Funding Process
Our 'Call for Proposals' will open on 18th September with a deadline of 5pm on 12th November.
The next 'Call for Proposals' will open
18th September 2008
(Further details to follow)
There are four possible categories of proposal that we accept:
- Basic
- Translational
- Clinical
- Psychosocial
Applicants are able to apply for three categories of grant:
- Fellowship
- PhD Studentship
- Project
The information you need to make an application can be found by clicking here
After a peer review process, our Research Advisory Committee meets to discuss the applications in light of the external referees’ opinions. Click here for details of our peer review process. The Committee will then recommend to the Charity's Board of Trustees which projects should receive funding. Applicants are informed as quickly as possible whether or not they have been successful.
Second 'Call for Proposals' in 2007/08
Applications received
In the second 'Call for Proposals', we received 28 applications.
The total value of the grant applications was over £3.5 million, with an average of £131,581 per application and range of value from £37,031 to £214,816. The upper limit for a grant application, set by the Charity, was £250,000.
There were four possible categories of proposal – basic, translational, clinical and psychosocial. Applicants also had the option of linking across categories. The submissions this year were:
- 8 Basic
- 6 Translational
- 1 Clinical
- 3 Psychosocial
Coupled submissions were:
- 6 Basic / Translational
- 2 Basic / Clinical
- 2 Clinical / Psychosocial
Applicants were able to apply for three categories of grant. There were:
- 0 Fellowship applications
- 20 Project applications and
- 8 Studentship applications
'Call for Proposals' application success rates
Please see our Funded Projects section to view details of the successful proposals.
2006/07 success rate: 14% Total awarded: £794,013
2007/08 success rate: 14% Total awarded: £508,637
In the 2008/09 'Call for Proposals' we plan to commit up to £1 million for research grants.