Funding body: Bayer AG



BBSRC CASE Studentships


The studentships are awarded to industrial companies to collaboratively support top quality bioscience graduates undertaking research, leading to a PhD. The training grants provide students with a first-rate challenging research training experience within the context of a mutually beneficial research collaboration between academic and partner organisations.

Fund Information

Funding body: Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)



BBSRC Exploring Innovation Seminars (formerly Knowledge Exchange and Commercialisation Seminars)








Funding is available to support seminars and events which discuss, improve awareness and enable sharing of best practice of knowledge exchange and commercialisation and how it can deliver benefits to the economy and society.

This scheme was formerly named Knowledge Exchange and Commercialisation Seminars.

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BBSRC Industrial Partnership Awards (IPA)


This scheme supports collaborative R&D projects by research institutes and industrial partners, within the BBSRC remit, with potential to benefit the UK research base and economy.

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BBSRC Knowledge Transfer Partnerships


Funding for UK based, early-career researchers to work on academia-to-industry Knowledge Transfer projects within the biosciences industry.

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BBSRC Research Experience Placements (REP) Scheme


The scheme offers undergraduates summer placements in research institutes to give practical experience working in a laboratory environment.

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Funding body: N/A



BBSRC Responsive Mode Funding


Funding for unsolicited, investigator-led research proposals that meet the remit and mission of the BBSRC, including research projects, new facilities or infrastructure provision, pilot projects, proof of concept studies, equipment purchase and research networks.

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BBSRC Stand Alone LINK Scheme







The award supports collaborative, pre-competitive scientific research conducted by industrial and academic partners, where the industrial partner provides part of the full economic cost.

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BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Awards


An international competition that aims to recognise and encourage world-class research and artistic creation across diverse areas of interest including the environment, biomedicine and health, economy and society, basic sciences and technology, and arts and humanities.

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Funding body: BBVA Foundation



BHF Clinical Study Grants


BHF funds research focused on improving the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of heart and circulatory diseases. Funding is available to support clinical trials and observational studies of specific patient groups being carried out in established research institutions in the UK and costing more than £300,000 or lasting more than three years.

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Funding body: British Heart Foundation (BHF)







BHF Infrastructure Grant


Funding is available to assist with the acquisition of essential infrastructure needed to support cardiovascular research in UK academic institutions.

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BHF New Horizons Grant


BHF funds research focused on improving the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of heart and circulatory diseases. Funding is available to encourage researchers from outside traditional cardiovascular biology to engage in cardiovascular research and bring new expertise to the field.

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BHF Programme Grant







BHF funds research focused on improving the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of heart and circulatory diseases. Funding is available for long-term research projects in UK institutions, relevant to the cardiovascular system, on a five-year rolling basis.

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BHF Project Grant


BHF funds research focused on improving the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of heart and circulatory diseases. Funding is available to support short-term research projects in the UK lasting up to three years and costing less than £300,000.

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BHF Small Meeting Fund


BHF funds research focused on improving the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of heart and circulatory diseases. Funding is available to assist with the arrangement and organisation of small meetings in the UK on focused areas of cardiovascular science.

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BHF Special Project Grant


BHF funds research focused on improving the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of heart and circulatory diseases. Funding is available for basic science research projects, population based cohort studies and studies using datasets in the UK costing more than £300,000.

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Biochemical Society Conference Proposals


Grant funding available to support residential research conferences, workshops, independently organised conferences, single lectures and other equivalent small events in the fields of cellular and molecular bioscience.

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Funding body: Biochemical Society







Biochemical Society Undergraduate Recognition Awards


This prize is available for institutions to award an outstanding biochemistry, molecular bioscience, or related subject, undergraduate in any year of study in the UK.

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Funding body: Biochemical Society



BMGF Grand Challenges Explorations


These grants support early stage projects in any discipline that stimulate innovation in global health research, leading to new vaccines, diagnostics, drugs and other technologies targeting diseases, as well as improvements and innovations in agriculture development and other priority areas.

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Funding body: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation



Brain Tumour Charity Clinical Biomarkers


Scheme supporting the identification of biological markers of brain tumours, the validation of these markers and their implementation into routine clinical use in the UK.

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Funding body: Brain Tumour Charity



Brain Tumour Charity Conference and Workshop Grants


Funding available for scientific conferences and workshops that will inspire innovative research and drive progress in order to achieve a greater understanding of brain tumours.

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Funding body: Brain Tumour Charity



Breast Cancer Research Trust Grants


Funding available to support clinical and translational research into the prevention, early diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer.

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Funding body: Breast Cancer Research Trust (BCRT)







British Psychological Society (BPS) Research Seminar

Competition


Funding availble to allow institutions in the UK to co-operate on holding a series of scientific seminars on psychology.

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Funding body: British Psychological Society (BPS)



BSA Phil Strong Memorial Prize


An award to support postgraduate research in medical sociology.

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Funding body: British Sociological Association



BSCB Abercrombie Conference Fund


Funding available to assist organisers of conferences in the cell motility field with speakers or events.

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Funding body: British Society for Cell Biology (BSCB)









BSI Immunology Undergraduate Prizes


Annual prizes available to promote and encourage excellence in the study of immunology at undergraduate level in the UK.

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Funding body: British Society for Immunology



Cancer Research UK Early Diagnosis Advisory Group (EDAG) Project

Grants


Applications are considered for short term research projects involved in policy development or activities that add to the scientific evidence base for early cancer diagnosis. Collaborators may be international.

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Funding body: Cancer Research UK (CRUK)








Cancer Research UK Early Phase and Feasibility Study Awards


This scheme supports studies testing the viability of larger trials, including the ability to recruit and/or to explore tolerability or efficacy of treatments.

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Cancer Research UK Late Phase Clinical Trial Awards


This scheme supports interventional research into cancer treatment (including systemic treatment, radiotherapy and surgery) with a clinical primary endpoint.

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Cancer Research UK Multidisciplinary Project Award


The biannual scheme supports collaborations between engineering or the physical sciences and cancer research, to generate creative ideas and novel approaches to cancer research.

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Cancer Research UK Pioneer Award


This award is for innovative, ground breaking ideas that could lead to new discoveries or approaches to better understand, prevent, diagnose or treat cancer.

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Cancer Research UK Population Research Catalyst Award


The award supports the formation of new collaborative research hubs focused on population research relevant to cancer. Funding is available over five years to support the formation of international research groups capable of delivering impact over and above what could be achieved alone.

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CARF Research Grants


Funding for original, focused, and innovative research projects dealing with primary cicatricial alopecia (PCA).

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Funding body: Cicatricial Alopecia Research Foundation (CARF)



Castang Foundation Research Funding


Funding is available in the UK for research projects in the field of cerebral palsy and other neurodevelopmental disorders.

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Funding body: Castang Foundation



CDMRP BCRP Breakthrough Fellowship Award


Funding to support exceptionally talented recent doctoral or medical graduates in pursuit of promising research that has the potential to lead to or make breakthroughs in breast cancer.

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Funding body: US Department of Defense - Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP)



CDMRP BCRP Breakthrough Levels 1 and 2 Award


Funding to support promising research that has high potential to lead to or make breakthroughs in breast cancer.

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CDMRP BCRP Breakthrough Levels 3 and 4 Award


Funding to support promising research that has high potential to lead to or make breakthroughs in breast cancer.

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CDMRP BCRP Distinguished Investigator Award


Funding for established visionary leaders from any field to pursue innovative ideas that could accelerate progress toward ending breast cancer.

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CDMRP BCRP Era of Hope Scholar Award


Funding to support research in the field of breast cancer, conducted by exceptionally talented, creative early career scientists who have demonstrated that they are the best and brightest in their fields.

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CDMRP BCRP Innovator Award


Funding for visionary individuals to pursue their most novel, visionary, high-risk ideas that could accelerate progress to ending breast cancer.

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Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange

Lecture Series Grants


Grants are available for academic institutions in Europe to support public lectures on Chinese studies by distinguished scholars in the humanities and social sciences.

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Funding body: Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange



Children and Young People's Mental Health PhD Scholarship


Funding available to support a PhD scholarship in any aspect of children and young people's mental health.

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Children with Cancer UK - Conference & Meetings Grants


The fund facilitates the dissemination of research findings and encourages collaboration by supporting relevant conferences, meetings and workshops in the UK and overseas.

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Funding body: Children with Cancer UK



CLDF Research Grants Programme


The scheme offers funding for preliminary medical or social research in the UK in the area of paediatric hepatology.

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Funding body: Children's Liver Disease Foundation (CLDF)



Company of Biologists Small Meeting Grants


Funding available to support the organisation and holding of small, local meetings within the fields of the Company's journals.

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Funding body: Company of Biologists



Connecting Europe Facility - Digital Telecommunications


The CEF aims to promote growth, jobs and competitiveness through targeted infrastructure investment at European level. It is divided into the three sectors: transport, energy and digital (telecommunications).

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COST European Cooperation in the Field of Scientific and Technical

Research


COST is an intergovernmental framework for European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research, allowing the coordination of national research on a European level. Funding is used to cover coordination costs such as contributions to workshops/conferences, travel costs for meetings, contributions to publications and short-term scientific missions of researchers to visit other laboratories.

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Culture Vannin Grants


Funding available to support a wide variety of projects related to the changing culture of the Isle of Man.

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Funding body: Culture Vannin



Defence People Innovation Challenge


A challenge to introduce innovative solutions to how the UK manages people employed in Defence, both military and civilian.

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Funding body: Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA)



DG Education and Culture - Framework Partnership Agreements with

European Policy Networks


Periodic calls for proposals for the establishment of European policy networks in the area of education and training.

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Diabetes UK Project Grants


Project grant funding for high quality diabetes-related research projects, focusing on hypothesis-driven work, in the UK.

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Funding body: Diabetes UK



Dunhill Medical Trust Research Project Grants


Funding available to support projects in the UK carrying out high quality research aimed at improving the health and well-being of older people.

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Funding body: Dunhill Medical Trust







Eaga Charitable Trust Postgraduate Bursaries


Funding available to encourage masters and PhD students to write dissertations relating to fuel poverty issues.

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Funding body: eaga Charitable Trust



EaSI Progress Programme (2014-2020)


The Progress element of the Employment and Social Innovation Programme will support analysis, mutual learning and dialogue on EU employment, social policy and working conditions, as well as social innovation and social policy experimentation.

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ECU - Research Fund


The Research Fund of the European Chiropractors’ Union (ECU) is aimed at promoting and supporting scientific research which will improve and advance knowledge and understanding in relation to the practice of chiropracty.

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Funding body: European Chiropractors’ Union (ECU)



EDAB-FENS Brain Awareness Week (BAW) Excellence Award


The EDAB-FENS Brain Awareness Week (BAW) Excellence Award is presented to recognise an outstanding presentation of a BAW public outreach programme in the past two years by an organisation such as a hospital, university, national society or NGO.

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Funding body: Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS)



EFSD/JDRF and Lilly European Programme in Type 1 Diabetes

Research


This joint research programme funds new projects aimed at advancing current knowledge of type-1 diabetes.

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Funding body: European Foundation for the Study of Diabetes (EFSD)








EFSD/Lilly European Diabetes Research Programme


This fund supports research in any area of basic or clinical diabetes research.

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Funding body: European Foundation for the Study of Diabetes (EFSD)



EIB Individual Project Loans


Loan facility available to public and private sector organisations throughout the European Union for specific viable capital projects that support EU economic policy objectives.

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Funding body: European Investment Bank (EIB)



EIB Universities Research Action


Bursaries for work in university departments and research centres; traineeships for financing young researchers on university projects; and a sponsoring mechanism for university networks in EU Member States.

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Funding body: European Investment Bank (EIB)








EiF - Enhancing Communication and Use of Information in Engineering


Grants are available for organisations to fund educational and research programmes that advance the more effective use of information in engineering and applied science, particularly on learning communication skills.

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Funding body: Engineering Information Foundation (EiF)



Ekhaga Foundation


Grants to support research in the field of ecological agriculture and biological medicine.

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Funding body: Ekhagastiftelsen (Ekhaga Foundation)








EMBO Funding for Keynote Lectures


Funding available to allow organisers of major life science events to recruit speakers to give a keynote lecture.

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Funding body: European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO)



EMBO Science Policy Lecture Grants


Funding available to scientific event organisers for the inclusion of a non-scientific talk on the policy implications of science and technology, including, but not limited to, discussions about ethics, economics, politics, and law.

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EMBO Workshops


Funding available to support original meetings intended to provide molecular life scientists from different fields with an opportunity to discuss common themes and exchange cross-disciplinary results.

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EMBO Young Investigator Lecture Grants


Funding available to support young molecular life scientists attending national or international meetings in order to give lectures.

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EMDR Research Dissemination Travel Award


An international award to support dissemination of research findings by clinicians, doctoral students, or university faculties in the field of Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) for the treatment of trauma.

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Funding body: EMDR Research Foundation







Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI)


This programme supports the design and implementation of employment and social reforms at European, national, regional and local levels by means of policy coordination, and the identification, analysis and sharing of best practices.

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Enterprise Europe Network


The Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) is designed to be a one stop shop for business and innovation support services. It can help to find business partners, arrange on-site visits and provide advice on a wide range of business issues. It is the largest network in Europe providing expertise and services for business.

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EPS Small Grants


Funding is available for small scale, empirical research projects in the field of experimental psychology.

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Funding body: Experimental Psychology Society (EPS)



ERAB - Research Grants


Funding for research into any biomedical or psychosocial aspect of beer or alcohol.

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Funding body: European Foundation for Alcohol Research (ERAB)



Erasmus+ Education and Training (2014-2020)


Erasmus+ is the EU Programme for lifelong learning. It supports formal, non-formal and informal learning across all sectors including Higher Education, Further Education, adult education and schools. The aim is to boost skills and employability as well as to modernise education and training across Europe.

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Erasmus VET Mobility Charter 2014-2020


The Erasmus Charter for vocational education and training (VET) encourages organisations to further develop their European internationalisation strategies to improve the quality of VET placements. Holders of the Charter benefit from simplified, streamlined procedures and reporting activities. Provision is also extended to organisations that do no hold a Charter.

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Erasmus+ Youth (2014-2020)


Erasmus Plus is the EU Programme for lifelong learning. It supports activities in education, training, youth and sport across all sectors including Higher Education, Further Education, adult education, schools and youth activities. The aim is to boost skills and employability as well as to modernise education, training and youth work across Europe.

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ESC - Course Grants







Grants to support regional or local educational courses or meetings within Europe in the field of contraception, abortion, sexually transmitted infections and reproductive health care.

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Funding body: European Society of Contraception and Reproductive Health (ESC)



ESC - Project Grants


Grants for projects in the field of contraception, abortion, sexually transmitted infections and reproductive health care.

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Funding body: European Society of Contraception and Reproductive Health (ESC)



ESE European Journal of Endocrinology Prize


International award to recognise contributions to the advancement of endocrinology through published research.

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Funding body: European Society of Endocrinology (ESE)







ESRC Research Grants


Grants are available to eligible UK institutions to enable individuals or research teams to undertake anything from a standard research project through to a large-scale survey and other infrastructure or methodological development. The project subject area must fall within the ERSC's remit.

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Funding body: Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)



EU Aid Volunteers Initiative


The EU Aid Volunteers initiative brings volunteers and organisations from different countries together to work on humanitarian projects worldwide. The initiative focuses on strengthening the European Union's capacity to deliver needs-based humanitarian aid. Grants are available for technical assistance and capacity building projects.

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EULAR - Scientific Training Bursaries







Scientific Training Bursaries are provided by the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) to improve the standard of research and care and to foster collaboration across rheumatological, clinical and research units in Europe.

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Funding body: European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR)



EUREKA: EURIPIDES²


EURIPIDES² is the EUREKA Cluster for Smart Electronics systems. It promotes and supports pan-European partnerships of commercial enterprises and research organisations seeking to develop innovative smart electronics, including sensors, electronic hardware platforms, embedded systems and industrial electronics.

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Funding body: EUREKA



Europass


The Europass is a method of recording the training carried out and skills acquired during a period of work experience, undertaken as part of an ongoing training programme, in another European country. Participation is open to organisations and individuals in European Union Member States, EFTA/EEA and candidate countries.

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European Civil Protection Mechanism


The Civil Protection Mechanism primarily covers the protection of people, but also the environment and property, including cultural heritage, against all kinds of natural and man-made disasters, including the consequences of acts of terrorism, technological, radiological or environmental disasters, marine pollution, and acute health emergencies.

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European Cultural Foundation - Research and Development

Grants


ECF Research and Development Grants provide seed money that offers the opportunity to explore new and daring concepts.

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Funding body: European Cultural Foundation (ECF)








European Drug Prevention Prize


Prize awarded every two years to drug prevention projects that fully involve young people, either in the development and implementation of activities, the decision making, the project management or the evaluation.

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Funding body: Council of Europe



European Institute of Innovation and Technology - Knowledge and Innovation Communities


The EIT promotes innovation in Europe by integrating all three sides of the 'knowledge triangle' (higher education, research and business) in Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs).

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European Research Area - Joint Programming Initiatives








The Joint Programming Initiative aims to pool national research efforts in order to make better use of Europe's public research and development resources and to tackle common European challenges more effectively in a key areas.

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European Social Innovation Competition


Competition with an annual theme, designed to highlight and support best social innovation solutions to help people move towards work, or to create new types of work.

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EUROSPINE Funding for Research


Funding for research projects that advance knowledge about the spine, including its characteristics, injuries, disorders and diseases.

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Funding body: EUROSPINE







EUSP Visiting Professor Scheme


Funding available to allow European institutions to invite a leading European urologist as a visiting professor, to take part in a four day programme of lectures and clinical discussion.

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Funding body: European Urological Scholarship Programme (EUSP)



Expanding Excellence in England (E3) Fund


Funding available to build the capacity and quality of research in departments and units within English universities where excellence exists but at a small scale.

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Funding body: Research England



Experimental Medicine Challenge Grants







Funding available to support ambitious, challenge-led programmes of research in the UK looking at disease pathophysiology in humans.

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Funding body: Medical Research Council (MRC)



Expo Live Innovation Impact Grant Programme


Funding is available to support projects from around the world that can demonstrate novel and innovative solutions that generate social and environmental value, and which are in line with Expo 2020 Dubai's sub-themes of Opportunity, Mobility and Sustainability.

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Funding body: Expo Live



Farm Sanctuary Research Grants


Funding for cutting-edge, non-invasive research on the complex nature of farm animal emotions, behaviour and cognitive abilities in order to expand understanding of farm animal species and how they experience their lives.

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Funding body: Farm Sanctuary







FEED - Grants


Grants provided to advance public education throughout Europe in the field of political economy, with particular regard to evolutionary and institutional approaches to economic theory and policy.

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Funding body: Foundation for European Economic Development (FEED)



Feminist Review Trust Awards


Grants to encourage research, education, training, events and other wide-ranging activities within the fields of feminism and gender studies.

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Funding body: Feminist Review Trust



FSRH 4-O-8 Sheffield Fund







Funding available to support training for healthcare professionals who have limited funding for attending training meetings.

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Funding body: Faculty of Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare (FSRH)



Galton Institute Conferences/Workshop Grant


Grant funding available to meet costs incurred in running conferences and workshops aimed at improving understanding of human heredity/genetics, the social, ethical and moral implications of this knowledge, and the historical origins of this field.

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Funding body: Galton Institute



Genetics Society One-off Meeting Sponsorship


Funding available for sponsorship of one-off genetic research meetings that are not organised by the Genetics Society.

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Funding body: Genetics Society







GHF Research Project Grants


Funding to support research projects in the fields of archaeology, art history, historical Islamic studies, history of law, history of science, prehistory and early history.

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Funding body: Gerda Henkel Stiftung (Gerda Henkel Foundation)



GHF Special Programme Islam, the Modern Nation State and Transnational Movements


Funding programme aimed at researchers who are examining the emergence of political movements in the Islamic world at the national and/or transnational level.

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GHF Special Programme Security, Society and the State








Funding programme aimed at supporting research into new security-related issues that are prime examples of the post-Cold-War era that have been largely neglected in mainstream research.

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GlaxoSmithKline Bioelectronics Innovation Challenge


Innovation challenge prize awarded for the demonstration of a miniaturised, implantable wireless device to record, stimulate and block functionally-specific neural signals to and from a visceral organ in functional models.

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Funding body: GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)



Global Innovation Fund (GIF)


Grants available to support the adoption of social innovations with strong potential to improve the lives and opportunities of people in the developing world.

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Funding body: Global Innovation Fund (GIF)







Guarantors of Brain Support for Short Meetings & Conferences


Funding available to support the organisation and holding of small meetings and conferences in the UK which allow trainee neurologists, psychiatrists and neuroscientists to meet and interact with visiting scholars of international repute.

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Funding body: Guarantors of Brain



Guarantors of Brain Visiting Lecturer Bursary Scheme


Funding available to allow international or British scientists of repute to visit clinical departments or laboratories in the UK to share information, techniques and experiences.

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Funding body: Guarantors of Brain



Healthcare Technologies: Call for Investigator-led Research Projects







Support under the EPSRC Healthcare Technologies theme for innovative investigator-led projects during 2017-18, with a particular emphasis on those addressing the priorities of transforming community health and care and improving prevention and public health.

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Funding body: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)



Hertie Foundation Research Grants


Funding is available to institutions in Europe for innovative research programmes within the fields of education on democracy, neuroscience and European integration.

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Funding body: Gemeinnützige Hertie-Stiftung



HIS Major Research Grants


Funding available to support research projects that could, for example, be associated with a PhD studentship, MD or other research post in the area of healthcare acquired infection control in the UK or Ireland.

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Funding body: Healthcare Infection Society (HIS)







HIS Small Research Grants


Funding available to support small-scale research projects in the area of healthcare acquired infection control in the UK or Ireland or a visit by an overseas research fellow to a UK or Ireland institution.

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HIS Strategic Research Grant


Call-based grant award to support large scale research of strategic importance to the field of healthcare-associated infection.

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Horizon 2020







An overview of Horizon 2020 - the EU's programme for research and innovation for the period 2014-2020. The

programme provides funding for research and innovation, and innovation related activities, through three priorities: Excellent Science, Industrial Leadership (including support for SMEs) and Societal Challenges.

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Horizon 2020 - EIC Prize for Affordable High-Tech for Humanitarian Aid


This inducement prize will reward projects developing innovative solutions for the delivery of humanitarian aid based on frugal application of advanced technologies.

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Maximum value: € 1,000,000


Horizon 2020 - Excellent Science - European Research Council (ERC) Proof of Concept Grants


ERC funding scheme open to Principal Investigators engaged in ERC-funded research projects that are either ongoing or have recently ended. Grants are intended to fund further work to verify the potential of ideas arising from ERC funded projects.

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Horizon 2020 - Excellent Science - European Research Infrastructures (including e-Infrastructures)


Funding under the European Commission Horizon 2020 programme for research and innovation to establish and reinforce the research infrastructure (facilities, resources and services) to ensure that research communities have the optimum environment to conduct research and deliver innovation.

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Horizon 2020 - Excellent Science - Future and Emerging Technologies (FET)


Future and Emerging Technologies is part of the Excellent Science pillar of the EU's programme for research and innovation, Horizon 2020. It focuses on research beyond what is known, accepted or widely adopted and supports novel and visionary thinking. Funding is available for collaborative research projects to open up new and promising fields of research, technology and innovation.

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Horizon 2020 - Excellent Science - Marie Sklodowska-Curie

Actions


Marie Sklodowska-Curie actions are part of the Excellent Science pillar of the EU's research and innovation programme, Horizon 2020. The actions support cross-sector mobility of researchers to prepare them for current and future societal challenges. The aim is to ensure excellent and innovative research training and career and knowledge-exchange opportunities.

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Horizon 2020 - Industrial Leadership - Innovation in SMEs and Access

to Risk Finance


This Programme aims to develop the ecosystem of innovation support to SMEs in Europe. Actions are designed to provide opportunities for Member States and regions to enhance their innovation support services through collaboration, peer-learning and uptake of new approaches and to develop and disseminate skills and expertise among SMEs.

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Horizon 2020 - Innovative Medicines Initiative 2 (IMI 2)


IMI 2 is a public-private partnership between the European Commission and the biopharmaceutical industry. Its aim is to improve the drug development process by supporting more efficient research and development cooperation among academia, small and medium enterprises and the biopharmaceutical industry, in order to deliver better and safer medicines for patients.

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Horizon 2020 - Social Innovation Prize


A new Horizon 2020 prize will be launched on a social challenge chosen by the public from five proposed challenges. The proposed challenges are: childhood obesity, ageing population, integration of immigrants in the labour market, women entrepreneurship and women-led enterprises, and citizens for clean energy.

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Horizon 2020 - Societal Challenges - Health, Demographic Change and Wellbeing


The Societal Challenge pillar of the EU's research and innovation programme, Horizon 2020, focuses on bringing together a critical mass of resources and knowledge across different fields, technologies and scientific disciplines in order to address specific challenges. The Health, Demographic Change and







Wellbeing societal challenge will initially focus on personalising health and care. Activities cover the full cycle from research to market, with a focus on innovation related activities, such as piloting, demonstration, test-beds, support for public procurement, design, end-user driven innovation, social innovation and market take-up.

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Horizon 2020 - Societal Challenges - Secure Societies


Funding programme for research and innovation activities intended to support the protection of European citizens, society and economy as well as infrastructures and services, prosperity, political stability and wellbeing.

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Horizon 2020 - Spreading Excellence and Widening

Participation


Funding programme to support research activities intended to address the internal disparities which persist across the EU, in terms of research and innovation performance.

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HS&DR: Health Services and Interventions for Children and Young People who have Experienced Online-Facilitated Abuse, Including

Online Grooming


This call, under the Health Services and Delivery Research Programme Commissioned Workstream, seeks to fund research into how services can better intervene for children and young people who have experienced on-line facilitated abuse recently or in the past.

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Funding body: National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)



HS&DR: Improving the Participation and Conduct of Health Services

Research in Nursing and Care Homes at Scale


This call, under the Health Services and Delivery Research Programme Commissioned Workstream, seeks to fund research to improve the participation, conduct and impact of research in the care home sector.

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HS&DR Mental Health Themed Call


This NIHR themed call seeks proposals for the promotion of good mental health and the prevention or treatment of mental ill health across the whole life course.

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HS&DR: Predicting Failure of Quality of Care in NHS Healthcare Service Provider Organisations, and Evidence for the Interventions

that Lead to Sustained Improvement


This call, under the Health Services and Delivery Research Programme Commissioned Workstream, seeks to fund research to better understand and high-profile failures of the quality of care and the interventions to address them.

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HS&DR: Research on Interventions to Improve the Patient and Family Experience of Complaints Management and the Decision to Litigate

Against the NHS


This call, under the Health Services and Delivery Research Programme Commissioned Workstream, seeks to fund research to evaluate the experience of service users and their families who make formal complaints about NHS hospital and community services, the interventions that the NHS can put in place to better manage complaints, and whether these interventions are effective in improving outcomes for patients and families and in reducing the costs incurred by the NHS due to litigation claims.

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HS&DR: Researcher-Led Workstream


Funding for Researcher-led proposals under the NIHR Health Services and Delivery Research Programme, addressing research to improve the quality, effectiveness and accessibility of services within the NHS.

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HTA Mental Health Themed Call (Primary Research and Evidence

Synthesis)










This NIHR themed call seeks proposals for the promotion of good mental health and the prevention or treatment of mental ill health across the whole life course.

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Humanitarian Innovation Fund Small Grant Facility


Funding available to support the recognition, invention and diffusion of humanitarian innovations.

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Funding body: Humanitarian Innovation Fund (HIF)



IEEE Medal for Innovations in Healthcare Technology


This medal is presented for outstanding contributions and/or innovations in engineering within the fields of medicine, biology, and healthcare technology.

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Funding body: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)







IFCN - Meeting Support


The Meeting Support funding instrument of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology (IFCN) is aimed at supporting cross chapter scientific meetings.

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Funding body: International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology (IFCN)



InnovFin - Advisory


The InnovFin Advisory scheme aims to improve the bankability and investment-readiness of large complex projects that need substantial, long-term investments. It is aimed at promoters of large research and innovation projects that meet Horizon 2020's Societal Challenges.

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InnovFin - Large Projects







InnovFin Large Projects delivers loans and guarantees for research and innovation projects emanating from larger firms, universities and public research organisations, as well as research and innovation infrastructures, public-private partnerships and special-purpose vehicles or projects.

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INSTRUCT Integrating Biology


Instruct provides access to high specification, specialist infrastructure in structural biology for basic or pre-competitive research.

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INTERREG VB Atlantic Area 2014-2020


Support is available for projects that promote transnational cooperation in the Atlantic Area. The programme covers designated coastal regions from Portugal, Spain, France, the United Kingdom and the whole of Ireland.

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INTERREG VB North-West Europe Programme 2014-2020


The North-West Europe Programme will focus on the challenges and needs that can be effectively tackled through transnational cooperation under three priorities: innovation, low carbon, and resource and materials efficiency.

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IOIBD - Operating Grants


Grants to support research projects in the field of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

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Funding body: International Organization For the Study of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IOIBD)



IPEM Conference and Course Grant







This grant supports the costs of travel and exchange/training visits for physical sciences and engineering professionals working in the field of medicine and biology.

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Funding body: The Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (IPEM)



Irene Bruegel Bequest


Grants to encourage research, campaigns and educational work within the fields of feminism and gender studies.

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Funding body: Feminist Review Trust



ISBT - Support for Transfusion Medicine Educational Events


Grants to support educational events on the subject of transfusion medicine.

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Funding body: International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT)







IUK Biomedical Catalyst 2018 Round 1 - Early Stage Award


Funding for innovative businesses and academics that are seeking to continue a project's early-stage development and technical evaluation, up to readiness for clinical testing, for innovative products and processes to healthcarechallenges in the UK.

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Funding body: Innovate UK (IUK)



IUK Biomedical Catalyst 2018 Round 1 - Feasibility Award


Funding for innovative businesses and academics to explore and evaluate the commercial potential of a scientific idea that could solve a healthcare challenge in the UK.

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IUK Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs)







Funding to help businesses innovate and grow through a mutually beneficial partnership between a business, an academic institution and a graduate. The academic institution employs the recently qualified graduate who works at the company, while the graduate brings new skills and knowledge to the business.

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Japan Foundation - London Grant Programme (Japanese Studies and Intellectual Exchange)


Funding to support projects held in the UK in any discipline of the humanities and social sciences that have a significant Japan element, or involve collaboration with Japanese researchers/practitioners.

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Funding body: Japan Foundation



JDRF Conference Grants


Grant funding available to support workshops, scientific meetings and conferences on topics relevant to the pursuit of a cure for type 1 diabetes.

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Funding body: Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF)








John Grace QC PhD Scholarship


Funding available to support a PhD scholarship in the field of schizophrenia.

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John Templeton Foundation Character Virtue Development Grants


Grants supporting research that seeks to advance the science and practice of character, with a focus on moral, performance, civic, and intellectual virtues.

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Funding body: John Templeton Foundation



John Templeton Foundation Exceptional Cognitive Talent and Genius







These grants support programmes and projects that help to identify and nurture young people who demonstrate exceptional cognitive talent as well as supporting research into the nature of cognitive genius.

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John Templeton Foundation Genetics Grants


Grants are available to support innovative research in the field of genetics, as well as educational programmes that increase public awareness of how genetics-related research and its applications can impact humanity.

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John Templeton Foundation Human Sciences Grants


Grants to support research about human nature, human flourishing, religion and spirituality, and other fundamental structures and realities within the social, behavioural, and cognitive sciences.

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John Templeton Foundation Natural Sciences Grants


Grants supporting innovative projects that focus on questions concerning the origin and nature of the universe and humankind’s place in it.

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John Templeton Foundation Philosophy and Theology Grants


Grants supporting research projects which develop new philosophical and theological insights, especially (but not exclusively) in relation to advances in scientific understanding.

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John Templeton Foundation Public Engagement Grants







Grants supporting innovative programmes that find ways to translate scientific research and inspire reflection on its deeper significance from people worldwide.

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John Templeton Foundation Voluntary Family Planning Research Funding


Grants are available to support research and programmes in the field of family planning in an effort to help towards the sustainability of families, nations, and the global community.

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JSPS International Prize for Biology


Prestigious annual prize awarded by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science to recognise outstanding achievements in the field of Biology.

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Funding body: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)








KVA - Sjöberg Prize


Prize for scientists who have made substantial contributions to cancer research.

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Funding body: Sjöbergstiftelsen (Sjöberg Foundation)



Leukaemia UK Project Grants


The aim of the fund is to advance the cure and treatment of haematological malignancies, with particular focus on professional development.

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Funding body: Elimination of Leukaemia Fund (ELF)



LIFE Programme for the Environment (2014-2020)







The Environment sub-programme of LIFE 2014-2020 is the main EU funding mechanism for projects in the area of the environment. The sub-programme focuses on the priority areas of environment and resource efficiency, nature and biodiversity and environmental governance and information.

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Litwin IBD Pioneers Initiative


International grant awards aimed at innovative clinical and translational research projects, including pilot studies, with the potential to impact the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD patients) in the near future.

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Funding body: Crohn's & Colitis Foundation



LNF Brain Cancer Research Grants


Funding for projects which have the highest chance of making a quick and significant impact on children with the brain cancer Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG) which is, at present, inoperable with a short life expectancy.

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Funding body: Lyla Nsouli Foundation (LNF) for Children's Brain Cancer Research







Longitude Prize


A large, one-off challenge fund to incentivise the development and production of a transformational diagnostic test to inform the prescription and use of antibiotics. The subject of the competition - the rise of antibiotic resistance - was determined by the British public as the greatest scientific challenge of today.

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M2D Feasibility Fund - Embedded Research Scheme


Funding to enable researchers to spend a short period working in a different discipline or with a non-academic partner to address model-based decision making under uncertainty.

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Funding body: Models to Decisions (M2D)



M2D Feasibility Fund - Pilot Project Scheme







Funding for innovative pilot projects that address substantive problems in model-based decision making under uncertainty and develop new methodologies informed by understanding the needs of users.

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M2D Feasibility Fund - Workshops, Sandpits and Short Courses Scheme


Funding for organising workshops, sandpits and short courses that address substantive problems in model-based decision making under uncertainty.

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Macmillan Research Grants


Funding available to support research focusing on the numbers, needs and experiences of people living with cancer and which generates the evidence needed to enable a better cancer experience.

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Funding body: Macmillan Cancer Support








MB Reckitt Trust Grants


Funding available to promote research and activities that evaluate and develop social structures, processes and attitudes in order to release energies for change, from the perspective of Christianity and the other principal faith traditions.

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Funding body: MB Reckitt Trust



Medicines Manufacturing Challenge Fund: Round 2


Funding from the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund to uncover innovative solutions to medicines manufacturing.

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MHRA Conference Grant Fund







Grant to support conferences (and other related academic activities) within the field of medieval and modern European languages and literatures.

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Funding body: Modern Humanities Research Association



Michelson Grants and Prize Programme


Funding for research in pursuit of a single-dose, permanent, nonsurgical sterilisation product or technology for use in male and female dogs and cats, with the aim of addressing the high numbers of animals in shelters.

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Funding body: Found Animals



Microsoft Azure for Research Awards


Support for projects to facilitate and accelerate scholarly and scientific research by enabling researchers to use the power of Microsoft Azure to take advantage of cloud computing.

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Funding body: Microsoft







Misk Grand Challenges - Activating Global Citizenship


Funding available for innovators to devise and demonstrate ways to positively engage young people in Global Citizenship at scale and in depth.

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Funding body: Misk Grand Challenges



Misk Grand Challenges - Reinventing Teaching and School Leadership


Funding available for innovative ideas that transform teaching or school leadership to better prepare children with the 21st century skills they need to succeed in the future.

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Funding body: Misk Grand Challenges



MNI Grant for the Best Initiative Relating to an Optimal Nutritional

Care Approach









Grant available for European healthcare organisations for innovative national initiatives or research projects for Optimal Nutritional Care.

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Funding body: Medical Nutrition International Industry (MNI)



NACCSGBI Project Grant


Grant funding available to support clinical research of relevance to neuroanaesthesia or neurointensive care.

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Funding body: Neuroanaesthesia & Critical Care Society of Great Britain and Ireland (NACCSGBI)



NAM Rhoda and Bernard Sarnat International Prize in Mental Health


International award to recognise individuals, groups, or organisations for outstanding achievement in improving mental health.

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Funding body: National Academy of Medicine (NAM)







National Institutes of Health (NIH) R01 Research Project Grants


Funding to support a discrete, specified, circumscribed project to be performed by the named investigator(s) in an area representing his or her specific interest and competencies.

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Funding body: National Institutes of Health (NIH)



National Institutes of Health (NIH) R03 Small Grant Programme


Funding to support small medical research projects that can be carried out in a short period of time with limited resources such as feasibility studies, secondary analysis of existing data or development of research methodology.

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National Institutes of Health (NIH) R21 Exploratory/Developmental

Research Grants








Funding to encourage exploratory/developmental medical research by providing support for the early and conceptual stages of project development such as novel studies that break new ground or high-risk studies that may lead to a breakthrough in a particular area.

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National Institutes of Health (NIH) R34 Clinical Trial Planning

Grants


Funding to support the initial development of a clinical trial or research project.

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National Institutes of Health (NIH) U01 Research Project Cooperative Agreements


Funding to support a discrete, specified, circumscribed project to be performed by the named investigator(s) in an area representing his or her specific interest and competencies where substantial programmatic involvement is anticipated between the awarding Institute and Centre.

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National Teaching Fellowship Scheme (NTFS)


Fellowship scheme which recognises and rewards individuals who have had an outstanding impact on student learning and the teaching profession.

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Funding body: The Higher Education Academy (HEA)



NC3Rs PhD Studentships


Funding for host UK research institutions to provide scientific training and an introduction to the three 'R's to UK graduate scientists in any area of medical, biological or veterinary research.

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Funding body: National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs)







NC3Rs Public Engagement Awards


Funding to support NC3Rs-funded researchers, past and present, to engage the public with the research and approaches being taken to replace, reduce and refine animal use in science.

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NC3Rs Training Fellowships


Funding for early career researchers to support skills development and enhance research experience across the three 'R's in any area of medical, biological or veterinary research.

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NERC Biomolecular Analysis Facility (NBAF)


Programme providing access to four high-level UK biomolecular research facilities specialising in genomics, metabolomics and bioinformatics.

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Funding body: NERC Biomolecular Analysis Facility



New Organ Liver Prize


International prize available for the first team to create a regenerative or bioengineered solution that keeps a large animal alive for 90 days without native liver function.

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Funding body: Methuselah Foundation



Newton Fund: Building Science and Innovation Capacity in

Developing Countries


Funding available to develop science and innovation partnerships that promote the economic development and welfare of developing countries.

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Funding body: Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS)








Newton Researcher Links Travel Grants


Funding for early-career researchers to undertake research placements and build research capacity in developing economies.

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Funding body: British Council



Newton Researcher Links Workshop Grants


Funding for workshops involving a UK and partner country cohort of early career researchers, intended to address global research challenges in innovative, collaborative ways.

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Funding body: British Council



NTU - Project Grants Dutch language Education or Dutch Studies Abroad


Financial support for projects, outside of the Dutch language area, that contribute (on a regional, national or international level) to the image, use or growth of Dutch language Education or Dutch Studies.

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Funding body: Nederlandse Taalunie (NTU - Dutch Language Union)



NTU - Support for Neighboring Countries - Dutch as a Foreign Language


The 'Support for Neighboring Countries - Dutch as a Foreign Language' programme (Steun aan buurlanden - Nederlands als Vreemde Taal) of the Dutch Language Union is aimed at supporting projects and activities that support and promote Dutch regular education in neighboring countries.

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Funding body: Nederlandse Taalunie (NTU - Dutch Language Union)



Parkinson's UK Next Step Funding


Funding available to allow existing projects to build further on the results of their research into areas related to Parkinson's disease.

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Funding body: Parkinson's UK








Parkinson's UK Project Grants


Grants available for UK universities and other research institutions to address major challenges in the field of Parkinson's disease research.

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Parkinson's UK Small Grants Scheme


Grants available for UK universities and other research institutions for small-scale research projects and pilot studies in the field of Parkinson's disease.

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PHR: Interventions for Looked-after Children and Young People that

Aim to Enhance Quality of Life


This call, issued under the Public Health Research Programme, seeks proposals for research to determine the effective interventions for looked-after children and young people that aim to improve the health of, and reduce health inequalities experienced by this group.

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PHR: Rural Health


This call, issued under the Public Health Research Programme's commissioned funding stream, seeks proposals for research to determine which interventions are effective in improving health and reducing health inequalities for rural populations.

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Public Engagement Fund


Funding available to support ideas for engaging the public in conversations about health-related science and research.

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Funding body: Wellcome Trust







Rare 2030


Pilot project to propose sustainable policy scenarios in the field of rare diseases for the period 2020-2030.

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Raymond Williams Foundation Grants


Funding available to support adult education courses and projects, principally in the UK.

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Funding body: Raymond Williams Foundation



Reinier Elias Foundation


Grants are available to support research to Lyme neuroborreliosis and more specifically for projects conducted by scientists or research institutes.

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Funding body: Reinier Elias Stichting (Reinier Elias Foundation)








Research England Catalyst Fund


Funding available to higher education institutions (HEIs) in England for a wide range of projects that help deliver Research England's strategic aims for higher education across research, teaching and knowledge exchange, in the new fees and funding system.

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Funding body: Research England



RGS Geographical Fieldwork Grants


Grant for teams of UK students and researchers to help with the costs of geographical fieldwork projects with a significant contribution to new geographical knowledge.

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Funding body: Royal Geographical Society



RHS Bursaries







Bursary scheme which funds projects with a very clear relevance to horticulture such as study tours, expeditions, conferences, taxonomy, research or educational projects, training courses, voluntary work placements, traineeships and botanical artwork.

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Funding body: Royal Horticultural Society



RIBA President's Awards for Research


Awards to recognise and promote research that contributes to new knowledge and understanding of architecture and the built environment. They are presented on an annual basis to students, academics and professionals for high-quality research conducted in the previous year.

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Funding body: Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)



Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme (2014-2020)


Funding programme which aims to ensure people's rights and freedoms are effective in practice, by making them better known and more consistently applied across the EU. It also promotes the rights of children, and the principles of non discrimination and gender equality, including projects to combat violence against women and children.

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RLjS - Research and Education Grants in Medicine, Caregiving and

Music


Grants are available for research and education in medicine, caregiving and music.

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Funding body: Rune Ljungdahls stiftelse (RLjS - Rune Ljungdahl Foundation)



RLS Research Grant Program


Funding to help continue restless legs syndrome (RLS) research that will lead to better treatments, discover underlying causes and, ultimately, find a cure for this disease.

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Funding body: Restless Legs Syndrome Foundation (RLS)








Royal Society Wolfson Fellowships


Long-term funding is available to support UK universities and research institutions in making strategic research appointments through the recruitment and retention of outstanding senior researchers.

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Funding body: Royal Society



RTPI Awards for Research Excellence


Awards to recognise and promote high quality, impactful spatial planning research from planning schools in the UK, the Republic of Ireland and internationally.

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Funding body: Taylor & Francis Group



Rutherford Fund Strategic Partner Grants


Funding for eligible UK higher education institutionsto offer short-term fellowships that will build on and enhance their global strategic partnerships.

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Funding body: Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS)








SANHS Grants for Heritage and Natural Sciences


Funding available to support research and improve public access to the history, archaeology and natural sciences of the historic county of Somerset.

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Funding body: Somerset Archaeological & Natural History Society (SANHS)



São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) Collaborative

Grants


Funding for collaborative arts and humanities research projects between investigators based in the UK and their counterparts in Brazil.

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Scleroderma Foundation Established Investigator Grant


Funding to facilitate highly innovative or highly relevant and meritorious pilot projects by established investigators in areas of research related to scleroderma that will culminate in more substantial funding from other funding sources.

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Funding body: Scleroderma Foundation



Scottish International Education Trust Travel Grant Scheme


Grant for young scientists, engineers and technologists in Scottish universities to provide funds for travel expenses.

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Funding body: Scottish International Education Trust



Sempre Arnold Bentley New Initiatives Fund


Financial support is available for individuals or organisations conducting an interdisciplinary initiative or research project on the psychology of music or music education.

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Funding body: Society for Education, Music and Psychology Research (Sempre)



SFT General Funding Awards


Grants to support general research projects that can demonstrate a benefit to the UK forestry sector and to wider UK forestry research priorities.

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Funding body: Scottish Forestry Trust (SFT)



SFT Proof of Concept and Scoping Studies Grants


Grants to support small investigatory/scoping studies in order to assess existing research and identify future research opportunities in the forestry and arboriculture sector.

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Funding body: Scottish Forestry Trust (SFT)







Shire Independent Medical Education Grants


Funding for organisations from any country to arrange independent medical education activities relevant to certain medical diseases.

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Funding body: Shire



Shire Investigator Initiated Research Grants


The programme fosters advances in scientific research and supports novel therapeutic discoveries in the areas of neuroscience, internal medicine/gastrointestinal, genetic diseases, ophthalmics, haematology, immunology and oncology.

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Funding body: Shire



Simons Foundation SFARI Explorer Award


One-year grants available to faculty-level scientific investigators anywhere in the world for experimental research projects that enhance understanding of the mechanisms underlying autism spectrum disorders.

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Funding body: Simons Foundation



Society for Endocrinology Undergraduate Achievement

Award


Award given to an outstanding undergraduate who has shown excellence in the field of endocrinology.

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Funding body: Society for Endocrinology



Spalding Trust Grants


Grants for projects or activities that promote study of the world's major religions.

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Funding body: Spalding Trust








SPF/JBM - Grants in Parapsychology


Grants are annually available for various purposes related to scientifically based research in parapsychology.

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Funding body: Stiftelsen John Björkhems Minnesfond (John Björkhem Memorial Fund)



SRIP Research Development Workshop Grant


Grants to support development workshops dealing with topics relevant to reproductive and infant psychology.

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Funding body: Society for Reproductive and Infant Psychology (SRIP)



St Luke's College Foundation Corporate Awards


Short-term funding for pump-priming initiatives that enable departments of theology and religious education in universities, colleges and other agencies operating at university level, to enhance their capacity to provide theological and religious education.

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Funding body: St Luke's College Foundation



Swedish Association of Architects - Ralph Erskine Award


Award presented to an individual, group or organisation for innovation in architecture and urban design with regard to social, ecological and aesthetic aspects.

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Funding body: Sveriges Arkitekter (Swedish Association of Architects)



Swiss Bridge Award


Funding available to investigators at academic and cancer research institutions in Europe allowing them to undertake research focusing on immunotherapy in oncology.

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Funding body: European Association for Cancer Research (EACR)







Technology for Monitoring Risk Management at Home - SBRI

Competition


Funding available for organisations to develop a remote digital alarm monitoring system to help people with complex needs manage risks at home.

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Funding body: Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership



TFD International Grants


Funds are available to help international organisations outside Taiwan to carry out projects to promote democracy and human rights.

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Funding body: Taiwan Foundation for Democracy (TFD)



Third Health Programme (2014-2020)


This programme aims to support and deliver action aimed at encouraging the uptake of innovation in health, fostering better and safer healthcare, promoting good health and preventing diseases, and protecting citizens from cross-border health threats.

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THIS Institute Post-Doctoral Fellowships


PhD-doctoral fellowships for early-career individuals to lead an extended period of research andcontribute to the development of the field of healthcare improvement studies.

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Funding body: THIS Institute



THIS Institute Senior Fellowships


Seniorfellowships for an established researcher in a senior academic role to undertake a visionary, field-changing sabbatical, unencumbered by routine duties.

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Funding body: THIS Institute







Thrasher Early Career Award


Funds are available internationally for new researchers to further the development of medical research in child health.

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Funding body: Thrasher Research Fund



Tres Cantos Open Lab Foundation (TCOLF)


Funding for innovative proposals that will advance discovery or development of therapies for Malaria, Tuberculosis, Kinetoplastids Diseases (Leishmaniosis, Chagas and Sleeping Sickness) and Shigellosis. Half of the research must be conducted at the facilities of the GSK DDW in Tres Cantos, Spain.

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Funding body: Tres Cantos Open Lab Foundation (TCOLF)



Trust for London Grants


Funding is available to UK organisations which seek to provide solutions to tackle inequality and poverty, with an emphasis on helping people in London.

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Funding body: Trust for London



TS Alliance Research Grants Program


Funding to support research that will lead to a cure for tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) while improving the lives of those affected.

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Funding body: Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance (TS Alliance)



Turing Foundation - Leprosy Research Grant


Grants for scientific research into the early diagnosis and recovery of leprosy.

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Funding body: Turing Foundation







UBS Optimus Foundation Grants


Funding available for organisations and institutions to deliver projects focusing on three core areas for children: health, early education and child protection.

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Funding body: UBS Optimus Foundation



UK/China AMR Partnership Hubs Initiative


Funding available for high quality collaborative research partnerships focused on addressing the growing global burden of antimicrobial resistance, specifically antibacterial resistance in China.

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Funding body: National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)



UK-China Collaboration to Tackle Antimicrobial Resistance


UK researchers can apply for funding to undertake joint projects with Chinese partners in order to tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR).

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UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships


Funding from UK Research and Innovation providing up to seven years’ worth of funding for at least 550 early-career researchers and innovators to tackle difficult and novel challenges.

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Funding body: UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)



UKRI-SBE Lead Agency Agreement


Lead Agency Agreement between the Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences Directorate (SBE) of the US National Science Foundation (NSF) and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) intended to facilitate collaborative working by UK and US researchers by reducing some of the complications and barriers associated with international collaboration.

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Funding body: National Science Foundation (NSF)







Ulverscroft Foundation


Funding is available for projects which will have a positive effect on the quality of life of visually impaired people, or people with a print disability.

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Funding body: The Ulverscroft Foundation



Understanding Society Policy Fellowships


Funding available for short term fellowships to undertake a social science project which has the potential to inform and influence public policy.

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Funding body: Understanding Society



Vinnova - Individual Mobility for Innovation and Societal

Benefits








Grants are available to pay the salary of an individual to spend up to three months at a collaborating organisation in another sector (private, public or academic). Applications are open to HEIs, public organisations as well as private organisations.

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Funding body: Verket för Innovationssystem (Vinnova - Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems)



VolkswagenStiftung - Communicating Science and Research Funding


Funding available to support public relations activities, translations and self-organised events for grant recipients of the Volkswagen Foundation.

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Funding body: VolkswagenStiftung



VolkswagenStiftung - Mixed Methods in the Humanities (Workshops and Small-Scale Summer Schools)


Funding is available for research workshops and summer schools on the development of new digital methods for the evaluation of data in the humanities.

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Funding body: VolkswagenStiftung








Waterloo Foundation Child Development Dissemination and Intervention Grants


Grants are available for dissemination of knowledge relating to research or for small practical/intervention projects helping families affected by neuro-developmental conditions in children.

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Funding body: Waterloo Foundation



Waterloo Foundation Child Development Grants


Funding is available for research projects which address psychological and behavioural development of children, particularly in certain neuro developmental conditions and the factors that influence them. The Foundation is interested in the common and co-occurring neurodevelopmental conditions of Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) and ADHD, along with Rolandic Epilepsy and Developmental Trauma, and have a particular interest in factors under parents’ influence such as diet, sleep and exercise.

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Funding body: Waterloo Foundation








Wellcome Trust Master's Awards in Humanities and Social Science


Scheme supporting individuals to undertake any humanities or social science Master's course which has a predominant focus on human and/or animal health.

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Wellcome Trust University Awards in Humanities and Social

Science


Funding available to enable universities in the UK, Ireland and low- or middle-income countries to employ outstanding research staff working in any area of human and animal health.

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Wings for Life Project Research Grant


Wings for Life (WFL) is offering Project Research Grants to cover a research project that has a maximum length of three years and is related to spinal cord injury.

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Funding body: Wings for Life



Wolfson Foundation Grants


Funding available to UK organisations and educational establishments for the funding of capital infrastructure in the fields of science and medicine, health, education and the arts and humanities.

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Funding body: Wolfson Foundation



Women’s History Network Community History Prize


Annual prize for a community history project by, about, or for women in a particular locale or community.

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Funding body: Women's History Network







Women's History Network Small Grants Scheme UK


Small grants to support teaching and research staff in the UK to organise one day conferences on women’s history in the UK.

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Funding body: Women's History Network



Yorkshire Cancer Research Travel Awards


These awards support current Yorkshire Cancer Research award holders, and staff, with the costs of travel to conferences and other events.

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Funding body: Yorkshire Cancer Research





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