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AERC - (Alcohol Education and Research Council)
Contact: - Andrea Tilouche, Committees and Grants Manager           Phone:  - 020 7340 9502
Aims :The Council's main aims are to: - Generate and disseminate research based evidence to inform and influence policy and practice. - Develop the capacity of people and organisations to address alcohol issues.
Developing People and Organisation Grants
Closing Date :  05 September 2008   Amount :  £10K - £50K   Duration : Unspecified   

Research Grants
Closing Date :  05 September 2008   Amount :  £10K - £50K   Duration : 1 year - 3 years   

Allen Lane Foundation
Contact: - Tim Cutts, Executive Secretary           Phone:  - 01904 613223
Aims :To support general charitable purposes.
Grants
Closing Date :  Apply Anytime   Amount :  £10K - £50K   Duration : Single Payment   

Arthur James Paterson Charitable Trust
Contact: - Miss Susan Cooper           Phone:  - 020 7653 4337
Aims :To help with the education of children, medical research, welfare of elderly and children
National Grants
Closing Date :  01 August 2008   Amount :  Unspecified   Duration : Unspecified   

B    Bayer AG            Top of page       Phone:  - 00 49 214 301
Aims :To benefit people and improve their quality of life.
Hemophilia Caregivers Education 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.
Awards For All
Closing Date :  Apply Anytime   Amount :  £5K - £10K   Duration : 1 year - 3 years   

Investing In Communities
Closing Date :  01 August 2008   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : Unspecified   

Research Grants Programme
Closing Date :  12 September 2008   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : > 3 years   

Boots Charitable Trust
Contact: - Rachel McGuire           Phone:  - 0115 9492185
Aims :Boots Charitable Trust is an independent registered charity wholly funded by Boots Group plc. The Trust's policy statement prioritises funding in the areas of health, lifelong learning, community development and social care.
General Grants
Closing Date :  07 August 2008   Amount :  < £5K   Duration : Unspecified   

British Society of Rehabilitation Medicine
Contact: - Sandy Weatherhead, The Executive Secretary           Phone:  - 01992 638865
Aims :The mission of the BSRM is to promote the understanding and multidisciplinary management of acute and chronic disabling diseases and injuries; their personal interpersonal and social consequences and to advance public education in these matters. The BSRM is a young and vibrant organisation which is devoted to: - Promoting the development and good practice of Rehabilitation Medicine as a medical specialty. - Enhancing undergraduate and postgraduate education in rehabilitation and disability issues. - Supporting rehabilitation research. - Liaising with related medical, paramedical and voluntary organisations to further these aims.
Philip Nichols Prize for Original Research.
Closing Date :  28 September 2008   Amount :  < £5K   Duration : Single Payment   

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 - £10K   Duration : 1 year - 3 years   

Phil Strong Memorial Prize
Closing Date :  15 August 2008   Amount :  < £5K   Duration : Single Payment   

Burden Trust
Contact: - Patrick O'Conor FCA           Phone:  - 0117 9628611
Aims :To support medical research, hospitals, schools and training institutions, homes for the infirm, aged and necessitous persons.
Research Award
Closing Date :  31 March 2009   Amount :  Unspecified   Duration : Unspecified   

Burdett Trust for Nursing       Phone:  - 020 7597 3000
Aims :The Trustees aim to make grants to support the nursing contribution to healthcare. They hope to encourage applications from nurses and other healthcare professionals involved in a wide range of innovative projects.
Level One Grants
Closing Date :  Apply Anytime   Amount :  £10K - £50K   Duration : Unspecified   

Level Two Grants
Closing Date :  Apply Anytime   Amount :  £50K - £100K   Duration : 1 year - 3 years   

C    Canadian Institutes of Health Research            Top of page
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 :  01 October 2008   Amount :  £10K - £50K   Duration : > 3 years   

Central Services Agency       Phone:  - 028 9032 4431
Aims :"To take the lead in developing and providing quality services and products at best value in partnership with our customers."
Doctoral Fellowships
Closing Date :  10 October 2008   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : 1 year - 3 years   

Constance Green Foundation
Contact: - Mrs S Hall           Phone:  - 01534 487757
Aims :General charitable purposes
Research Awards
Closing Date :  Apply Anytime   Amount :  Unspecified   Duration : 6 mths - 1 year   

D    Department of Health            Top of page
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 :  31 July 2008   Amount :  Unspecified   Duration : > 3 years   

Derbyshire J N Trust
Contact: - Mr David Parish           Phone:  - 0115 918 4348
Aims :To promote health and advance education; develop physical improvement; relief of poverty, distress and sickness
Research Award
Closing Date :  15 August 2008   Amount :  Unspecified   Duration : 1 year - 3 years   

G    GLMA            Top of page       Phone:  - 001 415 255 4547
Aims :GLMA works to ensure equality in health care for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals and health care professionals. GLMA achieves its goals by using medical expertise in professional education, public policy work, patient education and referrals, and the promotion of research.
Lesbian Health Fund
Closing Date :  01 October 2008   Amount :  < £5K   Duration : Unspecified   

Grand Charity (The)       Phone:  - 020 7395 9261
Aims :The Freemasons' Grand Charity is a grant-making charity, which supports people in need.
Major Research Grants
Closing Date :  Apply Anytime   Amount :  £10K - £50K   Duration : 1 year - 3 years   

Minor Research Grants
Closing Date :  Apply Anytime   Amount :  < £5K   Duration : Unspecified   

H    Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation            Top of page
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 :  04 September 2008   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 2009   Amount :  £5K - £10K   Duration : 6 mths - 1 year   

Research Grants
Closing Date :  01 August 2008   Amount :  £10K - £50K   Duration : 1 year - 3 years   

Headley Trust
Contact: - Mr Michael Pattison           Phone:  - 0207 410 0330
Aims :General charitable purposes.
Research Award
Closing Date :  Apply Anytime   Amount :  < £5K   Duration : 6 mths - 1 year   

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.
General 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   

L    Linbury Trust            Top of page
Contact: - Mr A P Bookbinder           Phone:  - 020 7410 0330
Aims :To support research into the epidemiology, virology, immunology, muscle biology, disordered sleep and neuronendocrinology of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis
Research Award
Closing Date :  Apply Anytime   Amount :  < £5K   Duration : 6 mths - 1 year   

Low and Bonar Charitable Fund
Contact: - Thorntons Law LLP    
Aims :To promote the betterment of the human condition and the relief of suffering. Consideration is also given to charities meeting social, cultural and environmental needs.
Research Award
Closing Date :  Apply Anytime   Amount :  < £5K   Duration : 1 year - 3 years   

M    Medlock Charitable Trust            Top of page
Contact: - Mr Leonard Medlock           Phone:  - 01225 428 221
Aims :The objects of the charity are: - to make donations other registered charitable trusts; - to make donations to universities or other establishments for educational purposes, and; - to make donations to local community charities on any part of the country.
Grants
Closing Date :  Apply Anytime   Amount :  £50K - £100K   Duration : Unspecified   

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.
Charitable/Educational Grants
Closing Date :  Apply Anytime   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : Unspecified   

N    National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)            Top of page
Aims :To create a health research system in which the NHS supports outstanding individuals, working in world class facilities, conducting leading edge research focused on the needs of patients and the public.
Physical Environment Research Programme
Closing Date :  Apply Anytime   Amount :  Unspecified   Duration : Unspecified   

Senior Investigators
Closing Date :  28 July 2008   Amount :  £50K - £100K   Duration : > 3 years   

NIH - National Institute of Mental Health
Contact: - Office of Communications           Phone:  - 001 866 615 6464
Aims :The NIMH mission is to reduce the burden of mental illness and behavioural disorders through research on mind, brain, and behaviour. The public health mandate demands that they harness powerful scientific tools to achieve better understanding, treatment, and eventually, prevention of these disabling conditions that affect millions of Americans.
Basic and Translational Research Opportunities in the Social Neuroscience of Mental Health (R01)
Closing Date :  20 October 2008   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : > 3 years   

Mental Health Consequences of Violence and Trauma (R01)
Closing Date :  05 October 2008   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : Unspecified   

Mental Health Consequences of Violence and Trauma (R03)
Closing Date :  16 October 2008   Amount :  £50K - £100K   Duration : 1 year - 3 years   

Mental Health Consequences of Violence and Trauma (R21)
Closing Date :  16 October 2008   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : 1 year - 3 years   

Mental Health Consequences of Violence and Trauma (R34)
Closing Date :  16 October 2008   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 October 2008   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : > 3 years   

Research on Alcohol-Related Public Policies (R03)
Closing Date :  16 October 2008   Amount :  £50K - £100K   Duration : > 3 years   

Research on Alcohol-Related Public Policies (R21)
Closing Date :  16 October 2008   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : > 3 years   

NIH - National Institutes for 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.
Parenting Capacities and Health Outcomes in Youths and Adolescents (R01)
Closing Date :  05 October 2008   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : 1 year - 3 years   

Prevention Research with HIV Positive Individuals (RO3)
Closing Date :  07 September 2008   Amount :  £10K - £50K   Duration : 1 year - 3 years   

Research on Clinical Decision Making in Life-Threatening Illness (R21)
Closing Date :  07 September 2008   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : 1 year - 3 years   

Research on Interventions for Child Abuse and Neglect (R01)
Closing Date :  05 October 2008   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : 1 year - 3 years   

Research on Social Work Practice and Concepts in Health (R01)
Closing Date :  05 October 2008   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : 1 year - 3 years   

Research on Social Work Practice and Concepts in Health (R03)
Closing Date :  16 October 2008   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : > 3 years   

Research on Social Work Practice and Concepts in Health (R21)
Closing Date :  16 October 2008   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.
Social Science New Career Development Fellowships
Closing Date :  01 September 2008   Amount :  > £100K   Duration : 1 year - 3 years   

Social Science Small Grants Scheme
Closing Date :  Apply Anytime   Amount :  £5K - £10K   Duration : Unspecified   

R    Rayne Foundation            Top of page
Contact: - Susan O’Sullivan           Phone:  - 020 7487 9630
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   

Responsibility in Gambling Trust       Phone:  - 020 7953 3878
Aims :RIGT exists to tackle problem gambling in Britain through the funding of treatment, research and education programmes. Their charitable objectives are: The relief of those who are vulnerable or otherwise in need as a result of gambling, by providing counselling and advice; The advancement of education for the benefit of the public by research into the types of addictive gambling, the causes of gambling and the effectiveness of treatments, and the publication of the results of such research.
Small Grant Scheme
Closing Date :  Apply Anytime   Amount :  < £5K   Duration : Unspecified   

S    Sir Halley Stewart Trust            Top of page
Contact: - Mrs Sue West, B.Ed (Hons) - Secretary & Administrator           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 :  Unspecified   Duration : 1 year - 3 years   

SMB Charitable Trust (The)       Phone:  - 01892 537301
Aims :To provide funding to registered charities or an individual supported by a registered charity.
SMB Charitable Trust Grants
Closing Date :  Apply Anytime   Amount :  < £5K   Duration : Single Payment   

Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues
Contact: - SPSSI Central Office           Phone:  - 001 202 675 6956
Aims :To bring theory and practice into focus on human problems of the group, the community, and nations, as well as the increasingly important problems that have no national boundaries.
Gordon Allport Intergroup Relations Prize
Closing Date :  03 October 2008   Amount :  < £5K   Duration : Single Payment   

Steel Charitable Trust
Contact: - The Secretary           Phone:  - 01271 375 257
Aims :To support general charitable purposes.
Grants
Closing Date :  Apply Anytime   Amount :  £5K - £10K   Duration : Single Payment   

T    Trent RDSU            Top of page
Contact: - Research Administrator           Phone:  - 0114 222 8372
Aims :To provide high level academic support aimed at increasing the quantity and quality of health and health-related social care research undertaken. Trent RDSU supports all researchers in their area with an NHS contract.
RDSU Conference Support
Closing Date :  Apply Anytime   Amount :  < £5K   Duration : Single Payment   

User Involvement Awards
Closing Date :  Apply Anytime   Amount :  < £5K   Duration : < 6 months   

W    Wales Office of R&D for Health & Social Care            Top of page       Phone:  - 029 208 25252
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.
Research Funding Scheme
Closing Date :  08 August 2008   Amount :  £10K - £50K   Duration : 1 year - 3 years   

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