23/14 Motor neurone disease highlight notice (HSDR Programme)

National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)

31 May 2023
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The Health and Social Care Delivery Research (HSDR) Programme funds research across the NHS, public health and social care to meet the needs of those who plan, provide and receive care and services.

Proposals for Motor Neurone Disease research that address important health and social care questions are invited.

NIHR Public Health Research Programme Rapid Funding Scheme

National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)

29 December 2023
£50,000
6 months

The RFS has been set up to provide the public health research community with an accelerated route to funding for small-scale, short and time sensitive proposals that demonstrate a need for a rapid commissioning process to be followed. Funding will be offered, subject to appropriate scientific scrutiny, on the understanding that a full application to support completion of the evaluation will be forthcoming at an appropriate time point.

International Travel Award Scheme

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)

No closing date
£3,000
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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. Funding of up to £3,000 is limited to travel and subsistence costs.

Fellowship

Daphne Jackson

No closing date
No limit
2 years

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. They provide an opportunity to balance a personalised retraining programme with a challenging research project, in a supportive UK university or research establishment.

Lead Agency Opportunity

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) – SBE

No closing date
£1,000,000
No limit

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.

Creative England Investments

Creative England

No closing date
£250,000
36 months

Creative England is supporting SMEs by providing competitive loans to digital businesses in order to make their growth plans a reality. The investments on offer are intended to fuel this fast-growing sector by financing business expansion and new products, leading to the creation of new high-quality jobs and Intellectual Property (IP). Loans from £50,000 – £250,000 are available with repayment terms ranging from 3-36 months. Interest rates range from 5% – 10%, depending on the risk profile of the applicant. This includes companies from within the digital healthcare sector.

Standard Research Grant

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)

No closing date
£2 million
5 years

Funding can support a range of activities from research projects to technology development, new infrastructure and equipment, use of equipment and facilities, networks, and summer schools.

Knowledge Transfer Partnership

Innovate UK, Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)

No closing date
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36 months

Available for businesses or not-for-profit organisations, research organisations and graduates to work on an innovation project. Funding is provided to support the total cost of the project. Businesses should provide around one-third to half of the project costs depending on their size.

Nesta Impact Investments

Nesta

Open call
£1 million
No limit

Nesta want to see the power of innovation and technology used to address big social issues. Their mission is to invest in high impact innovations run by outstanding entrepreneurs. They invest primarily to create real and lasting social impact in the UK, as well as generating a financial return for our investors. They invest between £150k and £1m in social ventures developing innovations that tackle the major challenges faced by older people, children, and communities in the UK.

Economic and Social Research Council: Research Grants

Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)

No fixed closing date
£350,000 – £1 million
Up to 5 years

The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Research Grants (open call) invites proposals from eligible individuals and research teams for standard research projects, large-scale surveys and other infrastructure projects and for methodological developments. The call offers researchers considerable flexibility to focus on any subject area or topic providing that it falls within ESRC’s remit. Proposals can draw from the wider sciences, but the social sciences must represent more than 50 per cent of the research focus and effort.

Ambitious and novel research proposals addressing new concepts and techniques and those with the potential for significant scientific or societal and economic impact are particularly encouraged. They are keen to encourage fresh ideas from new researchers and appropriate proposals are welcomed from those with limited research experience.

Funding decisions are based on a number of criteria including quality, timeliness, potential impact and value for money.

Loan Fund

HSBC

No closing date
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HSBC UK has announced a £14 billion lending fund to support the UK’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The Fund includes a ring-fenced £1 billion to help UK companies grow their business overseas, as well as a broader package of support. The initiative is available to UK businesses with a turnover of up to £350 million. Applicants do not need to be an HSBC customer to apply.

LifeArc Philanthropic Fund

LifeArc

Open call
A share of £5 million 
No limit

LifeArc invites applications for its philanthropic fund. This supports medical research projects focused on translation of rare diseases research. The aim is to accelerate scientific breakthroughs to deliver new medicines for patients with these conditions and projects must focus on developing an intervention, therapeutic, device or diagnostic, that will address a significant, unaddressed need for rare disease patients and on research which has a credible translational and development path to reaching those patients.

Grants will either be awarded directly to academics or will be partnered with similar funds being awarded by our rare disease charity partners.

Supporting Innovation and Growth in Healthcare Technologies (SIGHT)

University of Portsmouth

No fixed date; assessment panel meet monthly
£25,000
No limit

The SIGHT programme has three work package areas available for members, covering a wide range of support mechanisms designed to accelerate the uptake of technologies within the healthcare sector as a whole. Running alongside these three work package areas will be the SIGHT grant scheme. This is available to members of the programme and can support a range of business development activities being undertaken by your business.

Business Support

Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership

Ongoing
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The Business Support Service provides a single point of access to a wide range of local and national support and funding. From start-ups to established businesses, it is easy for small and medium-sized business owners to access the help needed to boost productivity, profitability and resilience. Business owners can connect with a local Growth Manager to discuss where their business is now and what they would like to achieve in the future. Working with partner councils, Growth Managers find tailored solutions and identify suitable local or national support available from the LEP and our partners on your behalf.

Business Productivity Grant

Sheffield City Council

Ongoing
£12,499
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The business support scheme supports SMEs and charitable organisations to improve productivity through capital and revenue grants across the Sheffield City Region. The programme provides 50% funding for projects up to £24,999. Once the plan and application has been agreed, grants of up to £12,499 will be offered to those businesses that best demonstrate how the investments will have a positive impact on their productivity.

The EIC Accelerator: Open Competition

European Innovation Council (EIC)

Ongoing
€2.5 million
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The EIC Accelerator supports individual Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), in particular startups and spinout companies to develop and scaleup game-changing innovations.