Deadline: 07-Jul-21
GOSH Charity is inviting project grant applications for paediatric health research studies focusing on complex or rare diseases.
The call will support research across the spectrum of medical conditions affecting the foetus, neonates and children directly, as well as pregnancy disorders that affect the child.
All projects must aim to improve understanding of the disease or associated conditions or to improve outcomes for the affected child.
Proposals will be expected to have the potential to lead to new medical developments or improved healthcare (e.g. diagnostic tools, novel interventions) through laboratory and/or clinically based research.
Funding Information
- GOSH Charity has made £2 million available for this funding call and it is anticipated that a range of proposals from different investigators and institutions across the UK will be eligible for an award. Therefore, applicants are asked to carefully consider their request for funding and whether it represents good value for money.
- Total costs of up to £250,000 per application will be considered, for a maximum project duration of three years.
Eligibility Criteria
- This is a national funding call and is open to independent researchers based anywhere in the UK. As a way of increasing and retaining capacity in paediatric health research, they are particularly interested in supporting projects from promising early career researchers.
- To this end, while they welcome applications from independent researchers at any level of seniority, if a funding decision is required between applications of equivalent quality, those of early career researchers will be prioritised.
- Awards may not be used to support the salaries of the Principal Investigator/team leader.
Research Partners
- They are also delighted to extend the reach of this call by offering, in association with our research partners, the possibility of joint funding for projects focusing on their respective areas of interest. They therefore specifically welcome any applications that:
- Aim to improve the treatment or quality of life of patients with Norrie disease, and particularly welcome research into Norrie disease progressive hearing loss. Projects must be able to demonstrate potential benefit to people with Norrie Disease exploring inner ear therapies to treat the progressive hearing loss.
- Aim to identify treatments that improve the quality of life for patients with Acrodysostosis. Key areas of concern for the Acrodysostosis community are cognitive impairment, skeletal abnormalities and hormone resistance.
- Aim to address the cause, diagnosis, understanding and treatment of Krabbe Disease.
- Aim to significantly advance the search to find a cure and/or a treatment for any of the genetic forms of centronuclear and myotubular myopathy, including studies on modifiers of disease progression.
- Aim to advance the understanding of Kawasaki Disease, including its aetiology and triggers, to improve diagnosis or lead to a cure or improved treatment. Projects aiming to provide insight into Kawasaki Disease through the study of COVID-19-triggered Paediatric Inflammatory Multi Organ Syndrome (PIMS) are also encouraged to apply.
- Aim to advance the understanding of Ewing’s Sarcoma and to provide benefit for patients through the development of early diagnosis tools, improved treatment or a cure.
Pilot Scheme for Support of Public & Patient Involvement (PPI) Activities
- This year they also have the pleasure of announcing a pioneering partnership between GOSH Charity, Genetic Alliance UK and Congenica Ltd to implement a pilot support and guidance scheme for applicants willing to develop bespoke PPI plans that complement their research projects.
- The objective is to enable the exchange of perspectives between researchers, parent and patient communities, the general public, and, in some cases, industry, with a view to providing tangible benefits to all and accelerating the impact of research for our beneficiaries.
The scheme will offer participating applicants the opportunity to receive specialist advice and gain access to PPI experts and relevant networks to help them design and implement PPI within their research projects, regardless of how close to the clinic their studies are.
For more information, visit https://www.gosh.org/what-we-do/grant-funding/apply-grant-funding/