International research funding circular – 29 August 2024
News
1.NEW: LLS Translational Research Program
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) funds cutting-edge research around the world for every type of blood cancer, including leukaemia, lymphoma, myeloma, and other rare types of blood cancers. The Translational Research Program was formed to enhance the transfer of basic research findings to clinical usefulness. Applications are sought that propose novel approaches to the prevention, diagnosis or treatment of haematological malignancies and related pre-malignant conditions. Proposals should be based on molecular, cellular or integrated systems findings and be conceptually innovative. The application should have a clear plan for the eventual clinical translation of the studies proposed and the results expected. A total of $750,000 is available over three years (maximum of $250,000 per year).
Deadline: Letters of Intent should be submitted by the deadline of 16 October 2024.
Events
- Social Sciences and Humanities engagement with Horizon Europe: North East event – attendance encouraged! https://forms.office.com/e/bW8xxL9F8z
Date: 10 September 2024
Location: Armstrong Building, room 2.98, Newcastle University
Horizon Europe looks to fully integrate Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) in each of its pillars. In particular, under the pillar ‘Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness’, SSH is present across all clusters and is therefore a cross-cutting element of the whole Framework Programme. Join us for a dedicated North East event on how SSH can engage with Horizon Europe funding, where we will be joined by guests Kim Littlewood and Nic Wallet, the UK National Contact Points for Cluster 2 (Culture, Creativity and Inclusive Society) and Cluster 5 (incl. Climate), respectively. We will also hear from the experiences of our researchers who have engaged with European funding.
- 10:30-11:30: Horizon Europe overview for Social Science and Humanities
- 11:45-12:45: Panel discussion
- 12:45-13:30: Networking over lunch
- 13:30-14:00: Starting out/What to do next
All are welcome, including from other disciplines looking to engage SSH collaborators. You may attend all or individual sessions as your schedule allows. Please register your attendance.
- The Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) and The British Academy Knowledge Frontiers Symposium: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/the-centre-national-de-la-recherche-scientifique-cnrs-and-the-british-academy-knowledge-frontiers-symposium/
Thursday 14 – Friday 15 November 2024, Paris, France. The British Academy and the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) are inviting applications from early career researchers in the humanities and social sciences to attend a research collaboration symposium on the broad theme of ‘Governance’. Interested applicants are required to complete an online application form via Flexi-Grant® by Wednesday 11 September, 17:00 BST. Successful applicants will be notified by mid-October. For further information and inquiries, please contact Barbora Krasova.
European related funding
- Horizon Europe Travel Fund
The purpose of the Horizon Europe travel fund is to support the development of proposals to Horizon Europe funding opportunities. Awards will be made to cover the basic costs of travel and subsistence (typically ~£500-2000) of Newcastle University staff members to meet with EU partners—we request that funds are spent within 3 months of a request being approved. It is the applicant’s responsibility to arrange travel bookings.
Please complete the travel request form: https://forms.office.com/e/xu0FZ65dif . We will return a decision to you asap, typically within five working days. Should you have any queries, please email sarah.urquhart@newcastle.ac.uk
- Upcoming Water4All European Partnership Joint Transnational Call on Water for Circular Economy
The Partnership’s third joint transnational call for research and innovation projects focuses on the general theme of ‘Water for Circular Economy’. The aim of the call is to stimulate research and innovation to improve water security in the long term. The call is planned to be officially launched on 12 September 2024. Research and innovation proposals submitted under the Water4All 2024 Joint Transnational Call are required to address at least one of the following topics:
- Topic 1: Enhancement of water circularity in industries.
- Topic 2: Urban water circularity.
- Topic 3: Resource recovery and valorisation.
- Topic 4: Economic, environmental and social implications of water reuse and recovered products.
The call follows a two-step application procedure, with a closing date for mandatory pre-proposals of 13 November 2024 (15:00 CET).
- European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis Research Training Fellowship: https://ectrims.eu/fellowships/ectrims-postdoctoral-research-fellowship-exchange-programme/
The ECTRIMS Research Training Fellowship Programme is a one- or two-year research-focused fellowship for young, postdoctoral neuroscientists to undertake training in basic, clinical or applied research related to MS at a host institution in Europe. The overall goal of the programme is to maximise exchange of information between MS research/training institutions and researchers and to help grow the pool of well-trained research scientists focused on problems in MS. The annual fellowship stipend is €55,000 for one or two years. Deadline 01 December 2024.
- European Research Council (ERC) 2025 call deadlines adopted
The European Research Council (ERC) is the European Commission’s leading funding organisation for supporting bottom-up, investigator-driven frontier research. This approach to research funding ensures that support is aimed primarily at new and promising opportunities, with a greater degree of flexibility. Research funded by the ERC is expected to lead to advances at the frontiers of knowledge and to set a clear and inspirational target for frontier research across Europe. The ERC has published the preliminary opening and deadline dates for its calls to be released for the 2025 cycle of applications:
- Starting Grants – For promising early career researchers with 2 to 7 years’ experience after PhD: Opening 10 July 2024, closing 15 October 2024
- Consolidator Grants – For excellent researchers with 7 to 12 years’ experience after PhD: Opening 26 September 2024, closing 14 January 2025
- Synergy Grants – For groups of two to four PIs to address ambitious research questions requiring coordinated work: Opening 11 July 2024, closing 6 November 2024
- Proof-of-Concept Grants – For previous and current ERC grantees who want to explore the commercial or societal potential of their work. Opening 13 November 2024, closing 13 March 2025 and 18 September 2025
Note on ERC 2025 Starting Grant webinars: slides and recordings available for Webinar 1 and Webinar 2.
- EIT Community New European Bauhaus Connect Open call: https://eit.europa.eu/our-activities/opportunities/apply-connect-new-european-bauhaus-open-call-2025
The overall purpose of this Call for Proposals from the EIT Community New European Bauhaus (NEB) is to activate citizen generated solutions and initiatives to resolve challenges facing European cities and peri-urban and rural areas to facilitate the exchange of knowledge between people and to create citizen generated transdisciplinary projects that address sustainability, quality of experience and inclusiveness. Between six and eight projects will be selected with a maximum funding of €15,000 per project and a minimum co-funding rate of 20% across the project. Deadline 26 September 2024.
- European Innovation Council (EIC) Pathfinder Challenges for 2024
The EIC Pathfinder enables multidisciplinary research teams to develop the scientific basis to underpin breakthrough technologies. This route supports early stage development of future technologies up to proof of concept. The majority of funding issued through the EIC takes the form of Open Funding with no predefined thematic priorities. However, a challenge-driven approach is also used to provide funding to address specific technological and innovation breakthroughs, taking into account EU priorities for transitioning to a green, digital and healthy society. The fourth round of Pathfinder Challenge calls under Horizon Europe are now open for application. Applicants are able to submit projects to achieve breakthroughs in the following five strategic areas:
- Solar-to-X Devices for the Decentralized Prosumption of Renewable Fuels, Chemicals and Materials as Climate Change Mitigation Pathway
- Towards Cement and Concrete as a Carbon Sink
- Nature Inspired Alternatives for Food Packaging and Films for Agriculture
- Nanoelectronics for Energy-Efficient Smart Edge Devices
- Strengthening the Sustainability and Resilience of EU Space Infrastructure
Grants of up to €4 million are available per project to enable them to achieve the proof of principle and validate the scientific basis of breakthrough technology (eg TRL 1-4). Proposals must be submitted by the coordinator on behalf of a consortium by 16 October 2024.
- Innovative Health Initiative (IHI) call: https://www.ihi.europa.eu/apply-funding/ihi-call-8
IHI has launched a new call for proposals including topics on heart disease in cities, big data and arthritis, regulatory sandboxes, and how best to measure the impacts of a therapy on patients’ lives. Call 8 has a maximum financial contribution from IHI JU of €47.55 million and consists of the following topics:
- A City-Based Approach to Reducing Cardiovascular Mortality in Europe.
- Novel Endpoints for Osteoarthritis (OA) by Applying Big Data Analytics.
- Modelling Regulatory Sandbox Mechanisms and Enabling Their Deployment to Support Breakthrough Innovation.
- Establishing novel approaches to improve clinical trials for rare and ultra-rare diseases.
First stage proposals to Call 8 must be submitted by 10 October 2024. Further information can be found here
- European Collaborative Cloud for Cultural Heritage (ECCCH) calls
The Cluster 2 Work Programme for 2023-24 has been updated with 5 new calls, under the European Collaborative Cloud for Cultural Heritage (ECCCH).
These calls can also now be found on the Funding and Tenders Portal:
1) HORIZON-CL2-2024-HERITAGE-ECCCH-01 – Innovative tools for digitisation and analysis of dynamic processes, objects and complex combined data
2)HORIZON-CL2-2024-HERITAGE-ECCCH-02 – Innovative tools for documenting, interlinking and organising data
3) HORIZON-CL2-2024-HERITAGE-ECCCH-03 – Innovative tools for advanced data enrichment
4)HORIZON-CL2-2024-HERITAGE-ECCCH-04 – Innovative tools for high-value interactions with visitors and heritage objects
5)HORIZON-CL2-2024-HERITAGE-ECCCH-05 – Innovative tools for the study, conservation and restoration of heritage objects
Calls for proposals open: 18th June 2024. Deadline for proposals: 22nd January 2025.
- Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions calls:
- MSCA COFUND: The MSCA COFUND programme provides funding for regional, national and international programmes for training and career development through co-funding mechanisms. The programme supports new or existing doctoral programmes and postdoctoral fellowship schemes managed by entities established in EU Member States or Horizon Europe Associated Countries with the aim of spreading the best practices of the MSCA. The 2024 COFUND call has a budget of €104.8 million. The call has a scheduled opening date of 23 April and will close on 26 September 2024.
- MSCA Doctoral Networks (DN): Doctoral Networks support doctoral programmes, by partnerships of universities, research institutions and infrastructures, businesses including SMEs, and other socio-economic actors from different countries across Europe and beyond. These doctoral programmes will respond to well-identified needs in various research and innovation areas, expose the researchers to the academic and non-academic sectors, and offer research training, as well as transferable skills and competences relevant for innovation and long-term employability. The 2024 Doctoral Networks call will have a budget of €608.6 million. The call will open on 29 May 2024 and close on 27 November 2024.
- MSCA Staff Exchange: Staff Exchanges fund short-term international, inter-sectoral and interdisciplinary exchanges of staff members involved in research and innovation activities at all stages of the innovation chain. Secondments must be between different countries and should lead to knowledge transfer between participating organisations. The 2024 Staff Exchanges call will have a budget of €99.5 million. The call will open on 19 September 2024 and close on 5 February 2025.
- COST Action Open Call 2024: https://www.cost.eu/funding/open-call-a-simple-one-step-application-process/
COST Actions provide researchers from all sectors with funding for a broad range of networking and collaboration activities and opportunities within a network. COST does not provide funding for research itself, but for a broad range of networking and collaboration activities and opportunities, including meetings, workshops, conferences, training schools, short-term scientific missions (STSM), and dissemination activities. COST Actions are bottom-up and can be on any topic, however they must fulfill certain criteria in order to be approved, such as including researchers from at least seven COST Member countries, half of whom come from the Inclusiveness Target Countries (ITC). Deadline 23 October 2024.
- Kohli Fellowships for Sociology – Call for EUI Research Stays Now Open
The Kohli Fellowship for Sociology by the charitable Kohli Foundation promotes postdoctoral researchers working in the field of sociology. Fellows can choose to carry out their two-year research stay either at the Berlin Social Science Centre (WZB) in Berlin, Germany or at the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence, Italy. Applications are now open for fellowships at EUI. The fellowship is intended to offer opportunities to engage in a new research project, to advance publications, and to develop research collaborations. This may include carrying out field work, attending training events and conferences as well as organising workshops. The fellowship is awarded for two years during which the fellows receive a monthly stipend of €2,500. Deadline is 18 October 2024.
- NEW: Fondation pour la Mémoire de la Shoah Doctoral, Postdoctoral and Research and Travel Grants
The Foundation is seeking out projects that undertake novel research within comparative history or literature, focussing mainly on European, international and interdisciplinary perspectives on subjects relating to the Holocaust. In addition to research directly focused on the Holocaust, grants may fund broader themes, such as contemporary antisemitism, the memory of the Holocaust and connections between the Holocaust and other genocides. For doctoral grants, funding of €1,450 a month is available for 12 months maximum. This funding Is renewable once on request. For postdoctoral grants, €1,850 a month is available for 12 months maximum. This funding is renewable once on request. Research and travel grants are offered on a case-by-case basis.
Deadline: 1st April 2025
- NEW: Applications Open for ESA Research Fellowships in Space Science
The European Space Agency offers annual fellowship opportunities to support early career scientists from ESA member states (including U.K) who would like to conduct research in space science. The fellowships are for two years, with a possible third year extension, and can be held in either of the ESA research centres of ESTEC (European Space Research and Technology Centre) in Noordwijk, the Netherlands, ESAC (European Space Astronomy Centre) in Villafranca del Castillo near Madrid, Spain or the ESA office at Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Typical net monthly remuneration varies between circa €3,200 and €4,100 .
Deadline: 16th September
Official development assistance (ODA) related funding
- NIHR Research and Innovation for Global Health Transformation (RIGHT) Initiative: https://www.nihr.ac.uk/documents/research-on-interventions-for-global-health-transformation-call-8-stage-1-guidance-for-applicants/36246
The Research and Innovation for Global Health Transformation (RIGHT) programme forms part of NIHR’s Global Health Research programme and funds cutting-edge interdisciplinary applied health research in key areas in LMICs where a strategic and targeted investment can result in a transformative impact. The eighth RIGHT call is specifically supporting targeted interdisciplinary applied health research to develop and evaluate interventions to strengthen and improve prevention, management and response to unintentional injuries and accidents arising from any cause in ODA-eligible countries. There is a particular interest in interventions relevant to unintentional injuries and accidents occurring in relation to climate change and natural hazards. Awards of between £1 million and £5 million for three to five years are available. Deadline for registration and remit enquiries is 09 October 2024 with application deadline 23 October 2024.
- Darwin Initiative: https://www.darwininitiative.org.uk/how-to-apply/
The Darwin Initiative is a UK government grants scheme that helps conserve biodiversity and support the communities that live alongside it through locally led projects worldwide. It is entirely Official Development Assistance (ODA) funded, and therefore projects must promote the economic development and welfare of eligible countries as a primary objective. Darwin Initiative is expected to be mostly focused on Low Income and Lower Middle-Income countries, and at least 70% of funding will be allocated to these countries, however Upper Middle-Income countries (UMICs) are eligible. It’s ‘Main’ scheme is now closed for this round but the following remain open: Extra – Project with scaling pathway (£800k-5M, 2-5 years, deadline 16 September 2024); Innovation – Testing novel approach for potential scaleup (£10k-200k, 1-2 years, deadline 21 October 2024); Capacity – Developing Capability of local and national organisations (£50k-200k, 1-2 years, deadline 21 October 2024).
- STFC Africa-UK physics partnership collaborative research projects: https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/africa-uk-physics-partnership-collaborative-research-projects/
Apply for funding for collaborative physics-led projects addressing the challenges of climate change, energy, and capacity building, across African economies. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for STFC funding and have a project co-lead based at a research organisation in Ghana, Kenya, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, or Uganda. The total fund amount is £5 million. STFC will fund 10 to 15 projects lasting up to 24 months. Deadline 17 September 2024.
- British Academy ODA Global Innovation Fellowships 2024: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/oda-global-innovation-fellowships-2024/
The objective of the ODA (Official Development Assistance) Global Innovation Fellowships is to provide opportunities to UK-based early- and mid-career researchers from across the humanities and social sciences to develop their skills, networks and careers in the creative and cultural, public, private and policy sectors to address challenges that require innovative approaches and solutions. Awards are for up to £150,000 for 12 months, with application deadline 6 November 2024.
- British Academy ODA Global Innovation Fellowships: South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)
The British Academy call ODA Global Innovation Fellowships: South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) is supported under the UK Government’s International Science Partnerships Fund. The £337 million International Science Partnerships Fund (ISPF) is designed to enable potential and foster prosperity. Fellowship award holders will embed themselves in a South Africa office (Johannesburg or Cape Town) of the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA). SAIIA is an independent public policy think tank advancing a well-governed, peaceful, economically sustainable and globally engaged Africa. Their work spans foreign policy, governance, the environment, economic policy and social development. The fellowships are worth up to £150,000 at 80% full economic costing (fEC) over 12 months. One or two awards will be given.
Applications must be submitted by the deadline of 27 November 2024 (17:00 GMT).
General international
- BBSRC-NSF/BIO lead agency 2024: Work with US researchers: https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/work-with-us-researchers-bbsrc-nsf-bio-lead-agency-2024/
Collaborate with US researchers on a single joint proposal in the following areas: biological informatics, understanding host-microbe interactions, synthetic cells and cellular systems, synthetic microbial communities. The full economic cost of your project, including the UK and US components, can be up to £2 million. The duration of your project should aim to be between three to four years and must not exceed five years. Stage one intention to submit deadline is 31 October 2024.
- British Council UK-Japan research collaborations on ‘transformative technologies’: https://opportunities-insight.britishcouncil.org/news/opportunities/grants-uk-japan-research-collaborations-2
Grants up to £80,000 will be available for funding under this ISPF research collaboration programme for bilateral research and innovation collaborations. Projects should consider: • transformative technologies: artificial intelligence, quantum, engineering biology, semi-conductors, future telecommunications; • tomorrows talent: research capacity, research systems, research pipeline. Each proposal must have one principal applicant from the UK and one principal applicant from Japan both of whom must be leading researchers or established researchers. Deadline 17 September 2024.
- EPSRC India-UK Joint Telecommunications Research: https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/india-uk-joint-opportunity-in-telecommunications-research/
This international joint funding opportunity in telecoms research will support projects to further develop and strengthen the network and research collaboration between UK-based and India-based researchers. Projects are expected to link and run concurrently to the continuation of the UK-India Future Networks Initiative. It should have two project leads, one based at a UK research organisation and one at an India research organisation. Award range £800k – £1.06M for 4 years, deadline 24 September 2024.
- British Council Transnational Education (TNE) Partnerships Exploratory Grants: https://opportunities-insight.britishcouncil.org/news/opportunities/tne-exploratory-grants
The grants are open to institutions in the UK for TNE projects with Brazil, Egypt, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Nigeria, Pakistan and Turkey. The fund will prioritise partnerships that focus on one or more of the following priority themes from the British Council’s TNE Strategy: i) Creating an enabling environment for TNE in other countries and strengthening the quality of TNE; ii) Contributing to the removal of barriers to TNE and supporting or creating new opportunities; iii) Supporting TNE to contribute to the transformation of local education systems and contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Potential areas of focus include developing joint programmes and curricula, building the capacity of academics and staff, developing various models of TNE, working towards the recognition of UK degrees, developing processes, frameworks and guidelines for TNE collaboration and developing communities of practice. Grants up to £12k for 12 months, deadline 12 September 2024.
- British Council Going Global Partnerships upcoming calls: https://opportunities-insight.britishcouncil.org/news/opportunities/upcoming-going-global-partnerships-grant-calls
Going Global Partnerships gives universities, colleges and others across the higher education, research and TVET sectors new opportunities to build stronger, equitable international connections and extend their global reach. This can lead to more collaborative research, new transnational education opportunities, expanded global networks and long-lasting relationships around the world. Going Global Partnerships will launch a series of new grant calls for UK higher education institutions to partner with institutions in other countries, including: Bangladesh, Kenya, Brazil, Mexico, Egypt, Morocco, France, Nigeria, Germany, Pakistan, Ghana, Peru, India, South Africa, Indonesia, Turkey, Iraq, Ukraine, Jordan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Vietnam. Initial calls include:
- HE Connects partnerships with Mexico, deadline 5 September 2024
- Springboard research grants with France and Germany, deadline 30 September 2024
- Researcher Challenges grants with Iraq, Mexico, Morocco or Peru, deadline 30 August 2024
- Disability Inclusion Partnerships with in Indonesia, Kenya, Pakistan or Uzbekistan, deadline 13 September 2024
- Gain Time to Think – Residential Fellowships for Early Career Researchers in the Life Sciences: https://www.wiko-berlin.de/en/becoming-a-fellow/fellowships/college-for-life-sciences
Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin (Institute for Advanced Study Berlin) is an academic institution dedicated to international exchange and the advancement of science and research. The institution operates an extensive fellowship programme which brings together 40 internationally recognised senior as well as promising junior scholars from all fields of knowledge, including the humanities, the social sciences, and the arts. The Gain Time To Think Fellowship programme. It offers excellent early career researchers in the life sciences and medicine the opportunity to take a break from their lab or clinical work. Fellowships last between three and five months and are based at Wissenschaftskolleg in Berlin, Germany. For the current call, spaces are offered between September 2025 and July 2026. The fellowship offers studio accommodation as well as a full stipend based on the applicant’s salary. The application deadline is 1 November 2024.
- British Academy’s Visiting Fellowships: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/visiting-fellowships/
The British Academy’s Visiting Fellowships programme provides outstanding academics based in any country overseas with the opportunity to be based at a UK higher education or other research institution. The programme is open to academics at any career stage, and in any discipline within the humanities and social sciences. Up to £40k available for 3 to 6 months, deadline 23 October 2024.
- EPSRC International Centre to Centre Research Collaborations 2024: https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/international-centre-to-centre-research-collaborations-outlines/
EPSRC has opened the Outline stage of their next International Centre to Centre Research Collaborations Funding Opportunity (Outline Stage). This opportunity enables researchers from all EPSRC disciplines to apply for funding (of project duration 3-5 years) to form world-leading partnerships and work with the best international collaborators for their research. Full economic cost of projects can be up to £1,8M over 3-5 years. EPSRC will hold a webinar of 25 June 2024, with Outline deadline 25 September 2024.
- British Academy Knowledge Frontiers: International Interdisciplinary Research Projects 2025 – theme ‘Just Transitions’: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/knowledge-frontiers-international-interdisciplinary-research/
This programme provides UK-based researchers, active in any discipline within the humanities or the social sciences, with the opportunity to develop and lead international and interdisciplinary research projects related to the theme of Just Transitions. Awards of 24 months in duration and up to £300,000 are available. Deadline 18 September 2024.
- UK-Canada Synthesising research on envisioning governance systems that work: https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/synthesising-research-on-envisioning-governance-systems-that-work/
Apply for funding to work with Canada-based researchers to mobilise, examine and synthesise humanities and social sciences research on the topic of envisioning governance systems that work. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for ESRC or AHRC funding. Funding is available for one-year projects. The UK-Canada teams can apply for up to C$ 30,000 from SSHRC and ESRC or AHRC. Further information can be found here Deadline: 12 December 2024.
- NIH funding opportunities for which foreign organizations and/or foreign components of U.S. organizations may apply:
- Deciphering the Impact of RNA Modifications on Brain Aging and AD/ADRD (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (RFA-AG-25-022)
Application due date: Multiple dates, see announcement. - Deciphering the Impact of RNA Modifications on Brain Aging and AD/ADRD (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (RFA-AG-25-023)
Application due date: Multiple dates, see announcement. - Functional Validation and/or Characterization of Genes or Variants Implicated in Substance Use Disorders (R21/R33 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (PAR-24-267)
Application due date: Multiple dates, see announcement. - Toward ElucidAting MechanismS of HIV Pathogenesis within the Mission of the NIDDK (Pathogenesis TEAMS) (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) (RFA-DK-25-024)
Application due date: Multiple dates, see announcement.
NIH funding opportunities for which foreign components may apply:
- Grants for Early Medical/Surgical Specialists’ Transition to Aging Research (GEMSSTAR) (R03 Clinical Trial Optional) (RFA-AG-25-021)
Application due date: Multiple dates, see announcement. - Novel Approaches for Radiation Biodosimetry and Medical Countermeasure Development (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (RFA-AI-24-041)
Application due date: Multiple dates, see announcement. - RNA Modifications Driving Oncogenesis (RNAMoDO; U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (RFA-CA-24-029)
Application due date: Multiple dates, see announcement. - The Chronic Pancreatitis Clinical Research Consortium (CPCRC)- Clinical Centers (CPCRC-CCs) (U01 Clinical Trial Optional) (RFA-DK-25-019)
Application due date: Multiple dates, see announcement. - Single Source for Chronic Pancreatitis Clinical Research Consortium (CPCRC) Data Coordinating Center (CPCRC-DCC) (U01 Clinical Trial Optional) (RFA-DK-25-020)
Application due date: Multiple dates, see announcement. - HEAL Initiative: NIH-DOD-VA Pain Management Collaboratory – Pragmatic and/or Implementation Science Demonstration Projects ((UG3/UH3) Clinical Trial Required) (RFA-AT-24-011) Application due date: November 7, 2024
- Grants for UK-Israel research collaborations
Grants of up to £200,000 over 3 years to collaborative research projects through the Department of Science, Innovation, and Technology’s International Science Partnerships Fund (ISPF). Application deadline: 30 September 2024 All applications must be submitted via the application portal at https://tinyurl.com/4pau3sxa
- Applications Open for Kennedy Scholarships 2025-2026
Kennedy Scholarships are offered each year to British citizens who are graduates of UK universities. The scholarships are awarded across the range of academic disciplines and are tenable at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). They can also fund a Special Studentship for those wanting a general programme of non-degree study. The scholarship covers the full cost of tuition fees and health insurance paid direct to the institution. Scholars may apply for a means-tested bursary of up to $30,000 to cover living expenses for one academic year. Students may apply for an additional grant of $2,500 to pay for summer vacation travel in the United States after the end of the academic year.
Applications should be made online by the closing date of 16 October 2024.
- NEW: Request for Applications – Clinical Trials Advancing Metabolic Therapies for T1D
Breakthrough T1D is offering funding of up to $2 million through its latest Request for Applications – Clinical Trials Advancing Metabolic Therapies for T1D – to support clinical trials to evaluate repurposed therapies that can improve metabolic outcomes in people with type 1 diabetes (T1D) or clinical research projects to investigate the underlying mechanisms of metabolic dysfunction in T1D to inform future therapy development. Maximum funding requests are:
- Non-interventional clinical studies: $1 million over three years.
- Clinical trials: $2 million over three years
Deadline: Applicants must first submit an Expression of Interest by the deadline on 31 October 2024.
Project Initiation Form (PIF): https://www.cognitoforms.com/NewcastleUniversity1/NewcastleUniversityNuTHProjectInitiationFormV2
If you’re in the process of developing a research proposal please ensure you submit a PIF as soon as possible. The PIF is not just a mechanism to initiate a costing, it enables the research support team to identify and engage on your behalf the varying types of research and business support beneficial to your bid. Please note you don’t need to define all resources required before engaging with the team. To maximise the support available to you, PIF submission is advised at your earliest convenience.