1. Funding Opportunities Human Nutrition Research Centre 16 November 2009
Dr Gwen Averley
Research Funding Development Manager (FMS)

2. Overview Wellcome Trust – new funding strategy announced
Government Matched Funding Scheme – potential?
MRC / ESRC interdisciplinary funding schemes
BBSRC Research and Technology Clubs, DRINC and HART
NIHR Funding Streams – HTA and PHR joint Obesity Evaluation call
Food Standards Agency – ad hoc requirement
Studentships
Fellowships
FMS Newcastle Panel Members Feedback Event, 14 December
Finding Funding sources

3. Wellcome Trust – 5 year strategic plan (early 2010)
Funding projects → Funding people
Discontinue project grants, programme grants, equipment grants, biomedical resources grants, technology development grants, University Awards and Flexible Travel Awards
Last applications for the above July 2010, awards March 2011
Wellcome Trust Investigator / Senior Investigator Awards
Flexible funding from 3 to 7 years, eligibility those with permanent posts
Outstanding researchers in biomedical research, clinical research and (later) medical humanities from UK or developing/restructuring country
Awarded by interview – track record, importance of scientific question and the proposed approach to tackling the problem
Also Enhancement Awards to support equipment, collaborations and additional research costs
Advisory boards that provide peer review will evolve
More detail June 2010, submit October 2010, awards May 2011 – details on website Spring 2010
(Information published 12 November 2009)

4. Charity matching £3 + £1
August 2008 Government launched the Matched Funding Scheme
Matches every £3 raised from donations with £1 of government money up to a cap of £2.75 million for 3 years, on top of Gift Aid at 25%
If you raise the £3, you get the £1
Has to be a “gift” to be eligible for matched funding
Contact DARO for further details to see if eligible for scheme
Has to be smaller charities (<£60m pa), such as, perhaps:
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation – Food Strand
The aim of the Food strand is to promote an understanding of the role of food in enhancing quality of life. It will prioritise the enjoyment and experience of food rather than its production and they seek to enable as many people in the UK as possible to access, prepare and eat nutritious, sustainable food
Simon Wolff Charitable Foundation Travel Grants
Travel grants for young scientists to attend scientific conferences in research areas relevant to transport and health, and alternatives to cars

5. MRC/ESRC interdisciplinary studies
MRC/ESRC Interdisciplinary Studentships
Closing date 10 December 2009, 4pm
MRC/ESRC Interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Fellowships
Closing date 6 January 2010, 4pm
ESRC managing these calls
While proposals are invited from any sub-discipline of the social or medical sciences each year areas of particular interest to the two councils are identified
The Priority areas for 2010 are:
Lifelong Health and Wellbeing
Understanding Individual Behaviour
Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (including Health Inequalities)
Research using (i) large social sciences and (ii) health research &/or clinical research data sets (including e-health records)

6. BBSRC Research and Technology Clubs (RTCs)
BBSRC DRINC (Diet and Health Research Industry Club) – Third Call for proposals
26 November 2009, 4pm (Outline applications)
BBSRC HART (Healthy Ageing Research and Technology) Club
Forthcoming, HART will be launched in 2010
Research areas currently identified:
the effects of lifestyle on lifelong health and wellbeing
alterations in bioavailability due to the changing physiology of the ageing body
how genes and protein expression profiles change with age in specific tissues
personalisation of healthspan interventions
RTC applications permit requests for PhD studentships

7. NIHR Funding Streams
NIHR HTA & PHR Joint themed call for Obesity Evaluation (Outlines)
20 January 2010, 1pm
HTA evaluates interventions in the NHS
PHR evaluates public health interventions delivered in other settings
NIHR Public Health Research (PHR) Programme
11 January 2010, 1pm researcher-led calls (outlines)
NIHR Health Services Research (HSR) Programme
3 December 2009, 1pm first open call
For all NIHR calls advise additionally contacting Research Design Services (aka NERDS) for advice
First point of contact

8. Food Standards Agency
Ad hoc requirement: Programmes N09/N14 – Food Acceptability and Food Choice Inequalities research programmes
N09/N14 Review of reviews – understanding the effectiveness of dietary and food choice interventions
Closing date 10 December 2009, 5pm
FSA Strategic Plan consultation closed June 2009
FSA London Open Board Meeting 10 November 2009 meeting available as video and podcast from:

9. Studentships Internal RFDM website PhD Funding Opportunities
Home Grown Cereals Authority (HGCA) PhD Studentships
Closing date 4 December 2009
Research may cover a variety of areas, ranging from crop production to human and animal nutrition. Awards amount to £12,500 per annum for a duration of three years Award amount max: £37,500
Food Standards Agency (FSA) Postgraduate Scholarships
Closing date March 2010 (TBA, probably January 2010)
Vacation Studentships – RFDM source list on internal website
List with next year’s closing dates circa February 2010
Rank Prize Funds – no longer funds Vacation Studentships
Postgraduate Studentship in Human Nutrition c/d 30 November 2009
£10k pa for 4 years (partial funding)

10. Fellowships NIHR Fellowships http://www.nihrtcc.nhs.uk/nihrfellow/
Closing date 11 January 2010, 1pm
Doctoral Research Fellowship (NIHR-DRF)
Post-Doctoral Fellowship (NIHR-PDF)
Career Development Fellowship (NIHR-CDF)
Senior Research Fellowship (NIHR-SRF)
Closing date 7 December 2009
NIHR - CSO Healthcare Scientists Research Fellowship Competition (Second round)
MRC Fellowships
Methodology Research
Population Health Scientist
Economics of Health
Career Development Award in Biostatistics
MRC Fellowships eligibility checker

11. FMS Newcastle Panel Members Feedback Event
14 December 2009, 12:00-14:00pm, Research Beehive
Chris Day - Panel Chair
Dianne Ford - BBSRC
David Lydall - MRC
Jeff Errington - Wellcome Trust
Please if going to attend
Also
27 November 2009, 9:30-14:00pm, Research Beehive
SAgE Research Council Funding and Strategy Panels:
EPSRC, NERC, BBSRC
register at
RFDMs Bitesize Workshops

12. Finding Funding RFDM Research Newsletters
Presentations received by RFDMs
PhD Studentship Funding Opportunities
Websites:

13. Health-related funding opportunities – website open to all
Health-related funding opportunities – website open to all

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Covers all disciplines. University has a subscription: free access for you

15. Saved Funding Searches – individual RCUK

16. Saved Funding Searches – by Award type

17. Save, amend, create your own funding searches