The Dunhill Medical Trust
RESEARCH GRANTS
research grants
If your application is to fund work that is NOT research, or research-related click here GENERAL GRANTS
SERENDIPITY AWARDS are the ONLY exception to this rule and need not have a focus on older people. For further information about these awards click here SERENDIPITY AWARDS
THE FOCUS OF RESEARCH FUNDING
The key aim is that the Trust’s funding should encourage and support high quality research aimed at improving the health and wellbeing of older people. To achieve this all research applications are appraised against criteria set out within a RESEARCH FUNDING STRATEGY.
AREAS OF INTEREST
Applications in the following areas are of particular interest to the Trust:
- care of older people, including rehabilitation and palliative care
- reseach into the causes and treatments of disease, disability and frailty related to ageing.
THE SCALE AND NATURE OF RESEARCH
The Trust is keen to support applied research projects on a smaller scale than are normally considered by major funders such as the Research Councils and the Wellcome Trust.
PRIORITY
Will be given to:
- clinical and applied research
- health services research
- public health research
- research carried out on a multidisciplinary basis
- activities that will expand the research capacity in the above areas.
Applicants will be expected to provide a clear demonstration of what the research is expected to achieve within a reasonable time frame, in terms of patient benefit/improving the health and wellbeing of older people.
The Dunhill Medical Trust always receives many more applications than it has the funds to support. Even if a project fits within the criteria and priorities of the Trust and a detailed assessment has been made, the Trust may still be unable to provide a grant.
WHAT CAN BE APPLIED FOR
The Trust will consider applications for direct costs such as staffing, consumables, buildings or equipment for specific purposes related to research within the designated priority areas.
Travel or conference fees will only be supported where these are an integral part of a research project.
Exceptionally, the Trust may endow innovative academic posts within the priority areas.
Although the Trust does not award grants to cover the revenue or capital costs of hospices, research undertaken within a hospice setting is eligible for consideration.
EXCLUSIONS
The Trust will not fund the following:
- Organizations based outside the United Kingdom, or whose work primarily benefits people outside the UK
- Research via a third party (such as a fundraising charity supporting research).
- Issues that are already well-funded in the UK, such as heart disease, cancer or HIV/AIDS
- Sponsorship of individuals
- Sponsorship of conferences or charitable events
- Institutional overheads associated with research activity (i.e. the Trust will NOT pay the full economic cost of research activities)
HOW MUCH
Research grants are normally within the range £10k to £500k.
HOW LONG
Research project grants are normally awarded for a maximum of three years.
Research programme grants may be awarded for longer, normally up to a maximum of five years.
WHO WILL BE SUPPORTED
Grants will normally be made directly to researchers within academic or NHS institutions, rather than through a third party such as a grant-making charity that fundraises. The lead applicant should be the Principal Investigator responsible for the research.
JOINT RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS
Currently, the Trust supports Joint Research Fellowships in partnership with the Royal College of Surgeons of England, the Royal College of Physicians and the British Geriatrics Society.
The appointment procedures and closing dates for these vary, and potential applicants need to satisfy specific conditions as set by the TRUST’s partners.
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Royal College of Physicians
British Geriatrics Society (BGS)
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WHAT HAS BEEN SUPPORTED
Each year DMT disclose all grants made in the last financial year in their Annual Report and Accounts.
For further information click on REPORT AND ACCOUNTS
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AGREEMENT
In certain circumstances, the Trust may make any grant offer to support research conditional upon securing an Intellectual Property Agreement for the sharing of any commercial revenues that may arise as a result of the work it has funded.
Click here to view TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR GRANTS
Click here to view a specimen INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AGREEMENT