Funding opportunities
The research development team works closely with investigators to identify opportunities and develop applications for research funding agencies. Details of external research funding opportunities relevant to clinical areas are regularly disseminated to our staff. To receive these notifications, please contact us by email specifying your professional background and your particular area of interest.
Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospital Charity funding
In partnership with the Charity, the Research Office offers three internal funding opportunities:
- The Research Fund – Seed Grants Application Round is available to provide small grants of up to £40,000 for early-stage research development, including collection of data and evidence, which will foster research capacity and enable larger external grant applications for research projects aimed at helping those living with heart and lung diseases.
Funding support
In order to maximise the success of our grant applications, the research development team provides staff with support throughout the development of a research grant or fellowship, from inception to submission.
This support includes:
- guidance on the most appropriate funding scheme for your research
- partnership management of collaborative applications where our hospitals are the lead
- developing project budgets and full economic costs
- oversight of non-scientific content on applications
- how to appropriately embed patient and public engagement activities, and EDI elements
- Approvals and signatories
- Cost attribution (see AcoRD and SoECAT links below)
- Contracting with academic funders
- Communicating successful awards / awardees
If you would like to discuss an idea or upcoming application, contact the research development manager, 0330 128 8121 ext 2017 (internal extension 82107) in the first instance.
Research costs
To find out more about the Department of Health and Social Care’s framework for attributing costs on a research funding application, please visit our page on AcoRD (Attributing the costs of health and social care Research and Development).
To understand the requirement for completing a Schedule of Events Cost Attribution Template (SoECAT) at grant application stage, please visit our page on SoECAT.