Faculty of Medicine & Biological Sciences
Research Opportunities January 09
REDESIGNED FOR 2009 this monthly update of research opportunities represents the latest in research funding news. Section
1 includes recommended key opportunities, section 2 provides links to “RDinfo special editions” and section 3 is now a list of
web-links ordered by funding body. Want a dedicated search? Contact me with details of what you are looking for, for a
bespoke service. Have a great 2009! Anna Harding Assistant Registrar Research (aijh1@le.ac.uk)
SECTION ONE
The funding will focus on situations where a new appointment will help
address a well established skills gap; a new role would
complement and support existing Research Council investment and
would reinforce the university's strategy; and where the individual
demonstrably has skills and abilities needed but cannot readily be
accommodated within existing vacancies or funded programmes.
THE BIG LOTTERY FUND The Big Lottery Fund will provide up to £20
million to fund social, medical or socio-medical research led by
voluntary and community sector (VCS) organisations in England,
Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
The Research programme aims to influence local and national policy
and practice by funding VCS organisations to produce and disseminate
evidence-based knowledge. In the longer term the programme, through
producing sound evidence, aims to help develop better services and
support for beneficiaries.
Grants of between £10,000 and £500,000 are available for research
projects lasting up to five years. If you intend to apply for a Research
grant in the final round of the programme, we ask you to send us a
brief outline of your project before you send us your full application.
We will use the Project Outline only to identify appropriate peer
reviewers for your project and to help us plan the assessment process.
We will not assess your Project Outline or use it to provide you with
feedback about your application.
You can download the Project Outline form here , request the form
from the programme helpline via email, or tel: 0845 0711068)
Please return your completed Project Outline form before 5pm,
Tuesday 31 March 2009. You can return your form by email, or by post
to:
Research programme
329, Harwell
Didcot
Oxfordshire
OX11 0QJ
You should send us only your completed Project Outline form by 31
March 2009. The deadline for us to receive your completed application
form is 5pm Friday 29 May 2009 (5pm Friday 22 May if you want us to
check whether your application is complete and give you the
opportunity to provide any missing information)
Three pre-application seminars will be held in late January/early
February 2009. The dates and venues are:
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20 January - Newcastle
27 January - Birmingham
3 February - London
Click here for details of how to register for these seminars
Who can apply?
The Research programme is open to VCS organisations in the UK
only. VCS organisations can partner with the research community
but these organisations may not apply for funding themselves.
How to apply
To apply for funding you must first register with the programme. If
your registration is accepted you will be sent a password to open the
on-line application form. Click the 'Registration' button below to open
the on-line registration form.
RESEARCH COUNCILS TO LAUNCH SKILLS GAP AWARDS (SGAS)
Given the very rapid changes in the UK and global economies there are
opportunities for UK universities to ensure that high quality scientific
or research support skills in areas previously hard to recruit, are
retained in the UK.
Accordingly three Research Councils - BBSRC, EPSRC and MRC - will
shortly launch interim and fast-track Skills Gap Awards for
biological and medical research. New and limited funding will be made
available for start-up funding for appointments in universities relevant
to biotechnology or biomedical research which addresses important
skills needs. The MRC will lead on this initiative.
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The MRC has written to selected UK universities with details of how to
apply.
Further arrangements for supporting two-way academic industry
exchanges will be announced during Spring 2009. The programme in
detail
NIHR PROGRAMME GRANTS FOR APPLIED RESEARCH - PROGRAMME
DEVELOPMENT GRANTS
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Evidence synthesis that might include modelling
Selection or development of interventions or measures of
outcome
 Pilot/feasibility studies to determine recruitment and
participant retention rates, inform sample size calculations,
optimise delivery of the intervention, etc.
 Initiation and development of collaborations with
methodological experts necessary to deliver the proposed
research programme
 Convening meetings to plan programme strategy, develop
protocols, foster collaborative working within the research
team, etc.
The deadline for receipt of applications is Monday 30 March 2009.
NIHR SDO PROGRAMME – EVALUATING INNOVATIONS IN INTEGRATING
HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE FOR ADULTS AND OLDER PEOPLE. The
NIHR SDO Programme invites proposals to evaluate innovative
developments that are occurring within the delivery of health and
social care services for adults and older people. Funding up to
£475,000 per project is available for three years duration. The
application process will be in two stages, with outline proposals being
invited in the first instance. The closing date for submission of outline
proposals is 24 February 2009 at 1.00 pm.
NIHR SDO PROGRAMME – PRIMARY CARE AND COMMUNITY HEALTH
SERVICES. The NIHR SDO Programme invites proposals to examine
the range of community health care services including nursing,
pharmacy, dental services, opticians and other allied health
professional services where there has been limited research to
date. Funding up to £475,000 per project is available for three
years duration. The application process will be in two stages, with
outline proposals being invited in the first instance. The closing
date for submission of outline proposals is 19 February 2009 at
1.00 pm.
NIHR RESEARCH FOR PATIENT BENEFIT (RFPB) PROGRAMME
This national response-mode programme is for high quality
investigator-led research projects that address issues of importance to
the NHS. It funds research into everyday practice in the health service.
Proposals will be identified by health service staff, and developed by
them with appropriate academic input. All proposals must show
evidence from systematic reviews to ensure patient safety and value
for money.
The RfPB programme funds research that has a clear focus on day-today practice within the NHS. Implementation Plan 6.2a has full details
of the RfPB Programme.
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Applications are accepted at any time and will be considered at the
next available Regional Committee. All researchers in England are
eligible to apply. Joint applications from NHS researchers with
academic partners are welcome although funding will normally be
awarded to the NHS partner.
Researchers may find it helpful to consult the feedback provided by
the Director of the Programme, if they intend to apply for future
competitions.
Further details about how to apply to the RfPB scheme is available
through the NIHR Central Commissioning Facility.
MRC COLLABORATION GRANTS The aim of a collaboration grant is to
add value to the participants’ research programmes, by enabling them
to work together in a way that could not be funded through an MRC
research grant.
The MRC research grant and trial grant schemes can provide funds for
travel and shared equipment. The collaboration grant scheme,
however, is for applicants who need a higher level of funding for
collaborative working than for their core research costs. It can be used
to:
 Support cooperative research with high core costs.
 Support complex cooperative links across several research
bodies.
 Develop research networks.
 Promote international ‘twinning’ and collaborations, if the
applicants are not eligible for EU or Human Frontiers Science
Programme funding.
A collaboration grant may be for any period of between two to five
years.
BBSRC A joint BBSRC/NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING PARTNERING
AWARD scheme to support collaborative research on the biology of
ageing.
Letter of intent deadline: 10 February 2009
Application deadline: 10 March 2009
BIOTECHNOLOGY YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS SCHEME (YES)
Application deadline: 29 May 2009
Teams* benefit from entrepreneurial awareness training, and present
their plans for hypothetical businesses to real entrepreneurs, financiers
and industrialists.
So far, over 2000 postgraduate and postdoctoral researchers have
benefited from the mentoring, practical workshops and advice from
this competition.
The competition is supported by a large number of companies and coorganised by BBSRC and UNIEI.
ESRC PROFESSORIAL FELLOWSHIP SCHEME 2008-09 COMPETITION
The ESRC invites applications under the seventh round of the
Professorial Fellowship Scheme. The scheme is designed to support
leading social scientists working in the UK, by providing them with the
freedom to pursue their own innovative and creative research agendas.
(Closing date for applications: 4pm on 12 February 2009)
NERC Announcement of Opportunity: Follow-on Fund Applications
are invited to the first round of the 2009 Follow-on Fund. The closing
date is 28 Jan 2009
WELLCOME TRUST PRINCIPAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS This is the
most prestigious of our personal awards and provides long-term support
for researchers of international standing. Successful candidates will
have an established track record in research at the highest level.
Awards are for seven years in the first instance, and provide both a
personal salary and research programme funding in full.
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WELLCOME TRUST TRANSLATION AWARDS Translation Awards are
response-mode funding designed to bridge the funding gap in the
commercialisation of new technologies in the biomedical area.
Projects covering any aspect of technology development from a range
of disciplines - including physical, computational and life sciences will be considered. Projects must address an unmet need in healthcare
or in applied medical research, offer a potential new solution, and
have a realistic expectation that the innovation will be developed
further by the market. Next pre-lim deadline is 6th Feb 2009. The
important criterion is to develop the innovation to the point at which it
can be adopted by another party.
Providing it is adequately justified, modest equipment purchase and
maintenance costs may be included in a Translation Award application.
Building or refurbishment expenditure will not normally be considered.
Applications may not include requests for academic institutional
overheads.
If you hold a tenured university post, you may not re-charge your
salary (in full or part) to a Translation Award.
See allowed costs and disallowed costs for further information on what
is and is not included.
MEDICAL/SCIENCE DEGREES The Foulkes Foundation invites
applications for its fellowships programme. The awards promote
medical research through support for science graduates who need to
undertake a medical degree before they can undertake medical
research and similarly for medical graduates who need a science
degree. Deadline is 15th March 2009.
MEDICAL RESEARCH GRANTS The Newman Foundation invites
applications for its grants to support medical research and other
medically related charitable endeavours. Up to £40,000 a year is
available. Email: hazel.palfreyamn@bakertilly.co.uk deadline 30th
April 2009
ERC ADVANCED GRANT IN BRIEF
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Research proposal: pioneering frontier research in any field
of science, engineering and scholarship
Principal Investigator: candidates can be of any nationality,
must be scientifically independent and have a recent
research track-record and profile which identifies them as
leaders in their respective field(s) of research
Funding: up to € 3.5 M per grant (normally up to € 2.5 M)
Duration: up to 5 years
Calls for proposals: published annually in autumn with
deadlines in spring
Deadline for Life Science applications is 6th May 2009. Contact A.
Harding to discuss your application aijh1@le.ac.uk
Arthritis Research Campaign project grants The Arthritis Research
Campaign invites applications for its project grants. Funding is
available for clinical projects, relating to pathogenesis, diagnosis or
treatment, as well as projects of a more fundamental scientific nature,
provided they offer promise of advancement in the understanding of
arthritis and related musculoskeletal diseases. Awards are worth up to
£300,000 for a duration of up to three years. Deadline: 23rd February
2009
British Heart Foundation New horizons programme grants
The British Heart Foundation invites preliminary proposals for its new
horizons programme grants. These are offered to encourage scientists
from outside traditional cardiovascular biology to engage in
cardiovascular research. Deadline: 27th February 2009
Wellcome Trust seeding drug discovery grants
The Wellcome Trust invites preliminary applications for its seeding
drug discovery grants. The objective of the scheme is to develop druglike, small molecules that will be the springboard for further research
and development by the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry in
areas of unmet medical need.Deadline: 22 May 2009
CRUK project grants
Cancer Research UK invites applications for project grants in
population and behavioural sciences. Deadline: 5th June 2009
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SECTION TWO
LINKS TO WWW.RDINFO.ORG.UK SPECIAL EDITIONS OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
Allied Health
Neurodegenerative
Infectious Diseases
Primary Care
Stem Cells
Cancer
Diabetes Award
Mental Health
Prostate Cancer
Stroke
Children
Fellowships
New Researchers
Public Health
Studentships
Clinical Trials
Genetics
Nursing
Respiratory
Travel Awards
Community Health
Haematology
Older People Awards
Sexual Health
Womens Health
Heart Disease
Immunology
Opthalmology
Social Care
SECTION THREE
THE ACADEMY
SCIENCES
OF MEDICAL
BONE CANCER RESEARCH
TRUST
ACTION FOR TINNITUS
RESEARCH
BLISS
ACTION MEDICAL RESEARCH
BREAST CANCER CAMPAIGN
BRITISH ACADEMY
ALCOHOL EDUCATION
RESEARCH COUNCIL
BRITISH COUNCIL
ALLEN LANE FOUNDATION
BRITISH SOCIETY FOR
NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY
ALZHEIMERS RESEARCH
SOCIETY
ANAESTHETICS RESEARCH
SOCIETY
ARTHRITUS RESEARCH
CAMPAIGN
ASSOCIATION FOR
INTERNATIONAL CANCER
RESEARCH
ASSOCIATION OF
COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITIES
ASTHMA UK
AUTISM SPEAKS
BRITISH
ASSOCIATION
SOCIOLOGICAL
BRITISH
FOUNDATION
UROLOGICAL
BRISTOL
MYERS
FOUNDATION
SQUIB
BUPA FOUNDATION
CANDLELIGHTERS - FIGHTING
CHILDREN'S CANCER
Contact:
Sally
Amos
Candlelighters
Children's
Day
Hospital
St.James's University Hospital,
Leeds LS9 7TF
Email:
sally.amos@leedsth.nhs.uk
BBSRC
THE CAMPBELL FOUNDATION
2470372
CANCER RESEARCH UK
CEREBRA
3
EPPENDORF
MAGAZINE
COMIC RELIEF
CHILDRENS
LIVER
FOUNDATION
DISEASE
CHRONIC DISEASE RESEARCH
FOUNDATION
AND
SCIENCE
EPSRC
THE COMPANY OF BIOLOGISTS
ESRC
NOW
THE DAIWA ANGLO-JAPANESE
FOUNDATION:
DAVID BAUM INTERNATIONAL
FOUNDATION
EUROPEAN ACADEMY OF
ALLERGOLOGY AND CLINICAL
IMMUNOLOGY
EUROPEAN
CENTRE
NEUROMUSCULAR
EUROPEAN RESEARCH COUNCIL
EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION FOR
THE STUDY OF DIABETES
DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION
AND SKILLS
EUROPEAN
RESEARCH
ADVISORY BOARD
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
see NHS
EUROPEAN
SOCIETY
DIABETES
TRUST
WELLNESS FOUNDATION
-
AND
DEAFNESS RESEARCH UK
RESPIRATORY
EUROPEAN SCIENCE FOUNDATION
EUROCORES (European
Collaborative Research)
DIMBLEBY CANCER CARE
DR SCHOLL FOUNDATION
DUNHILL MEDICAL TRUST
EARTHWATCH INSTITUTE
EAST MIDLANDS DEVELOPMENT
AGENCY (EMDA)
BIOCHEMICAL SOCIETY
BOC GASES
COLT FOUNDATION
CYSTIC FIBROSIS TRUST
Tel:
0113
Fax: 0113 2470248
BIRTH DEFECTS FOUNDATION
GRANTS
EPILEPSY RESEARCH UK
CURE
AUTISM
FOUNDATION
BACKCARE
THE BILL & MELINDA GATES
FOUNDATION
CIRCULATION FOUNDATION
EUROPEAN SOCIETY FOR
PAEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY
EUR]OPEAN
PAEDIATRIC
DISEASES:
SOCIETY
FOR
INFECTIOUS
EAST MIDLANDS INNOVATION
EXPERIMENTAL
SOCIETY
ELIMINATION OF LEUKAEMIA
FUND
FEDERATION OF EUROPEAN
NEUROSCIENCE SOCIETIES
EMF BIOLOGICAL
TRUST
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PSYCHOLOGY
THE
FEDERATION
OF
EUROPEAN MICROBIOLOGICAL
SOCIETIES
KIDNEY RESEARCH UK
THE PATHOLOGICAL SOCIETY
OF
GREAT
BRITAIN
AND
IRELAND
SPINAL RESEARCH
THE PHYSIOLOGICAL SOCIETY
TENOVUS
CHARITY
THE STROKE ASSOCIATION
KING FAISAL FOUNDATION
FIGHT FOR SIGHT
FISHERIES SOCIETY FOR GREAT
BRITAIN
FOOD STANDARDS AGENCY
LANCE ARMSTRONG
FOUNDATION
PHARMACY
RESEARCH TRUST
MEDICAL RESEARCH
COUNCIL
WELLCHILD
RAYNAUD’S AND SCELODERMA
ORGANISATION
ME ASSOCIATION
RESEARCH AUTISM
FULLBRIGHT COMMISSION
FURLONG
FOUNDATION
CHARITABLE
GARFIELD
FOUNDATION
WESTON
CHARITABLE
GAY AND LESBIAN MEDICAL
ASSOCIATION
GEN FOUNDATION
THE MICHAEL J FOX
FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSONS
DISEASE RESEARCH
THE MONTEL
FOUNDATION.
WILLIAMS
MS
THE MOULTON CHARITABLE
TRUST
Contact : Sara Everett
Email :
sara.everett@btopenworld.com
Fax : 01959 525809
The Mount
Church Street
Shoreham, Sevenoaks
Kent
TN14 7SD
GENETICS SOCIETY
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY
HEALTHY HEART UK
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS TRUST
HELP THE AGED
HIGHER EDUCATION ACADEMY
NERC
NEWMAN FOUNDATION
HIGH Q FOUNDATION
NIHR (NATIONAL INSTITUTE
HOME OFFICE
FOR HEALTH RESEARCH)
HOPE FOUNDATION
HUMAN FRONTIER
PROGRAM
SCIENCE
IOLANTHE MIDWIFERY TRUST
THE INSPIRE FOUNDATION
DEPENDENT
THE INTENSIVE CARE SOCIETY
MYELOMA
LEJEUNE
JUVENILE DIABETES RESEARCH
FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL
ROYAL
COLLEGE
OBSTETRICS
GYNAECOLOGY
THE ROYAL
PHYSICIANS
COLLEGE
OF
THE ROYAL
SURGEONS
COLLEGE
OF
ROYAL COMMISSION OF 1851
THE
ROYAL
NATIONAL
INSTITUTE FOR DEAF PEOPLE
THE ROYAL SOCIETY
THE ROYAL
MEDICINE
SOCIETY
OF
THE ROYAL SOCIETY
TROPICAL MEDICINE
OF
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
FACILITIES COUNCIL
NOVARTIS
SOCIAL WORKERS EDUCATIONAL
TRUST
NUTRICIA
FOUNDATION
FOUNDATION
RESEARCH
THE
OBSTRETRICS
ANAESTHETISTS ASSOCIATION
OSTEOGENESIS
FOUNDATION
WOLFSON FOUNDATION
OF
AND
SIGMA XI, THE SCIENTIFIC
RESEARCH SOCIETY:
NUFFIELD
WINGS FOR LIFE FOUNDATION
THE
ROCHE
ORGAN
TRANSPLANTATION RESEARCH
NINESIGMA
HOSPITAL INFECTION SOCIETY
WINGATE FOUNDATION
WORLD
ORGANISATION
RESEARCH COUNCILS UK
FRAMEWORK SEVEN
4
WELLCOME TRUST
PROSTRATE CANCER RESEARCH
UK
FOYLE FOUNDATION
THE
JEROME
FOUNDATION
PRACTICE
PROSTRATE CANCER TRUST
FOUNDATION FOR CANADIAN
STUDIES
IN
THE
UNITED
KINGDOM FOUNDATION FOR
THE STUDY OF INFANT DEATH
INTERNATIONAL
FOUNDATION
CANCER
LAURA CRANE TRUST
LEVERHULME
THE
INSULIN
DIABETES TRUST
THE
LEUKAEMIA RESEARCH FUND
FORD FOUNDATION
THE
GATSBY
FOUNDATION
–
IMPERFECTA
OSTEOSYNTHESIS AND TRAUMA
CARE FOUNDATION
SOCIETY
FOR
MICOBIOLOGY
SOCIETY
FOR
MUSIC
AND
RESEARCH
APPLIED
EDUCATION,
PSYCHOLOGY
SOCIETY
FOR
MICROBIOLOGY
THE
SOCIETY
REPRODUCTIVE AND
PSYCHOLOGY
GENERAL
FOR
INFANT
OVARIAN CANCER ACTION
SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF
ADDICTION
PAIN RELIEF FOUNDATION
SOCIETY OF TOXICOLOGY
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