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General paediatrics

A general paediatrician is a doctor with the knowledge and skills to manage a wide range of health problems and concerns in children and young people. Find out more about general paediatrics.

Action Medical Research - Research Training Fellowships [OPEN]

This Research Training Fellowship scheme allows researchers to developing their research skills in topics relevant to Action’s remit. Applications are invited from medical graduates, clinicians, bioengineers, research nurses, physiotherapists and allied health professionals who wish to develop a long-term career in academic medicine in the UK in areas relevant to child health.
Award programme/theme
Fellowship (award type)
Funding amount range
£100,001 to £250,000
Maximum duration
3 years
Submission deadline

Action Medical Research - Project Grants in Child Health [CLOSED]

These grants support research on problems affecting pregnancy, childbirth, babies, children and young people. Emphasis should be on clinical research or research at the interface between clinical and basic science.
Award programme/theme
Project grant
Funding amount range
£100,001 to £250,000
Maximum duration
3 years
Submission deadline

William Harvey Research Foundation - Innovation Award [CLOSED]

Funds pioneering research that advances the discovery of new medicines.
Award programme/theme
Innovation award

Lister Institute of Preventative Medicine - Research Prize [CLOSED]

These awards are aimed at researchers in the early years of running their own groups, for whom receipt of the prize would make a significant difference to their research work. The Institute accepts applications from tenured and non-tenured researchers, clinicians and non-clinicians to undertake high quality biomedical research and has no priority diseases or restrictions on the research area supported.
Award programme/theme
Project grant
Funding amount range
£100,001 to £250,000
Maximum duration
5 years
Submission deadline

Scoliosis Support & Research - Small Exploratory Grant [OPEN]

This grant is designed specifically for new investigators who have a preliminary concept they would like to develop into a research project.
Award programme/theme
Starter grant / pilot grant
Funding amount range
Under £50,000
Maximum duration
1 year

Retina UK - Project Grant [CLOSED]

Funding for high-quality research projects looking at the causes, potential treatments and potential cure for all forms of inherited retinal disease.
Award programme/theme
Project grant
Submission deadline

LifeArc - Philanthropic Fund [CLOSED]

The LifeArc Philanthropic Fund provides grants to academic researchers working to advance new treatments and diagnostics for rare diseases.
Award programme/theme
Project grant
Funding amount range
Over £500,000

Innovate UK - Various Funding Opportunities

Innovate UK offer funding and support across all academic disciplines and industrial areas.
Award programme/theme
Project grant

European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID) - Small Grant Award [OPEN]

Small pump-priming grants to ESPID members to support research work design to produce pilot data for further external funding.
Award programme/theme
Starter grant / pilot grant
Funding amount range
Under £50,000
Submission deadline

British Pain Society - Clulow Research Grant [OPEN - CLOSES SOON]

Awarded for a research proposal in any field of pain research. Priority will be given to projects addressing the causes and the treatments of pain.
Award programme/theme
Project grant
Funding amount range
Under £50,000
Submission deadline