Funding councils, health and other educational funding sources
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>> Funding councils, health and other educational funding sources
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Commercial/pharmaceutical companies
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AstraZeneca
Funding for fellowships, travel scholarships and topics e.g. widening participation. Not always listed on website
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Glaxosmithkline
Work in the community
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AstraZeneca
Funding for fellowships, travel scholarships and topics e.g. widening participation. Not always listed on website
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European and advisory organisations
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UK Research Office
List of European funding sources and UK services
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European Commission Representation in the UK
List of European funding sources and UK services
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Europa
European funding - 6th Framework
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UK Research Office
List of European funding sources and UK services
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Funding councils
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Other potential sources of educational funding
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Higher Education Academy
Learning and teaching/educational R&D 24 subject centres offering educational mini-projects, workshops, competitions, etc.
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Health Sciences and Practice
Educational mini-projects, student essay competitions
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Social Work and Policy
Educational mini-projects
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Bioscience
Educational mini-projects
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Psychology
Educational mini-projects
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Arts and Humanities Research Board (AHRB)
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Arthritis Research Campain
Research and educational funding (including sponsoring students)
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Association for the Study of Medical Education
Educational/Fellowship funding and student prize
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Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
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British Academy
Funding for travel, social sciences and the humanities
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British Educational Research Association
Educational funding including schools (membership only)
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British Council
International projects
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British Council scholarships database
Scholarships offered to overseas students
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The Brightside Trust
Widening participation, student mentoring, etc.
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Commonwealth Fund Harkness Fellowships
The Commonwealth Fund's Harkness Fellowships in Health Care Policy and Practice provide a unique opportunity for mid-career health services researchers and practitioners to spend up to one year in the USA conducting research.
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Department of Health
Calls for tenders/proposals
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Department of Health Scotland
Chief Scientist/Officer
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Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
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Fund for the Development of Teaching & Learning (FDTL)
Phase 4 and Phase 5 are closed and projects are in progress, (the main phase for medicine and health, etc.) Apart from some transferability this programme is now ended.
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Fulbright Fellowships
US/UK exchange
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The Health Foundation
(formerly the PPP Foundation/Trust). Leadership, nursing, student grants
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Higher Education Academy
Periodic educational funding; members can apply for small grants via the registration and accreditation arm.
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Leverhulme Trust
Research related funding (possibly educational)
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Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC)
Technical and evaluation projects (MLE, VLEs, etc.)
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Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Social policy
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Medical Research Council (MRC)
Leading science for better health.
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Big lottery fund
You need to be a real public good for this one.
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Lottery good causes
You need to be a real public good for this one too.
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National Foundation of Educational Research
Schools funding (link included for completeness)
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Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
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NESTA
Science, arts and humanities funding
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Nuffield Foundation
Research related funding (possibly educational) mostly science excluding medicine, etc.
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Nuffield Trust
Many forms of funding for public good projects
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Royal Society
Variety of funding, including fellowships
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RD Info
Research and development (mostly clinical) but some educational opportunities also.
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Extensive listing of other funding opportunities including a list of charities
RD info.
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Society for Learning On-Screen
Awards for broadcasting and multimedia
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Spencer Foundation
Educational funding
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Richard Stapley Trust
Support for graduates to take a higher degree, Medicine, Dentistry or Veterinary Medicine
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Society for Research into Higher Education
Educational research
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Sutton Trust
Widening particpation
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Teaching & Learning Technology Programme (TLTP)
Programme is now closed but some projects are still in 'transferability', contact projects for info
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Wales Office for Research and Development in Health and Social Care
Pure research
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Wellcome Trust
Mostly research funding but possibly some monies for widening participation
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Wolfson Foundation
Funds projects which would not otherwise attract funding, wont stray across, e.g. NHS territory
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UK Council for International Education
A list of sites for international student support to study in Britain
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Higher Education Academy
Learning and teaching/educational R&D 24 subject centres offering educational mini-projects, workshops, competitions, etc.
