KHP funding opportunities

Funding opportunities from King's Health Partners will be listed here when live. There are currently no live funding calls. You can sign up to our newsletter to stay up to date about future funding opportunities using our online form.

External funding

King’s Health Partners works with, and receives grant from, many funding bodies in the UK and internationally. The King’s College London website hosts information and guidance for researchers about the process for applying for funds. 

National Institute for Health Research

The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) commissions and funds a wide range of health, social care and public health research, translating discoveries into practical products, treatments, devices and procedures. Funding is provided through a range of research programmes that are listed on the NIHR funding programmes webpage. 

NIHR training and career development awards ranges from doctoral level through to opportunities for established investigators and research leaders. 

The NIHR also co-funds health research and research facilities with NIHR partners such as charities, industry, trust funds and public funding bodies in areas of strategic priority and where the scope of the partner’s research complements the NIHR funding streams. 

Research Councils

The primary role of Research Councils UK (RCUK) is to fund research. Each year a total of around £3 billion is invested in research conducted at UK universities, Research Council Institutes, and in securing access to international facilities for UK researchers. A diverse range of funding opportunities are offered that cover the full spectrum of academic disciplines from medical and biological sciences to astronomy, physics, chemistry and engineering, social sciences, economics, environmental sciences and the arts and humanities. Each of the Research Councils funds research within a broad set of subject disciplines, and in collaboration with other Councils and partners. Detailed information about the areas of research each Council supports can be found on their individual websites. 

Alongside the NIHR, the Medical Research Council (MRC) is the second main route through which the Government funds health-related research in the UK. The MRC focuses on fundamental research that makes a difference to human health, including broad initiatives such as speeding up the development of basic discoveries into new drugs and treatments. A range of grants, calls, highlight notices, studentships and fellowships are available:

Grant-making trusts and foundations

There are about 8,800 grant-making trusts and foundations in the UK, providing around £2.1 billion in grants to charities each year. The Association of Medical Research Charities directory contains leading medical and health research charities in the UK and is a useful resource for finding suitable charity funding.

The Wellcome Trust, Cancer Research UK (CRUK) and the British Heart Foundation (BHF) all host a range of funding schemes supporting individuals, teams, resources, seed ideas, places and major initiatives.

Find further funding opportunities, including a wider range of charities through ResearchProfessional.

The Medical Research Council (MRC) have produced the video above on generating ideas for your research, selecting the right funder and application process tips.