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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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) | |
| 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 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 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 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 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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