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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24/16 The effectiveness of technologies for people living with deafblindness in social care settings
National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)
24 July 2024
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The Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Programme is accepting applications to their commissioned workstream. The aim of HTA Programme is to ensure that high quality research information on the clinical effectiveness, cost-effectiveness and broader impact of healthcare treatments and tests are produced in the most efficient way for those who plan, provide or receive care from NHS and social care services.
24/13 Digital technology enabled interventions in social care
National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)
24 July 2024
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The Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Programme is accepting applications to their commissioned workstream. The aim of HTA Programme is to ensure that high quality research information on the clinical effectiveness, cost-effectiveness and broader impact of healthcare treatments and tests are produced in the most efficient way for those who plan, provide or receive care from NHS and social care services.
24/12 Improving outcomes for children and young people in care using interventions that combine mentoring with skills training
National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)
24 July 2024
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The Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Programme is accepting applications to their commissioned workstream. The aim of HTA Programme is to ensure that high quality research information on the clinical effectiveness, cost-effectiveness and broader impact of healthcare treatments and tests are produced in the most efficient way for those who plan, provide or receive care from NHS and social care services.
Innovate UK Smart Grants: April 2024
Innovate UK
24 July 2024
£1 million
3 years
The Innovate UK Smart grant has focused scope and eligibility criteria to support SMEs and their partners develop disruptive innovations with significant potential for rapid economic return to the UK.
AHRC Responsive Mode: Curiosity Award: Round Four
Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
30 July 2024
£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. The funding opportunity celebrates the full diversity of the arts and humanities. It is flexible, and applications are welcomed from teams, networks, and solo researchers.
AHRC Responsive Mode: Catalyst Award: Round Four
Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
30 July 2024
£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.
Programme Grants for Applied Research: Competition 45
National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)
31 July 2024
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Research funded through a Programme Grant typically consists of an interrelated group of high quality projects focused on a coherent theme and hence require multidisciplinary approaches, including clinical, health economics, statistics, qualitative and behavioural sciences, to ensure that research objectives can be met. The amount awarded and the length of the funding period will depend on the nature of the proposed work, in particular whether or not the proposal includes a substantial powered trial.
24/29 The health of children and young people in contact with the criminal justice system
National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)
09 August 2024
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The Public Health Research (PHR) Programme is accepting Stage 1 applications to their commissioned workstream for this topic. The PHR Programme wishes to commission research on the effectiveness of interventions that impact the physical and mental health of children in contact with the criminal justice system. The PHR Programme recognises that interventions are likely to impact different (sub)populations in different ways and encourages researchers to explore such inequalities of impact in their study design.
24/32 Application Development Award (ADA): Digital Health Inclusion and Inequalities
National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)
09 August 2024
£150,000
12 months
The Public Health Research (PHR) Programme is accepting Stage 2 applications to their commissioned workstream for this topic. The PHR Programme recognises that this topic area would benefit from some underpinning development work in advance of a funding call seeking evaluative research of interventions addressing digital health inclusion and health inequalities.
24/39 EME Programme Researcher-Led
National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)
20 August 2024
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The Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation (EME) Programme supports translational research evaluating a wide range of novel or repurposed interventions and technologies. These may include but are not limited to diagnostic or prognostic tests and decision-making tools, drugs or biological compounds, behavioural therapies, medical devices, and public health initiatives delivered within the NHS.
24/41 NIHR NICE Rolling Call (EME Programme)
National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)
20 August 2024
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The Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation (EME) Programme supports translational research evaluating a wide range of novel or repurposed interventions and technologies. These may include but are not limited to diagnostic or prognostic tests and decision-making tools, drugs or biological compounds, behavioural therapies, medical devices, and public health initiatives delivered within the NHS. The programme is interested in receiving applications to meet recommendations in research identified in NICE guidance that has been published or updated since 2015.
24/40 NIHR James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnerships Rolling Call (EME Programme)
National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)
20 August 2024
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The Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation (EME) Programme supports translational research evaluating a wide range of novel or repurposed interventions and technologies. These may include but are not limited to diagnostic or prognostic tests and decision-making tools, drugs or biological compounds, behavioural therapies, medical devices, and public health initiatives delivered within the NHS. The programme recognises the importance of the research priorities identified by the James Lind Alliance (JLA) Priority Setting Partnerships (PSP) and are interested in receiving high-quality applications for research studies which aim to address them, rather than to conduct a PSP itself.
Health Technologies Connectivity Awards
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
03 September 2024
£500,000
3 years
The principal aim of this scheme is to provide researchers with an opportunity to spend time in a different research or user environment to better understand unmet health needs, how engineering and physical sciences research can contribute to developing new health technologies approaches and solutions and how this research can be translated. This scheme also aims to address a ‘supporting knowledge and skills in health technologies’ strategic enabler described in the 2023 EPSRC health technologies strategy.
24/34 Health Technology Assessment Programme Researcher-Led
National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)
04 September 2024
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The aim of the Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Programme is to ensure that high quality research information on the clinical effectiveness, cost-effectiveness and broader impact of healthcare treatments and tests are produced in the most efficient way for those who plan, provide or receive care from NHS and social care services. In this researcher-led workstream, separate grants are available for primary research and evidence synthesis on topics proposed by the researchers.
24/36 NIHR NICE Rolling Call (HTA Programme)
National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)
04 September 2024
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The aim of the Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Programme is to ensure that high quality research information on the clinical effectiveness, cost-effectiveness and broader impact of healthcare treatments and tests are produced in the most efficient way for those who plan, provide or receive care from NHS and social care services. The programme is interested in receiving Stage 1 applications to meet recommendations in research identified in NICE guidance that has been published or updated since 2015.
24/37 NIHR James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnerships Rolling Call (HTA Programme)
National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)
04 September 2024
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The aim of the Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Programme is to ensure that high quality research information on the clinical effectiveness, cost-effectiveness and broader impact of healthcare treatments and tests are produced in the most efficient way for those who plan, provide or receive care from NHS and social care services. The NIHR are looking to receive applications for research studies addressing JLA PSPs’ research priorities, rather than to conduct a PSP itself.
BBSRC Innovation to Commercialisation of University Research (ICURe) Explore
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
10 September 2024
£35,000
12 weeks
“BBSRC ICURe Explore trains, funds, and supports research teams to determine whether there is a market for products or services that utilise their bioscience-based ideas, research, science, and technologies. Funding is available to ‘get out of the lab’ and validate commercially promising ideas in the marketplace. Applications are welcomed from areas including healthy ageing, engineering biology, industrial biotechnology, and innovative tools and technologies.
BBSRC Innovation to Commercialisation of University Research (ICURe) Discover
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
19 September 2024
£3,700
8 weeks
Apply for funding to discover more about the potential market of your bioscience-based idea, increase market awareness and gain deeper understanding of potential technology applications. BBSRC ICURe Discover is an 8 week part-time online market discover programme open to bioscience researchers (including PhD students, technicians, postdoctoral research associates, fellowship and group leader positions) in all UK universities, BBSRC-funded institutes and approved public sector research enterprises.
BBSRC Standard Research Grant: 2024 Round 3: Responsive Mode
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
25 September 2024
£2 million
5 years
This scheme supports excellent investigator-led research across the breadth of BBSRC scientific remit. You can apply to undertake biotechnology or biological research in microbes, humans, and tools and technology underpinning biological research.
BBSRC Network Grant: Responsive Mode 2024 Round 3
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
25 September 2024
£650,000
3 years
This funding opportunity aims to establish collaborative research networks. These networks will enable knowledge sharing and creation across research communities, bringing together diverse groupings of researchers and other stakeholders around a shared research agenda.
Engineering Healthier Environments: Micro Network and Micro Network Plus
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
02 October 2024
£600,000
2 years
This funding opportunity aims to build and develop networks of innovative interdisciplinary research communities and provide a foundation for impactful engineering and physical sciences research within the topic of engineering healthier environments.
AHRC Responsive Mode: Curiosity Award: Round Four
Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
30 October 2024
£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. The funding opportunity celebrates the full diversity of the arts and humanities. It is flexible, and applications are welcomed from teams, networks, and solo researchers.
AHRC Responsive Mode: Catalyst Award: Round Five
Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
30 October 2024
£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.
Technology-Enabled Social Care Highlight Notice
National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)
30 October 2024
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Under its highlight notice call, “Technology-Enabled Social Care”, the NIHR Research Programme for Social Care (RPSC) is inviting proposals for collaborative research projects that examine the development and utilisation of digital technology in social care. This includes artificial intelligence prev(AI) or digital devices in the provision of social care and/or to support any aspect of the lives of adults or children with social care needs in the UK.
Eureka Disaster Resilience Programme Collaborative R&D 2024
Innovate UK
31 October 2024
£250,000
2 years
The aim of this competition is to support international collaboration on R&D projects that create innovative products, processes or services for commercialisation. Innovate UK will fund projects in the field of Disaster Resilience, Response and Recovery. Relevant industry sectors include health services, public health and medical devices. Projects must have high market potential and develop innovative products, technology-based applications, or technology-based services.
Research for Patient Benefit: Competition 55
National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)
06 November 2024
£500,000
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The NIHR Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) programme is inviting stage 1 applications for research proposals that are concerned with the day-to-day practice of health service staff, and that have the potential to have an impact on the health or wellbeing of patients and users of the NHS. As a researcher-led programme, RfPB does not specify topics for research but instead encourages proposals for projects that address a wide range of health service issues and challenges.
Applied Global Health Partnership: Stage One
Medical Research Council (MRC)
03 December 2024
£1 million
5 years
Apply for funding to set up a new research partnership to enable the development and delivery of novel applied research that will address global health challenges and inequities, developing a portfolio of high-quality partnerships, which will be diverse, promote multidisciplinary and strengthen global health research capacity.
24/59 Behavioural Overweight and Obesity Management Interventions that Include Long-Term Support in Achieving and Maintaining Weight Loss in Children and Young People
National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)
13 December 2024
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The Public Health Research (PHR) Programme is accepting Stage 1 applications to their commissioned workstream for this topic. The Public Health Research (PHR) Programme funds research to generate evidence to inform the delivery of non-NHS interventions, intended to improve the health of the public, and reduce inequalities in health.
Public Health Research Programme Rapid Funding Scheme
National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)
27 December 2024
£50,000
6 months
The Public Health Research (PHR) Programme funds research to generate evidence to inform the delivery of non-NHS interventions, intended to improve the health of the public, and reduce inequalities in health. The Rapid Funding Scheme (RFS) offers researchers the opportunity to apply for funds to conduct rapid baseline data collection, as well as other feasibility work, prior to intervention implementation, for unique, time-limited opportunities such as a natural experiment or similar evaluations of a new public health intervention.
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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 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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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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NIHR Development and Skills Enhancement Award (DSE)
National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)
26 July 2024
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2 years
The DSE award is a post-doctoral level funding opportunity aimed at supporting early to mid-career researchers in gaining specific skills and experience to underpin the next phase of their research career.
Clinician Scientist Fellowship
Medical Research Council (MRC)
04 September 2024
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5 years
The aim of this fellowship is to support talented clinically active healthcare professionals who have gained a higher research degree to lead their own research plans, establish their own research team, or make the transition to independent researcher.
Predoctoral Clinical Research Training Fellowship
Medical Research Council (MRC)
04 September 2024
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3 years
Apply for funding to undertake a PhD in any area of MRC remit to improve human health. This is an ongoing funding opportunity. Application rounds close every January, April and September.
Postdoctoral Clinical Research Training Fellowship
Medical Research Council (MRC)
04 September 2024
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3 years
Apply for funding to reacquire research skills in any area of MRC remit to improve human health. This is an ongoing funding opportunity. Application rounds close every January, April and September.
Career Development Award
Medical Research Council (MRC)
11 September 2024
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5 years
The aim of the fellowship is to support talented researchers who have gained a higher research degree to lead their own research plans, establish their own research team, or make the transition to independent researcher. Applications are welcome from across all areas of the MRC remit to improve human health.
Senior Non-Clinical Fellowship
Medical Research Council (MRC)
11 September 2024
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5 years
The aim of this fellowship is to support internationally competitive independent researchers to lead an ambitious research programme, pursue research training opportunities to develop their career, or make the transition to research leader. Applications are welcome from across all areas of the MRC remit to improve human health.
EME Advanced Fellowship: Building Clinical Trials Experience
National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)
17 September 2024
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The MRC-NIHR Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation (EME) Programme and the NIHR Fellowships Programme are accepting applications to this joint funding opportunity. The EME Advanced Fellowship provides those wishing to pursue an NIHR Advanced Fellowship the opportunity to apply for a fellowship, which will also support project funding to deliver and gain experience of leading a clinical study within remit of the EME Programme (with appropriate mentorship).
BBSRC New Investigator Award: 2024 Round Three: Responsive Mode
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
25 September 2024
£2 million
5 years
The new investigator scheme is designed primarily to assist newly employed university lecturers, researchers in research council institutes (at a level equivalent to lecturer), and fellows (at a level equivalent to lecturer) to secure their first major element of research support funding. This scheme supports excellent new investigator-led research across the breadth of Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) scientific remit.