FUNDING CALLS
FUNDING CALLS
This page details various funding calls that are relevant for child health technology. Funding calls are updated on a monthly basis.
Funding calls are split into:
- Time-limited funding calls, with a set deadline
- Rolling funding calls, which are open all year round
- Fellowships and career development awards
The document below provides an overview of potential opportunities for funding and support that may be relevant. Please note that this is not an exhaustive list of all funding opportunities.
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MAXIMUM AMOUNT
MAXIMUM DURATION
Development Guidance for Better Research Methods
National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)
02 December 2025
£120,000
18 months
The NIHR Better Methods, Better Research (BMBR) Programme (a partnership co-funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC) and the NIHR) is looking to fund research into developing guidance on biomedical and health and social care research methodologies; there is an aim to understand how each methodology should be applied and to increase a focus on research in priority areas of methodological uncertainty.
EME Programme Researcher-Led
National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)
02 December 2025
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The Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation (EME) Programme is accepting outline applications to its researcher-led workstream.
NIHR NICE Rolling Funding Opportunity (EME Programme)
National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)
02 December 2025
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The NIHR Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation (EME) Programme is inviting outline applications to their commissioned workstream. They are interested in receiving applications to meet recommendations in research identified in NICE guidance that has been published or updated in the last 5 years.
NIHR James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnerships Rolling Funding Opportunity (EME Programme)
National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)
02 December 2025
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The NIHR Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation (EME) Programme is inviting outline applications to their commissioned workstream. They are interested in receiving applications that address research priorities identified by the James Lind Alliance (JLA) Priority Setting Partnerships (PSP).
i4i Product Development Awards (PDA) – October 2025
National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)
03 December 2025
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The NIHR Invention for Innovation (i4i) programme is inviting outline applications to its Product Development Awards (PDA) funding opportunity.
This is a two-stage funding opportunity. To apply for the first stage you should submit an outline application. If invited to the second stage, you will then need to complete a full application.
Management of refractory chronic nonbacterial osteomyelitis in children and young people
National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)
07 January 2026
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The NIHR Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Programme is looking to fund research into the management of refractory chronic nonbacterial osteomyelitis in children and young people.
Studies evaluating the clinical and cost-effectiveness of ambulance service led interventions
National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)
07 January 2026
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The NIHR Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Programme is looking to fund studies evaluating the clinical and cost-effectiveness of ambulance service led interventions.
NIHR James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnerships rolling funding opportunity (HTA Programme)
National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)
07 January 2026
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The NIHR Health Technology Assessment Programme (HTA) is inviting outline applications to its commissioned workstream. The NIHR is interested in receiving applications that address research priorities identified by the James Lind Alliance (JLA) Priority Setting Partnerships (PSP).
NIHR NICE rolling funding opportunity (HTA Programme)
National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)
07 January 2026
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The NIHR Health Technology Assessment Programme (HTA) is inviting outline applications via the commissioned workstream. The NIHR is interested in receiving applications to meet recommendations in research identified in NICE guidance that has been published or updated in the last 5 years.
HTA researcher-led – primary research
National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)
07 January 2026
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The NIHR Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Programme is looking to fund primary research through their researcher-led workstream. They are interested in receiving proposals addressing any health problem in areas not otherwise well covered in the HTA Programme portfolio.
BBSRC standard research grant: 2026 round one: applicant-led mode
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
14 January 2026
£2 million
5 years
Apply for funding to support excellent investigator-led research across the breadth of Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) scientific remit.
Design Generators
Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
02 February 2026
£200,000
12 months
Apply for funding to combine design-led interventions with arts and humanities methodologies to make positive contributions to the green transition.
MRC Centre of Research Excellence: Round Four: Outline Application
Medical Research Council (MRC)
04 February 2026
£26.25 million
14 years
Apply for MRC Centre of Research Excellence (MRC CoRE) funding to tackle complex and interdisciplinary health challenges.
Women in Innovation Awards 2025 to 2026
Innovate UK
04 February 2026
£75,000
12 months
Women founders or co-founders with UK registered businesses at the late stage start-up phase can apply for a grant of up to £75,000 and bespoke business support, to further their ambitious growth plans.
BBSRC 2025 Transformative Research Technologies (25TRT)
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
11 February 2026
£225,000
18 months
Apply for funding to pursue early-stage development of cutting-edge research technologies with transformative potential in the biosciences.
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GOSH BRC Accelerating Novel Therapies: Statistics Support Fund 2025
NIHR Great Ormond Street Hospital Biomedical Research Centre (NIHR GOSH BRC)
£3,000
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This call provides an opportunity for early career researchers to pay for statistical support for paediatric translational projects and is open to any speciality/profession across GOSH, ICH and the PEI partners.
Each applicant can apply for up to £3,000 worth of statistics support to prepare a grant applications, outsource specific Data analysis or attend a highly specialised statistics training course.
This call has a deadline every 4 months: 01 April 2025, 01 July 2025, 01 October 2025, 01 January 2026
AHRC responsive mode: Curiosity Award
Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
£100,000
5 years
Curiosity awards support early-stage ambitious and novel fundamental research which has the potential to act as a springboard towards new and exciting research agendas.
AHRC responsive mode: Catalyst Award
Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
£300,000
5 years
Catalyst awards support researchers without prior experience of leading a significant research project to accelerate their trajectory as independent researchers, unlocking their potential and building leadership and convenor experience through the delivery of ambitious or complex projects.
BBSRC International Travel Award Scheme
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
£3,000
4 weeks
International travel awards are for BBSRC-supported researchers making visits to initiate or prepare proposals with international partners, visiting overseas facilities for up to one month or attending European consortia-building events.
Knowledge Transfer Partnership
Innovate UK
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3 years
This call supports partnerships that help businesses to innovate, develop, grow and become more productive by employing academic expertise that they do not have in-house. Your project can focus on any type of innovation in any sector but it must aim to deliver results that your business would not otherwise be able to deliver.
Daphne Jackson Fellowship
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)
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These fellowships are for those looking to return to a research career after a break of two or more years for family, health or caring reasons. The aim is to give participants the confidence and skills they need to make a successful return to research.
UKRI-SBE Lead Agency Opportunity
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)
£1 million
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This opportunity allows UK and US-based researchers to submit a collaborative proposal that will go through a single review process. The goal is to reduce some of the barriers that researchers and funding agencies encounter when trying to work internationally. This opportunity does not represent a separate research funding scheme – applications will be integrated into existing programmes at the relevant lead agency.
Collaborate with Researchers in Brazil
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)
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UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to support collaborative applications. It provides for a lead agency agreement whereby participant UKRI research councils receive and assess joint applications from eligible UK and Brazil-based researchers from the state of São Paulo on behalf of both organisations.
Collaborate with Researchers in Norway
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)
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Norway co-investigators can be included in UK-led applications and receive funding from participating UKRI councils following a Money Follows Cooperation agreement between UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and Research Council of Norway (RCN) to reduce barriers to cross-border collaboration.
Collaborate with Researchers in Luxembourg
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)
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UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and Fonds National de la Recherche (FNR) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to welcome and support collaborative applications. UKRI will receive and assess joint applications from eligible UK and Luxembourg applicants on behalf of both organisations.
EPSRC Programme Grant Outline Stage
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
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6 years
Programme grants provide flexible funding to world-leading research groups seeking to address significant research challenges across the EPSRC remit. EPSRC expects successful applications to be collaborative and address key challenges across single or multiple disciplines. Programme grants are not solely large grants but are strategic in nature and should meet all of the key features described below.
EPSRC Standard Research Grant, November 2023: Responsive Mode
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
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EPSRC fellowships are a prestigious individual award aimed at exceptional, ambitious and talented researchers and technical professionals who wish to develop, expand or establish a programme of research or technical development alongside personal and professional development. EPSRC fellowships present an accelerated pathway to progression and success on your career journey.
EPSRC Postdoctoral Fellowships December 2023: Responsive Mode
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
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3 years
EPSRC fellowships are a prestigious individual award aimed at exceptional, ambitious and talented researchers and technical professionals who wish to develop, expand or establish a programme of research or technical development alongside personal and professional development. EPSRC fellowships present an accelerated pathway to progression and success on your career journey.
EPSRC Open Fellowships December 2023: Responsive Mode
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Not stated
5 years
EPSRC fellowships are a prestigious individual award aimed at ambitious and talented researchers, and technical professionals who wish to develop, expand or establish a programme of research. Successful fellowships can include elements of community engagement and advocacy, research leadership, and drive positive change in the research environment.
EPSRC Open Plus Fellowships December 2023: Responsive Mode
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
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5 years
EPSRC fellowships are a prestigious individual award aimed at exceptional, ambitious and talented researchers and technical professionals who wish to develop, expand or establish a programme of research or technical development alongside personal and professional development. The plus component will enable you to allocate 20% to 50% of your time spent on the fellowship to create positive change in the research community by championing a topic aligned to EPSRC aspirations to deliver improvements in research in topics such as equality, diversity and inclusion, responsible research and innovation or public engagement.
EPSRC New Investigator Award: November 2023: Responsive Mode
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Not stated
3 years
New investigator awards should have a single research vision with clearly defined objectives and outcomes. Complex, multi-faceted research projects with many objectives are not appropriate to the new investigator award. You can apply for a new investigator award in any field of research relevant to the EPSRC remit, for example, artificial intelligence, engineering and healthcare technologies.
EPSRC Overseas Travel Grant: November 2023: Responsive Mode
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Not stated
12 months
Overseas travel grants (OTGs) provide funding for visits overseas to learn new techniques, or form and develop collaborations in any field of research relevant to the EPSRC’s remit, for example, artificial intelligence, engineering and healthcare technologies.
EPSRC Discipline Hopping in ICT: November 2023: Responsive Mode
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Not stated
24 months
This is an opportunity for ICT researchers to use their expertise in other disciplines, or for researchers from other fields to apply their expertise to ICT. You can apply for a discipline-hopping in ICT grant in any field of research relevant to the UKRI remit.
EPSRC Network Grant: November 2023: Responsive Mode
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Not stated
3 years
Network grants aim to develop new interdisciplinary research communities and topics by supporting interaction between researchers and relevant science, technology and industrial groups. EPSRC supports high quality research in any field of research relevant to their remit including, but not limited to, artificial intelligence, engineering and healthcare technologies. EPSRC expects networks to lead to new collaborative multidisciplinary research applications in areas they support. Some may develop into virtual centres of excellence.
Knowledge Asset Grant Fund: Explore
Innovate UK
£250,000
18 months
The Knowledge Asset Grant Fund (KAGF) is run by the Government Office for Technology Transfer (GOTT) and funded by the Department for Science Innovation and Technology (DSIT). The aim of this competition is to support the identification and development of public sector knowledge assets, including repurposing, commercialisation or expanded use. There are 3 strands within this funding competition: Explore, Expand, Extend.
BBC Children In Need
BBC Children In Need
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BBC Children In Need offer a range of funding opportunities to support the wellbeing of children and young people.
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MAXIMUM AMOUNT
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Doctoral landscape awards in medical research
Medical Research Council (MRC)
24 February 2026
£136,898
4 years
pply for funding to deliver doctoral training in areas within the Medical Research Council (MRC)’s core remit and priorities. This funding opportunity will support the development of a highly skilled workforce equipped to address medical research and innovation challenges across a range of careers.
2026 Academic Clinical Fellowships in Medicine
National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)
31 March 2027
Not stated
3-4 years
The NIHR Academic Clinical Fellowship (ACF) is a clinical specialty training post in medicine that incorporates academic training. The NIHR has allocated funding for 278 ACFs for recruitment in 2026/27, through the Integrated Academic Training (IAT) Programme.