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| B Bayer AG Phone: - 00 49 214 301 | |
| Aims :To benefit people and improve their quality of life. | |
| Caregivers Award | |
| Closing Date : Apply Anytime Amount : £5K - £10K Duration : 6 mths - 1 year | |
| Big Lottery Fund Contact: - Research Administrator Phone: - 020 7211 1800 | |
| Aims :Big Lottery Fund is committed to bringing real improvements to communities, and to the lives of people most in need. | |
| Investing In Communities | |
| Closing Date : Apply Anytime Amount : £5K - £10K Duration : Unspecified | |
| Reaching Communities: England | |
| Closing Date : Apply Anytime Amount : > £100K Duration : > 3 years | |
| British Society of Gerontology Contact: - Dr Wendy Martin Phone: - 0118 378 5842 | |
| Aims :The British Society of Gerontology aims to promote the understanding of human ageing and later life through research and communication. It seeks to foster the application of this knowledge to the improvement of the quality of life in old age. | |
| Alan Walker Prize | |
| Closing Date : 31 May 2010 Amount : Unspecified Duration : Unspecified | |
| British Sociological Association Contact: - Research Administrator Phone: - 0191 383 0839 | |
| Aims :The British Sociological Association's mission is to represent the intellectual and sociological interests of its members. In doing so, the Association aims to: Provide information and services to members; Seek to influence policies affecting sociology within the wider sciences remit; Promote the identity of the discipline and its practitioners/scholars; Enhance the context for the pursuit of sociology; Maintain and encourage links with sociologists throughout the world; Publish journals, books and other materials; Generate income from activities related to the work of the BSA; Establish and maintain suitable systems of management for the BSA; Act as responsible employers, with appropriate concern for the health and welfare of its employees. | |
| BSA Support Fund | |
| Closing Date : Apply Anytime Amount : < £5K Duration : 1 year - 3 years | |
| Phil Strong Memorial Prize | |
| Closing Date : 20 August 2010 Amount : < £5K Duration : Single Payment | |
| Sociology of Health and Illness Book Prize | |
| Closing Date : 01 March 2010 Amount : < £5K Duration : Single Payment | |
| C Canadian Institutes of Health Research Contact: - Research Administrator Phone: - 001 613 941 2672 | |
| Aims :CIHR is Canada's premier federal agency for health research. Its objective is to excel, according to internationally accepted standards of scientific excellence, in creation of new knowledge and its translation into improved health for Canadians, more effective health services and products and a strengthened health care system. | |
| Postdoctoral Fellowship for Foreign and Canadian Postdoctoral Researchers | |
| Closing Date : 12 February 2010 Amount : £50K - £100K Duration : > 3 years | |
| Centre for Public Scrutiny Phone: - 020 7296 6451 | |
| Aims :The Centre for Public Scrutiny aims to: * enhance the public’s understanding of what scrutiny means, why it matters and how together they can get it right. * provide a space for scrutineers to learn from one another and share ideas * highlight good scrutiny to encourage others across the public sector to follow suit. * undertake research that can show decision-makers the value of scrutiny and what they can do to help it get better. * provide evidence based and up-to-date guidance for scrutinizers that gives them the tools to approach scrutiny with confidence. | |
| Funding for Innovative Scrutiny | |
| Closing Date : Apply Anytime Amount : Unspecified Duration : Unspecified | |
| D Department of Health Contact: - Research Administrator Phone: - 0207 210 4850 | |
| Aims :Their new national health research strategy 'Best Research for Best Health' sets out the Government’s goals for research and development in the NHS and demonstrates the Department of Health’s commitment to creating a vibrant research environment that contributes to the health and wealth of our nation. The NHS R&D programme aims to identify NHS needs for research and to commission research to meet those needs. Commissioning is undertaken largely through programmes of research. | |
| The Social Enterprise Investment Fund | |
| Closing Date : Apply Anytime Amount : > £100K Duration : > 3 years | |
| E ESRC - (Economic and Social Research Council) Contact: - Research Administrator Phone: - 01793 413000 | |
| Aims :The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) aims to provide high quality research on issues of importance to the government, the voluntary and business sectors, the media, and the general public. | |
| PhD Support: '1 + 3' and '+ 3' Studentship Competition | |
| Closing Date : 12 April 2010 Amount : Unspecified Duration : > 3 years | |
| F Fulbright Commission Contact: - Monique Aronsohn Phone: - 020 7539 4410 | |
| Aims :The Fulbright Commission offers awards for study, research, teaching, lecturing or professional development in any academic field. | |
| Fulbright Diabetes UK Research Award | |
| Closing Date : 31 May 2010 Amount : £50K - £100K Duration : 6 mths - 1 year | |
| G Graham Burrough Charitable Trust Contact: - c/o Preston & Redman Solicitors Phone: - 0120 2292424 | |
| Aims :To promote education into the causes of mental illness and to carry out for the public benefit, research into mental illness and to publish the results of such research; To provide either scholarship, bursary or grant to a suitably qualified candidate chosen by the chosen by the Trustees to investigate a specific subject in the field of mental health, such subject to be chosen by the Trustees. To relieve the suffering of those with mental illness and to provide practical relief in the way of enhanced staffing and improved facilities psychiatric hospitals and psychiatric care centres. For the financial support for respite and/or long term care for families of patients suffering from psychiatric illness and disorders where those families are in financial needs. | |
| Grants | |
| Closing Date : Apply Anytime Amount : Unspecified Duration : Unspecified | |
| H Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation Contact: - Karen Marshall, Administrator | |
| Aims :To enable individuals and institutions of great potential or proven excellence who need financial support to undertake pioneering or original work of intellectual, scientific, artistic, social or environmental value, and to outstandingly talented musicians for advanced training. | |
| Research Support (Education and Social Exclusion) | |
| Closing Date : 26 March 2010 Amount : Unspecified Duration : Unspecified | |
| Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Contact: - Program Officer Phone: - 001 646 428 0971 | |
| Aims :To sponsor scholarly research on problems of violence, aggression, and dominance. | |
| Dissertation Fellowships | |
| Closing Date : 01 February 2011 Amount : £50K - £100K Duration : 6 mths - 1 year | |
| Research Grants | |
| Closing Date : 01 August 2010 Amount : £10K - £50K Duration : 1 year - 3 years | |
| Healthcare People Management Association Contact: - HPMA Head Office Phone: - 020 8334 4530 | |
| Aims :The purpose of the association is to : Bring together all those working within people management within healthcare services in a UK wide network. Promote excellence in workforce management, development and leadership within healthcare services. Work in partnership with other organisations to benefit patients through workforce management, development and leadership. Influence on behalf of professionals and practitioners working within people management in healthcare services. | |
| Excellence in HRM Awards | |
| Closing Date : 31 March 2010 Amount : < £5K Duration : Single Payment | |
| Henry Smith Charity Contact: - Richard Hopgood, Director Phone: - 020 7264 4970 | |
| Aims :The following are the objects of the Main Fund of The Henry Smith Charity: For hospitals, hospices and other forms of residential care or provision of health care for those who are sick or in need and for other institutions providing medical assistance for those in financial need; For the relief of poor, aged or sick persons and their spouses, widows, widowers and dependants; For the relief of poor, aged or sick members of the clergy and their spouses, widows, widowers and dependants; For the relief, rehabilitation and training of disabled persons including disabled ex-Servicemen and war widows; For any medical research; For the promotion of moral welfare or social service; For the relief and rehabilitation of those persons who are or have been slaves or serfs and their dependants who are in need or distress or for preventing their seizure. | |
| Revenue Grants | |
| Closing Date : Apply Anytime Amount : £10K - £50K Duration : 1 year - 3 years | |
| Special List Grants | |
| Closing Date : Apply Anytime Amount : £10K - £50K Duration : 6 mths - 1 year | |
| I International Association of Schools of Social Work Contact: - Angelina Yuen Tsang, IASSW President | |
| Aims :To develop and promote excellence in social work education, research and scholarship globally in order to enhance human well being. | |
| Project Funding | |
| Closing Date : 30 May 2010 Amount : < £5K Duration : Single Payment | |
| J J N Derbyshire Trust Contact: - Mr David Parish | |
| Aims :The objectives of the Trust are the making of charitable donations for the promotion of health, development of physical improvement, advancement of education and the relief of poverty, distress and sickness. | |
| Research Award | |
| Closing Date : Apply Anytime Amount : < £5K Duration : Unspecified | |
| M Mercers’ Charitable Foundation Contact: - The Grants Manager Phone: - 020 7726 4991 | |
| Aims :Through the charitable trusts under its control, the Mercers' Company administers a large programme of charitable grant making. The Company also provides housing for the elderly, wide ranging support for education and has active links with many churches. | |
| General Welfare Grants | |
| Closing Date : Apply Anytime Amount : £5K - £10K Duration : Unspecified | |
| N National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) NHS Physical Environment Research Programme Contact: - Natalie Ross | |
| Aims :The aim of the programme is to fund research that benefits patients by: - improving the way property and facilities are managed and maintained promoting safe, high quality and best value design. - promoting safe, high quality and best value design. | |
| Physical Environment Research Programme | |
| Closing Date : 19 March 2010 Amount : > £100K Duration : Unspecified | |
| National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Research Design Service Yorkshire and the Humber Phone: - 0114 222 0828 | |
| Aims :The National Institute for Health Research Research Design Services (NIHR RDSs) aim to increase the volume and quality of successful grant applications for national funding competitions including NIHR funding. To do this they provide expert advice to help researchers to develop and design high quality research proposals for such competitions. Each RDS is part of the NIHR infrastructure and this support is provided free of charge. | |
| Public Involvement in Grant Applications Funding Awards | |
| Closing Date : 31 March 2010 Amount : £5K - £10K Duration : Single Payment | |
| National Institute for Health Research, Evaluation, Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre (NETSCC) Phone: - 023 8059 5586 | |
| Aims :The mission of NETSCC is to provide a single research management centre meeting the stakeholder needs of the research programmes it coordinates, and providing scientific quality to all aspects of the research management process. | |
| REF: 10_1007 Patient safety in healthcare organisations | |
| Closing Date : 24 March 2010 Amount : > £100K Duration : 1 year - 3 years | |
| NIH - National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Phone: - 001 301-443-3860 | |
| Aims :NIAAA provides leadership in the national effort to reduce alcohol-related problems. | |
| Research on Alcohol-Related Public Policies (R01) | |
| Closing Date : 05 February 2010 Amount : > £100K Duration : > 3 years | |
| Research on Alcohol-Related Public Policies (R03) | |
| Closing Date : 16 February 2010 Amount : £50K - £100K Duration : > 3 years | |
| Research on Alcohol-Related Public Policies (R21) | |
| Closing Date : 16 February 2010 Amount : > £100K Duration : > 3 years | |
| NIH - National Institutes of Health: Joint Proposals Contact: - Research Administrator Phone: - 001 301 496 4000 | |
| Aims :NIH is the steward of medical and behavioural research for the US Nation. Its mission is science in pursuit of fundamental knowledge about the nature and behaviour of living systems and the applications of that knowledge to extend health life and reduce the burdens of illness and disability. | |
| Health Services Research on the Prevention and Treatment of Drug and Alcohol Abuse (R01) | |
| Closing Date : 05 February 2010 Amount : > £100K Duration : > 3 years | |
| Health Services Research on the Prevention and Treatment of Drug and Alcohol Abuse (R03) | |
| Closing Date : 16 February 2010 Amount : > £100K Duration : 1 year - 3 years | |
| Health Services Research on the Prevention and Treatment of Drug and Alcohol Abuse (R21) | |
| Closing Date : 16 February 2010 Amount : > £100K Duration : 1 year - 3 years | |
| Prevention Research with HIV Positive Individuals (RO3) | |
| Closing Date : 16 February 2010 Amount : £10K - £50K Duration : 1 year - 3 years | |
| Research on Interventions for Child Abuse and Neglect (R01) | |
| Closing Date : 05 February 2010 Amount : > £100K Duration : 1 year - 3 years | |
| Nuffield Foundation Contact: - Research Administrator Phone: - 020 7631 0566 | |
| Aims :To advance social well being by supporting work which will bring about improvements in society, and which is founded on careful reflection and informed by objective and reliable evidence. | |
| Africa Programme | |
| Closing Date : 19 March 2010 Amount : > £100K Duration : > 3 years | |
| R Rayne Foundation Phone: - 020 7487 9656 | |
| Aims :The aim of their work is: to help the most vulnerable or disadvantaged, to provide direct benefits to people and communities, to tackle neglected causes, to lever other funds and encourage the involvement of other organisations, to achieve excellence. | |
| Grants | |
| Closing Date : Apply Anytime Amount : Unspecified Duration : Unspecified | |
| S Scottish Social Services Council Phone: - 01382 207101 | |
| Aims :To protect those who use the council services, raise standards of practice and strengthen and support the professionalism of the workforce. | |
| Care Accolades | |
| Closing Date : 26 February 2010 Amount : Unspecified Duration : Unspecified | |
| Scottish Thoracic Society Contact: - Consultant Physician | |
| Aims :To provide funds for: Relief of Poverty; Advancement of Education; Advancement of Health. | |
| General Grants | |
| Closing Date : Apply Anytime Amount : Unspecified Duration : Unspecified | |
| Sir Halley Stewart Trust Contact: - Mrs Sue West Phone: - 01954 260707 | |
| Aims :To promote and assist innovative research activities or pioneering developments with a view to making such work self-supporting. It emphasises prevention rather than alleviation of human suffering. | |
| Project Grants | |
| Closing Date : Apply Anytime Amount : > £100K Duration : 1 year - 3 years | |
| T Tesco Charity Trust Phone: - 0845 6123575 | |
| Aims :To help local and national charities as well as voluntary organisations to provide practical support for children, the elderly, and people with disabilities. | |
| Community Award Scheme - Children's Welfare/Education Grant | |
| Closing Date : 30 June 2010 Amount : < £5K Duration : Single Payment | |
| Community Award Scheme - Elderly/Disabled Person Grants | |
| Closing Date : 31 March 2010 Amount : < £5K Duration : Single Payment | |
| W Wales Office of R&D for Health & Social Care Phone: - 029 20825252 | |
| Aims :To ensure that policy and practice in health and social care in Wales are underpinned by evidence, for the benefit of patients and the public. | |
| Welsh Assembly Government Social Care Studentship Award | |
| Closing Date : Apply Anytime Amount : £50K - £100K Duration : 1 year - 3 years | |
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