Project Grant application documents

2024 call for project grant applications in child health

Closing date for outline applications Tuesday 27 February 2024 at 5pm

Action Medical Research is pleased to announce the 2024 call for project grants.

Applications are invited across the breadth of Action’s remit, 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.

Our emphasis is on clinical research or research at the interface between clinical and basic science that can be translated into clinical solutions in the short to medium term.  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. We do not fund social, family relationships or socioeconomic research, very basic research, or service provision or audit studies ( see full list of exclusions ).

Principal Investigators must be based at UK institutions and awards can only be made to UK institutions. Researchers outside the UK can collaborate on UK based projects if appropriate.

Costs

Applications may be made for project grants of up to  £200,000  and up to three years duration.

Smaller applications to help researchers develop original and innovative ideas are also welcome. Applications may include pilot studies that will generate data enabling larger scale applications to funding bodies or practical application.

There is up to £2m in funding available through this call. This includes the co-funding opportunities.

Review process

Applications should be made to Action Medical Research via the Outline Proposal form. Applications for all projects will need to meet the remit and guidelines. Please  read the guidelines section for more details and the link to the outline form .

Those interested in applying in areas eligible for co-funding should review the requirements outlined below.

Successful applicants from the outline stage will be invited to complete a full application for full external peer review in open competition with other applications in the grant round. Please note outline applications without clear child health focus will not progress to the full application stage.

Awards will be made in late 2024/early 2025.

Questions regarding the round should be directed to Action at  applications@action.org.uk .