Funding opportunities and awards

This section provides information on current and forthcoming potential sources of funding, including pathology-related awards, bursaries, fellowships, grants, lectureships, travelling fellowships and prizes.

Disease specific funding

Cancer Research UK

Title

Deadline

CRUK Fellowships

Please see website for further information.

Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation 

Title

Deadline

Research grants 

Please see website for further details.


Worldwide Cancer Research 

Title

Deadline

Funding for researchers

Please check the website for a deadline update.


Worldwide Cancer Research Fund UK

Title

Deadline

Funded research

Please see website for further details. For further information, please visit Grant programmes for cancer research (WCRF International website).  

 

European funding

 European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Title

Deadline

Award for Excellence in Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Please see website for further information.

ECCMID Travel Grants

Please see website for further information.

ESCMID Observership

Please see website for further information.

Research grants 

Please see website for further information.

Study Group Research Funding

Please see website for further information.

Young Investigator Awards for Research in Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Please see website for further information.


Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine

Title

Deadline

The Lister Institute Research Prize Fellowships 

Please see website for further information. 

 

Healthcare science education/Medical education

Healthcare Infection Society

Title

Deadline

Career Development Bursary

Up to £2,500 for healthcare professional to use for the cost of learning experience (e.g. courses or workshops) to further the skills and knowledge of HCAI/IPC (UK and Ireland only). The applicant must be a HIS member for at least 2 years. Members are eligible to apply for the bursary every 3 years, although preference will be given to those who have not previously received the bursary.

1 February

1 June 

1 September

Graham Ayliffe Training Fellowship

Enables the specialty trainees and infection control nurses to undertake a 1-year paid leave of absence to pursue their specialist topic within the area of IPC. The fellowship covers the salary and the research and training costs up to £73,000.

See website for deadline updates.

Major Research Grant

Up to £99,000 for a large research project (up to three years) with a clear HCAI/IPC question.

See website for deadline updates.

Public Engagement Grant

Up to £1,000 may be used to support a diverse type of events and activities, which will help raise awareness on the topic of HCAI.

1 March

1 September

Small Research Grants

Can be used for small-scale research projects lasting up to 12 months. The research must be HCAI/IPC focused.

1 March

1 September

Pilot Research Grant

Up to £5,000 for small research projects lasting up to 24 months. Applicants must be HIS members for the last two years

See website for deadline updates.

Mike Emmerson International Fellowship

Up to £2,500 for a healthcare professional from low or middle-low income country to come to the UK and undertake observership in the UK or Ireland. The applicant must identify a host institution and a sponsor who is a HIS member.

Applications accepted throughout the year.

Travel Grants

Face-to-face and hybrid events: for hybrid events where the delegate is presenting and attending face to face for an element of the programme, they are eligible to apply for a full travel grant.

Online-only events: travel grant applications to cover registration costs for online events, where the delegate is presenting their work, are available. A maximum registration fee of £350 can be claimed. If a delegate is attending a hybrid event as an online participant, they are still eligible to apply for registration costs.

Applications accepted throughout the year.

Research & innovation grants

Journal of Comparative Pathology Educational Trust

Title

Deadline

Travel bursary schemes for those working in veterinary pathology 

Please see website for further details.


Leverhulme Trust

Title

Deadline

Grants, awards and fellowships

Please see website for further details.


Medical Research Council

Title

Deadline

Career Development Award

See website for deadline updates. 

Clinical Research Training Fellowship

See website for deadline and application process updates.

Clinician Scientist Fellowship

Application rounds close January, April and September.

Infections and immunity board: responsive mode: new investigator

 

10 January 2024

Infections and immunity: responsive mode partnership

10 January 2024

Infections and immunity: responsive mode: programme 10 January 2024
Infections and immunity: responsive mode: research grant 10 January 2024

Molecular and cellular medicine: responsive mode new investigator

10 January 2024

Molecular and cellular medicine board: responsive mode  research grant

10 January 2024

Molecular and cellular medicine board: responsive mode partnership 10 January 2024
Molecular and cellular medicine board: responsive mode: programme 10 January 2024

Senior clinical fellowship

Applications open from February 2024 to April 2024.

Senior non-clinical fellowship

Applications open from July 2024 to September 2024.


PFIZER

Title


Deadline

Investigator Sponsored Research ISR and general research 

Submission windows:

1 September 2023 – 14 January 2024
15 January 2024 – 14 April 2024
15 April 2024 – 25 August 2024

Notification deadlines:
12 April 2024
12 July 2024
22 November 2024

Please see the Pfizer website for further information.

Independent medical education See Pfizer website for further information.
Quality improvement See Pfizer website for further information.
Competitive grants See Pfizer website for further information.

Wellcome Trust

Title

Deadline

All current Wellcome Trust funding opportunites Please see the Wellcome Trust website for rolling updates on funding opportunities.
Wellcome Career Development Awards (for mid-career researchers from any discipline) 11 April 2024

PhD Fellowships for Health Professionals

Individual programmes recruit PhD fellows annually. Please contact individual programmes for more information on recruitment cycles and the application process.

Starter Grants for Clinical Lecturers

There are 2 application rounds, beginning in March and September each year.

Wellcome Discovery Awards 

There are 2 application rounds, with deadlines as follows:

16 April 2024

30 July 2024


Wingate Foundation

Title

Deadline

Medical Research Travel Grants

Please see website for further information. 

Professional bodies

Academy of Medical Sciences

Title

Deadline

Clinician Scientist Fellowships 

Please see website for further details.

Daniel Turnberg Travel Fellowships Please see website for further details.
Starter Grants for Clinical Lecturers Please see website for further details.

Association for Clinical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Title

Deadline

C P Stewart Memorial Fund
(ACB members only)

Please see website for further details.

Moira Kaye Education Grant 

(ACB members only)

Funding to cover travel and registration fees up to £500. Please see website for further details.

Research and Innovation Grant

(Full ACB members only)

Please see website for further details.

Education Bursary

(ACB members only)

Please see website for further details.
Benevolent Fund Please see website for further details.

Association of Clinical Pathologists

Title

Deadline

 ACP Career Development Award

Please see website for further details.

 ACP Incentive Prize for Junior Doctors Please see website for further details.
ACP Research Publication Prize for Pathologists in Training Please see website for further details.
ACP Research Fund Award Please see website for further details.
ACP Travel Fund (ACP members and trainees only) Please see website for further details.

Biochemical Society

Title

Deadline

Awards

For a full list of Biochemical Society awards, please see Award Listing (biochemistry.org).

Lab Visit Grants

Funding of up to £2,000 is available to support collaborative visits to UK and international laboratories.

Online Attendance Grants (Postgraduate, Early Career, Full, and Emeritus members only) Funding to facilitate participation in online scientific conferences, training courses or workshops.

Eric Reid Fund for Methodology

Funding to provide modest financial support for benchwork. The emphasis is on methodology, with a preference for cellular or bioanalytical work.
Grants and Bursaries For a full list of grants and bursaries offered by the Biochemical Society.

British Infection Association

Title

Deadline

Barnett Christie Lecture

Deadline 30 September annually.                                                                                   

Affiliated Societies ECCMID Online Grants

As a European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) Affiliated Society, BIA have one place for the full ECCMID conference for a trainee member who is a:

  • member of BIA 
  • young scientist member of ECCMID
  • and has an abstract accepted.
Research Grants For full details of all grants available, please see the website.

British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Title

Deadline

Education Grants

Deadline to be announced

Project Grants

Closed until further notice                                                                  

Research Grants

Deadline to be announced

Terry Hennessey Microbiology Fellowship

Deadline to be announced

Travel Grants

Deadline to be announced

British Society for Haematology 

Title

Deadline

BSH Annual Scientific Meeting

Deadline to be confirmed

BSH Student elective scholarships

1 January (annually)
1 July (annually)

BSH early-stage research start-up grants

30 June (annually)
31 December (annually)

BSH meeting support

Applications received throughout the year

BSH Travel Scholarships 

31 January (annually)

31 July (annually)

ASH – Deadline to be confirmed. Please see website for further details.

BSH Visiting Fellow

30 June (annually)

Healthcare Infection Society

Title

Deadline

Career Development Bursary

Up to £2,500 for healthcare professional to use for the cost of learning experience (e.g. courses or workshops) to further the skills and knowledge of HCAI/IPC (UK and Ireland only). The applicant must be a HIS member for at least 2 years.

1 June 

1 September

Graham Ayliffe Training Fellowship

Enables the specialty trainees and infection control nurses to undertake a one-year paid leave of absence to pursue their specialist topic within the area of IPC. The fellowship covers the salary and the research and training costs up to £72,000.

1 March

Major Research Grant

Up to £99,000 for a large research project (up to three years) with a clear HCAI/IPC question.

1 September

Public Engagement Grant

Up to £1,000 may be used to support a diverse type of events and activities, which will help raise awareness on the topic of HCAI.

1 March

1 September

Small Research Grants

Can be used for small-scale research projects lasting up to 12 months. The research must be HCAI/IPC focused.

1 March

1 September

Pilot Research Grant

Up to £5,000 for small research projects lasting up to 24 months. Applicants must be HIS members for the last two years

Applications accepted throughout the year

Mike Emmerson International Fellowship

Up to £2,500 for a healthcare professional from low or middle-low income country to come to the UK and undertake observership in the UK or Ireland. The applicant must identify a host institution and a sponsor who is a HIS member.

Applications accepted throughout the year

Travel Grants

May be submitted at any time

Laboratory Animals Limited 

Title

Deadline

Laboratory animal science and welfare funding

31 March (annually)

30 September (annually)

Microbiology Society 

Title

Deadline

Early career Microbiologists' Forum Event Fund

31 March (annually)

30 September (annually)

Prize Lectures

Please see website for further information

Society-Supported Conference Grants 

Please see website.

Pathological Society 

Title

Deadline

Bursaries for undergraduate elective or vacation studies 

(available to Associate Undergraduate Members of the Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland)

27 February (annually)

28 April (annually)

Early Career Pathology Researcher Grant - Hodgkin & Leishman 

1 April & 1 October
(annually)

Educational Grant

1 April & 1 October  
(annually)

Equipment Scheme

1 April & 1 October  
(annually)

International Collaborative Award

1 October  
(annually)

Lectures & Awards

Please see website for further information

Open Scheme

1 March
1 June 
1 September
1 December  
(annually)

PhD Studentship

1 October  
(annually)

Public Engagement

1 March
1 June 
1 September  
1 December  
(annually)

Seminars for Students 

(available to Associate Undergraduate Members of the Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland)

Open

Small Grants

1 April & 1 October  
(annually)

Travel & Conference Bursaries

31 May (annually)
31 December (annually)

Undergraduate Essay Competition

31 August
(annually)

Visiting Fellowships

1 April & 1 October  
(annually)

Royal College of Pathologists 

Title

Deadline

Dr Neera Patel Travelling Bursary

Please see website for further details.

Oliver Memorial 

Deadline to be confirmed (Trainee Travel Bursary).

Deadline to be confirmed (Percy Oliver Memorial Award).

Public Engagement Innovation Grant Scheme

Please see website for further details.

Royal Society of Medicine 

Title

Deadline

RSM Prizes and Awards                                    

Please see website for further information.                        

International funding

American Association for Cancer Research

Title

Deadline

Research funding opportunities

Please see the website for further details.


Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Title

Deadline

Hanna H. Gray Fellows Program 

Please check website for 2024 deadline.

Medical Research Fellows Program

Please check website for 2024 deadline.


International Society for Infectious Diseases (ISID)

Title

Deadline

ISID Research Grants

Please check website for 2024 deadline.

ISID/ESCMID Fellowships

Please check website for 2024 deadline.