Deadline: 25 July 2019

Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity and Sparks are inviting project grant applications for child health research from researchers across the UK. The emphasis of this call is on complex childhood illness, including rare diseases.

This call will support translational research across the spectrum of medical conditions affecting the fetus, neonates and children directly, as well as pregnancy disorders that affect the child.

All projects must aim to improve understanding and/or outcomes for the child and have the potential to lead to the development of new diagnostic tools and novel interventions. Proposals will be asked to articulate a clear route to clinical application and strong partnership between clinical and laboratory- based research.

Funding Information

Under this funding call applications will be considered from researchers across the UK. Up to £2 million is available to spend and it is anticipated that they will fund a range of proposals from different investigators and institutions across the UK.

Eligibility Criteria

• This is a national funding call and is open to researchers across the UK. For this funding call, applicants do not need to have a co-applicant or collaborator from Great Ormond Street Hospital or the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health.
• They particularly encourage applications from early career researchers and those who are still consolidating their independent research careers.

How to Apply

Applicants can apply via given website.

Eligible Country: United Kingdom

For more information, please visit https://www.gosh.org/what-we-do/grant-funding/apply-grant-funding