The aim of the charity is to prevent and treat disease and disability by funding vital medical research in hospitals or research institutions across the UK.
The remit focuses on child health to include problems affecting pregnancy, childbirth, babies, children and young people.
Within child health, we support a broad spectrum of research with the objective of preventing and treating disease and disability.
Please note that our emphasis is on clinical research or research at the interface between clinical and basic science. We pride ourselves that our research is both innovative and of a high standard as judged by rigorous peer review.
Within the above criteria, we also support research and development of equipment and techniques to improve diagnosis, therapy and assistive technology (including orthoses, prostheses and aids to daily living) and we encourage applications in the field of medical engineering.
If you have any questions about the schemes and the guidance provided please contact the Research Team at applications@action.org.uk
Apply for funding from Action
Apply for a Project Grant
Applications should be of high quality as the scheme is very competitive and will be assessed by rigorous peer review. Please read the exclusions, as listed below, before you make your application.
Apply for a Research Training Fellowship
Applications are invited from medical graduates, clinicians, bioengineers, research nurses, physiotherapists and allied health professionals. Please read the exclusions, as listed below, before you make your application.
Before applying
Exclusions
Please note that we do not provide:
- grants towards service provision or audit studies
- grants purely for higher education courses, although Research Training Fellows are strongly encouraged to independently register for a PhD
- course fees for degrees or subsistence costs
- grants for medical or dental electives
- grants for work undertaken outside the UK
- any indirect costs such as administrative or other overheads imposed by the University or other Institution
- costs associated with advertising and recruitment of staff
- 'top up' funding for work supported by other funding bodies
- costs to attend conferences (current Action Medical Research grantholders may apply separately as the need arises during the grant)
- general appeals from other charities. Applications would normally come directly from research teams and projects need to be passed through our scientific peer review system
- grants for research into complementary / alternative medicine
- grants on how best to train clinical staff
- grants on social research, family relationships or socioeconomic research
- grants for very basic research with little likelihood of clinical impact within the short to medium term
- applicants based in core funded units can apply but need to demonstrate added value.