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Academy of Medical Sciences Contact: - Research Administrator           Phone: - 020 7969 5288
	Daniel Turnberg Trust Fund
Description:	The Daniel Turnberg Trust Fund UK/Middle East Travel Fellowships. A new exchange scheme to encourage collaboration between medical researchers in the UK and the Middle East. What the scheme provides: - Short-term exchange of medical researchers between the UK and Middle East. - Opportunities to gain further research experience, learn new techniques and to foster scientific collaboration between scientists. - Provision of airfare and a subsistence allowance for periods of up to four weeks.
Funding :	There will be an upper limit of around £4,000 for each fellowship award made.
Amount :	Unspecified       Closing Date : 16 January 2009    Duration : < 6 months
British Nutrition Foundation Contact: - The Secretary           Phone: - 020 7404 6504
	The Denis Burkitt Study Award
Description:	The award can be used as a contribution towards travel costs for elective projects and/or other research costs such as small equipment, laboratory costs, biomedical resources etc, although projects without direct costs (e.g. literature reviews) will also be considered. In order to qualify for an Award, the project must centre on food and nutrition and their relationship to health and disease in a developing country or countries. Applicants must demonstrate that their proposed research fulfills a gap in current knowledge and contributes to current thinking in the field of nutrition science chosen.
Funding :	Up to ten Awards will be presented and these will usually be a minimum amount of £750, although the level of financial support will be directly related to the quality and significance of the research proposal and the requirements of the application. The total fund for this year is £7,500.
Amount :	< £5K       Closing Date : 31 January 2009    Duration : Single Payment
British Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society       Phone: - 020 7405 6507
	Travelling Fellowships
Description:	Applications are open for BOFSS Travelling Fellowships. Awards may be made to support educational visits by orthopaedic trainees or new consultants.
Funding :	Up to £2,000.
Amount :	< £5K       Closing Date : 31 December 2008    Duration : Single Payment
British Transplantation Society       Phone: - 01625 504060
	Medawar Prize
Description:	The top 8 abstracts submitted are invited to present in the Medawar Session. The work must be presented by the candidate and must be original and innovative and have been performed largely or entirely within the United Kingdom. Candidates for the prize will be limited to the first author of the submitted paper. In the rare event that the first author cannot present the paper, it must be withdrawn from competition (although the work may be presented by another author in another section of the meeting). Candidates must take note of the meeting dates when submitting their abstract and are expected to make strenuous efforts to ensure that they can present their paper on time.
Funding :	The prize will consist of a medal and a cheque for £500 presented during the meeting at which the paper is given.
Amount :	< £5K       Closing Date : 11 January 2009    Duration : Single Payment
Diabetes UK Contact: - Research Department           Phone: - 020 7424 1000
	Small Grant Scheme
Description:	The Small grant scheme was established by Diabetes UK to enable researchers to undertake small research projects or pilot studies. It is not intended to be used for ‘Top-up’ funds and applicants should remember when applying that the entire research budget comes from donations from supporters and members. If funds for small projects can be found within the applicant’s institution, then this support should be sought.
Funding :	A small grant offers a maximum of £15,000 under this scheme. Support is typically requested for up to one year; however, longer periods of time may be requested if scientifically justified.
Amount :	£10K - £50K       Closing Date : Apply Anytime    Duration : 1 year - 3 years
European Academy of Nursing Science (EANS) Contact: - David Richards PhD, BSc, RN, Professor of Mental Health,
	Summer School
Description:	Participants attend three consecutive summer schools held across Europe. In year one, the summer school is two weeks long, in years two and three it is for one week. For new applicants, the 2009 summer school will be from 22nd June to 3rd July 2009 in the city of Turku, Finland.
Funding :	The Summer School Programme is supported by the European Union Framework 6 Marie Curie Fund. Participants receive some support to pay for travelling, accommodation and subsistence expenses.
Amount :	Unspecified       Closing Date : 06 February 2009    Duration : Unspecified
European Association for the Study of Diabetes Contact: - EASD Secretariat           Phone: - 00 49 211 7584 69 0
	Castelli Pedroli Prize
Description:	The prize is awarded for outstanding contributions which have been carried out in Europe by a member of the EASD normally residing in Europe. The recipient of the prize will be required to deliver a lecture named in honour of Camillo Golgi during the EASD Annual Meeting to be held in Vienna 29th September - 2nd October 2009.
Funding :	The prize consists of an award of € 8,000.
Amount :	£5K - £10K       Closing Date : 15 February 2009    Duration : Single Payment
	Minkowski Prize
Description:	The recipient of the Prize is expected to give the Minkowski Lecture describing his/her most important scientific achievements during the EASD Annual Meeting to be held in Vienna 29th September - 2nd October 2009, and is expected to write a review article for publication in Diabetologia.
Funding :	The prize consists of a Certificate and € 20,000, plus travel expenses.
Amount :	£10K - £50K       Closing Date : 15 February 2009    Duration : Single Payment
European Federation of Neurological Societies (EFNS) Contact: - Research Administrator           Phone: - 0043 1 889 0503
	Uschi Tschabitscher Prize for Young Neurologists
Description:	The tournament will be carried out in two groups, one on clinical related research, and one on basic neurological science. The Congress Programme Committee will select 6 candidates for each tournament group on the basis of the contents of the abstracts submitted. The clinical subjects should be received from authors who all work in Europe and thus carry out their projects in Europe. For the basic science session, clinical relevance will be weighted. The Congress Programme Committee reserves the right to assign in which session the presentation will take place.
Funding :	The winner of each group will receive the Uschi Tschabitscher Prize for Young Neurologists consisting of: Free registration at the 14th EFNS Congress in Geneva, September 25th-28th, 2010, up to four nights hotel accommodation, a travel grant, as well as €1,000. The prize is not transferable and participation in the 14th Congress of the EFNS will not be paid off in cash.
Amount :	< £5K       Closing Date : 15 April 2009    Duration : Single Payment
European Science Foundation       Phone: - 00 33 3 8876 7100
	REMEDIC Short Visit Grants
Description:	REMEDIC is offering funding for a number of Short Visit Grants to take place in 2009 (15 days) for young (registered as PhD students and other young scientists) and senior scientists (post-doc, already PhD) working on topics related to the scientific objectives of the Regenerative Medicine programme.
Funding :	Short Visit Grants are reimbursed on a per diem basis of 85 EUR plus actual travel expenses up to a maximum of 500 EUR. Travel will be refunded on the basis of actual costs and on the basis of APEX type airfares or 2nd class train travel for shorter distances. The grants do not cover health insurance, taxes, or retirement scheme contributions.
Amount :	< £5K       Closing Date : Apply Anytime    Duration : < 6 months
	REMEDIC Exchange Grants
Description:	These grants are especially directed to young scientists (registered as PhD students and other young scientists) that propose to visit laboratories that have new/recent "omics", molecular or other techniques in operation and volunteer to teach the applicants these techniques, particularly if the application is from a laborotory where the use of these techniques has no long tradition.
Funding :	Exchange Grants are reimbursed on the basis of an allowance of 400 EUR per week plus actual travel expenses of up to a maximum of 500 EUR. Travel will be refunded on the basis of actual costs and on the basis of APEX type airfares or 2nd class train travel for shorter distances. The grants do not cover health insurance, taxes, or retirement scheme contributions.
Amount :	< £5K       Closing Date : Apply Anytime    Duration : < 6 months
European Society of Endodontology - (ESE) Contact: - ESE Secretary
	Hans Genet Award
Description:	The Prize shall be awarded to a person who has made a major contribution to Endodontology in Europe. This contribution could include high quality research, teaching at a dental school or through continuing education to dentists, or by being active in organising endodontic society meetings and congresses.
Funding :	The value of this award is a cash sum of €2000 and a Certificate.
Amount :	< £5K       Closing Date : 15 June 2009    Duration : Single Payment
IRP Geneva International Institute for Research in Paraplegia Contact: - Secretariat IRP           Phone: - 00 41 0 21 614 77 77
	Schellenberg Prize for Research
Description:	The award will be given for research annually in recognition to a researcher whose recent scientific contributions, whether published or in publication in established scientific journals, are original and offer a significant advance in understanding the processes involved in the spinal cord. Please see website for further information.
Funding :	The prize consists of 100,000 Swiss francs (approx £49,000).
Amount :	£10K - £50K       Closing Date : 31 May 2009    Duration : Unspecified
MRC - Medical Research Council       Phone: - 020 7636 5422
	Translational Stem Cell Research Programme - Response mode funding
Description:	The TSCRC will consider applications whose goals will advance stem cell research towards clinical use or application, including: * enabling technological development * preclinical stem cell research * experimental medicine * early phase clinical trials. The TSCRC will fund projects that go beyond the understanding of basic stem cell biology or using stem cells to probe the mechanisms of disease (which will be funded through the MRC boards), with the intention of supporting the application of such research to a stage where further funding can be found to continue development towards the latter stages of therapeutic or technological development.
Funding :	The MRC delivery plan has the stated goal of funding translational stem cell research to a level of £10 million per annum by 2010/11.
Amount :	Unspecified       Closing Date : 12 January 2009    Duration : Unspecified
	Lifelong Health and Wellbeing Phase 2
Description:	Funds will be available through two modes of support: LLHW Collaborative grants to support high quality innovative research by multi-disciplinary teams of researchers in strategic partnership with users and stakeholders. Collaborative Development Networks - to establish multi-disciplinary partnerships focused on developing a research strategy within the priority areas highlighted in the call.
Funding :	LLHW Collaborative grants - Funds of up to £7 million (80 per cent FEC) will be available over a five year period. Collaborative Development Networks - Applicants can request up to £50k for a maximum period of 10 months (this scheme is outside the scope of FEC).
Amount :	> £100K       Closing Date : 14 January 2009    Duration : > 3 years
National Fragile X Foundation       Phone: - 001 925 938 9300
	Summer Student Research Fellowships
Description:	The National Fragile X Foundation will fund one or more summer student research fellowships through the William & Enid Rosen Research Fund and the NFXF Research Fund.
Funding :	$2,500 each.
Amount :	< £5K       Closing Date : 20 April 2009    Duration : < 6 months
Oral and Dental Research Trust (The) Contact: - Professor Angus Walls           Phone: - 0191 222 7823
	Colgate/Oral Dental Research Trust PCD - Research Awards
Description:	Colgate and The Oral & Dental Trust are pleased to invite applications for Colgate PCD Research awards for research conducted by Professionals Complementary to Dentistry (PCD). Four awards will be made on the basis of an application for support of investigations of clinical relevance, particularly in the field of preventive care. Successful applicants will be presented with their awards at the BDA Conference & Exhibition in Glasgow on 4th June 2009.
Funding :	Four awards each to a maximum of £2,500.
Amount :	< £5K       Closing Date : 16 January 2009    Duration : Single Payment
Philips       Phone: - 0031 40 27 91111
	Breastfeeding Prize
Description:	1st Global Philips AVENT Breastfeeding Prize 2009, in co-operation with the Italian Society of Perinatal Medicine (SIMP). Prizes will be presented in Berlin at the 9th World Congress of Perinatal Medicine from 24th-28th October 2009. The intent is that these funds will promote the continuation of research in two key areas: *Research in the social and practical aspects of breastfeeding. *Clinical research in the field of breastfeeding (evidence based).
Funding :	The winning research in each of these subjects will be selected by an international panel of leading experts in this field and will be awarded a prize sum of 15,000 Euros.
Amount :	£10K - £50K       Closing Date : 30 June 2009    Duration : Single Payment
Policy Research Programme - Department of Health       Phone: - 0208 943 8990
	Evaluation of the Healthy Community Challenge Fund
Description:	Evaluation of the Healthy Community Challenge Fund: Exploring Implementation and Scoping for Future Assessment of Impact. Applications are invited for an evaluation of the early stages of the initiative, specifically to: - Explore the implementation of the initiative at local level. - Scope possibilities for further studies to assess impact of the interventions put in place.
Funding :	This is a major evaluation with an indicative budget of £700,000. However, quality of the applications and value for money will be key considerations in determining funding.
Amount :	> £100K       Closing Date : 23 January 2009    Duration : 1 year - 3 years
Queen's Nursing Institute Contact: - Research Administrator           Phone: - 020 7490 4227
	Outstanding Service Award
Description:	The award, founded in 1994, is presented to nurses who have given exceptional service to patients through nursing practice in any aspect of primary health care. It was an award in which the late Queen Mother took great personal interest and it is in honour of her memory, that QNI patron, Her Majesty the Queen, agreed that the award could be made in perpetuity.
Funding :	The award is a recognition of outstanding service and winners will receive a certificate signed by the Queen.
Amount :	Unspecified       Closing Date : 09 February 2009    Duration : Unspecified
Research Council of Norway Contact: - Research Administrator           Phone: - 00 47 22 03 70 00
	Nordic Research Opportunity
Description:	Through a collaboration with the National Science Foundation's Office of International Science and Engineering and the Research Council of Norway, research stays of between two and twelve months to work with counterparts at Norwegian research institutions will be supported on a competitive basis.
Funding :	Unspecified.
Amount :	Unspecified       Closing Date : 15 January 2009    Duration : 6 mths - 1 year
Royal College of General Practitioners Contact: - Research Administrator           Phone: - 0845 456 4041
	Research Paper of the Year Award
Description:	Nominations are now being invited for the Research Paper of the Year Award.
Funding :	The amount of funding is unspecified.
Amount :	Unspecified       Closing Date : 16 January 2009    Duration : Single Payment
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Contact: - Ms G Conroy           Phone: - 00 353 1402 2100
	Surgical Travelling Fellowship
Description:	Applicants are expected to be prepared to make a full-time commitment in either research or clinical work at an approved centre abroad and have the agreement of a sponsor in the host institution. The successful candidate will be expected to: provide the College with a full report on completion of the Fellowship, acknowledge the support of the College in any publication arising as a result of the Fellowship and to supply the College with copies of the above papers at the time of publication.
Funding :	The Fellowship is tenable for up to one year abroad and includes a stipend and travel allowance.
Amount :	Unspecified       Closing Date : 16 January 2009    Duration : 6 mths - 1 year
Royal Society Contact: - Royal Society           Phone: - 020 7451 2500
	Theo Murphy Blue Skies Awards
Description:	The awards will provide funding for novel and transformative, fundamental research and are intended to embrace ground-breaking research with the potential to seed and support new and developing areas of research. Interdisciplinary applications at the interface between scientific fields would be particularly welcome. Awards are not expected to exceed 24 months in duration.
Funding :	Drawing on an annual budget of £1 million, applicants will be awarded seed funding of between £50,000 and £150,000 typically. Larger grants will be given where proposals show significant potential to transform a research area.
Amount :	Unspecified       Closing Date : 06 February 2009    Duration : 1 year - 3 years
Society for General Microbiology Contact: - Grants Office           Phone: - 0118 988 1800
	Postgraduate Student Conference Grants
Description:	These travel grants can be used to fund attendance at one of the SGM meetings. Grants are limited to attendance at ONE only of the 2009 meetings listed below: Harrogate International Centre, 30 March - 2 April Irish Division meeting, University College Cork, Ireland, 23 - 24 April Heriot-Watt University 7 - 10 September
Funding :	Applicants may claim for up to £25 towards travelling costs and a contribution of £40 per night towards cost of bed and breakfast accommodation.
Amount :	Unspecified       Closing Date : 27 March 2009    Duration : Single Payment
	Undergraduate Student Conference Grants
Description:	Grants are limited to attendance at ONE only of the 2009 meetings listed below: *Harrogate International Centre, 30 March - 2 April *Irish Division meeting, University College Cork, Ireland, 23 - 24 April *Heriot-Watt University 7 - 10 September Grant recipients who do not attend the meeting will be required to repay the grant in full.
Funding :	Applicants may claim for: *up to £25 towards travelling costs *a contribution of £40 per night towards cost of bed and breakfast accommodation (NB UG Members do not pay early-bird registration fees at SGM Meetings)
Amount :	< £5K       Closing Date : 27 March 2009    Duration : Single Payment
United Kingdom Occupational Therapy Research Foundation (UKOTRF)       Phone: - 0207 450 2323
	Pressalit Care Research Award
Description:	The Pressalit Care Research Award will be offered for two years in the first instance, offering a grant to support doctoral or early post-doctoral activity (up to 5 years after achieving a PhD or similar) for people who identify a need for such opportunity to develop their research career pathway. It would be expected that the project duration would not normally exceed 3 years.
Funding :	Project bids of up to £5,000 will be accepted.
Amount :	< £5K       Closing Date : 30 January 2009    Duration : 1 year - 3 years
	Research Career Development Grant
Description:	It would be expected that the project duration would not normally exceed 3 years. The ability to commence work promptly would be an advantage.
Funding :	Project bids of up to £10,000 will be accepted.
Amount :	£5K - £10K       Closing Date : 30 January 2009    Duration : 1 year - 3 years
	Research Priority Grant
Description:	It would be expected that the project duration would not normally exceed 3 years. The ability to commence work promptly would be an advantage.
Funding :	Sum available for disbursement up to £100,000
Amount :	£50K - £100K       Closing Date : 30 January 2009    Duration : 1 year - 3 years

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