Through our grants, we nurture and champion the next generation of researchers and bridge gaps between all kinds of experts who are driven to make science work for everyone.

Our grants give talented and ambitious people from a wide variety of backgrounds and specialisms the funding, skills and networks they need to drive health improvements.

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Cross-sector experience awards

Our cross-sector experience awards provide up to £100,000 to support individuals to work in a different sector for three to twelve months. 

Key information for grant applicants about our cross-sector experience awards
Who can apply
  • People at any career stage, except undergraduate, whose work is linked to improving human health.
  • People employed on a permanent or fixed-term contract that runs beyond the end of the proposed grant, and who can dedicate at least 50% of working time to the grant.
Funding amountUp to £100,000
DurationThree to twelve months
When to applyLate 2026

Find out more and apply for the cross-sector experience awards

Networking grants

Our networking grants provide up to £25,000 in one year to support collaborations and networking across disciplines between UK-based and international researchers. 

Key information for grant applicants about our networking grants
Who can apply
  • Researchers in natural sciences, physics, chemistry, mathematics, computer science, engineering, agricultural, biological and medical research, social science, humanities, scientific aspects of archaeology, geography, experimental psychology, and clinical or patient-oriented research.
  • Applications must be made jointly by a researcher in an eligible country outside the UK and a UK-based researcher. 
Funding amountUp to £25,000
DurationOne year
When to applyTBC

Find out more and apply for a networking grant

Professorships

Our professorships offer up to £500,000 of research funding to support biomedical science and healthcare researchers who are new to the UK in the early years of a full professorship. 

Key information for grant applicants about our professorships
Who can applyBiomedical science or healthcare researchers who have recently started a full professorship in the UK AND who have recently moved to the UK. 
Funding amountUp to £500,000
DurationUp to five years
When to applyApril – June and October – January

Find out more and apply for a professorship

Springboard for research careers 

Our Springboard scheme provides up to £125,000 over two years to support biomedical scientists at the start of their first independent post with research and professional development.

Key information for grant applicants about our Springboard scheme
Who can apply
  • Biomedical scientists in the first five years of their first independent salaried academic post.
  • The post must involve research, be at group-leader level and line managed.
Funding amountUp to £125,000
DurationOver two years
When to applyMay – June

Find out more and apply for Springboard

Starter grants for clinical lecturers

Our starter grants provide up to £40,000 of research funding over one to two years to support clinical lecturers to secure longer-term fellowships and funding.

Key information for grant applicants about our starter grants for clinical lecturers scheme
Who can applyResearch-active clinical lecturers in human, dental or veterinary medicine who hold a clinical contract at a UK institution. 
Funding amountUp to £40,000
DurationOne to two years
When to apply
  • January – March 
  • July – September

Find out more and apply for a starter grant

The Foulkes Foundation Academy of Medical Sciences Medal

We award the Foulkes Foundation Academy of Medical Sciences Medal every two years to a biomedical or health researcher for outstanding achievements early in their career.

Key information about the Foulkes Foundation Medal
Who can apply
  • Post-doctoral researchers in a field relevant to biomedical and health who have achieved their PhD in approximately the past 10 years.
  • Researchers must also be UK-based or previously UK-based. 
Funding amount
  • £1,500 cash prize
  • Opportunity to present research at an Academy of Medical Sciences event. 
DurationOne to two years
When to applyApril – June

Find out more about the Foulkes Foundation Academy of Medical Sciences Medal

Catriona Waitt
Catriona Waitt, Starter grant recipient and Professor of Clinical Pharmacology and Global Health, University of Liverpool

The most pivotal grant of my career. It gave me the time and space to carve out a niche in a new area. I needed that time – that protected research space – to build the area...A small grant can have a massive impact.

Professor Catriona Waitt

Before you apply

Read about our selection process, our research policies and what we expect of grant holders.

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