Do you have an idea that could change the future of kidney disease?<\/p>\n
We are inviting applications from allied health professionals and psychologists who are passionate about improving outcomes for people living with kidney disease.<\/p>\n
We recognise the unique insights and skills that non-medical healthcare professionals bring to research. Whether you’re based in a clinical or academic setting, we want to support innovative, patient-focused research that can make a real difference.<\/p>\n
We aim to increase the number of AHPs and psychologists contributing to kidney research by offering research awards at different stages of a research career, through a variety of career development and project grants.<\/p>\n\t
Following the\u202ffindings from\u202four\u202freport into the\u202fhealth economics of kidney disease<\/a>\u202fthe need to support high-quality, innovative\u202fresearch\u202fin\u202fthis area\u202fhas never been clearer.\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n We\u202fare looking for research\u202fproposals\u202faligned\u202fto our areas of interest that align with our overarching goals of prevent, protect and treat, and we intend to make at least one award in each area.\u202fWithin your application, we will ask how your proposal aligns with these.\u00a0<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\tTransforming treatments<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t We will find ways to make kidney transplants last longer, dialysis more tolerable, reduce the burden of treatment and monitoring, and improve quality of life for people living with kidney disease. We will harness and develop technology to enable people to take control of their kidney health.\u00a0<\/p>\n We are particularly interested in receiving grant applications that address these themes:\u00a0<\/p>\n We will investigate how kidney disease is linked to other multiple long-term conditions such as diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease, obesity and liver disease. Under the holistic area of cardiovascular, renal and metabolic conditions, we would welcome applications to better understand the interplay between these conditions. With a focus on cardiovascular disease and kidney disease to reveal the pathways linking these conditions, and improvements in prevention and earlier detection of kidney disease and subsequent management of multiple long-term conditions. \u00a0<\/p>\n We are keen receive applications for grants that address our recently published research recommendations in diabetic kidney disease which was created jointly with Diabetes UK and Breakthrough type 1 diabetes\u00a0with focuses on understanding causal mechanisms, improving prevention and diagnosis, addressing health inequalities, improving care and supporting self-management, for patients and their carers.\u00a0<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\tHealth equalities<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t We will highlight the inequalities of kidney disease; we will investigate why some groups of people are more at risk of kidney disease, and progress to kidney failure much faster. We will press for greater diversity in kidney research, so that discoveries benefit everyone.<\/p>\n We are keen to receive proposals that address kidney health inequalities, particularly those research evidence gaps that have emerged from the Time to Act: A new review of kidney health inequalities<\/a> report launched in July 2024.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\tMental health<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t Mental health and wellbeing<\/a> cuts across all elements of living with kidney disease and all treatments including dialysis and transplantation. We will fund research which supports the development of services and interventions that promote a multi-disciplinary approach to mental health and wellbeing as an integral, whole-person approach to renal care.\u00a0<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\tKidneys and cancer<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t We welcome grant applications addressing kidneys and cancer.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n We are particularly interested in receiving applications that address the following overarching priorities:\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n We are interested in projects that will improve the earlier detection, diagnosis and treatment of kidney cancers, reduce nephrotoxicity caused by chemotherapy, and investigate cancers associated with immunotherapy and\u00a0post-transplant immunosuppression (such as skin cancer and lymphoma)\u00a0<\/p>\n\t We welcome applications for the following grant types:\u00a0<\/p>\n\t Research project grants\u202f:<\/b> funds stand-alone research projects that will advance our knowledge in kidney disease<\/p>\n Start-up grants\u202f: <\/b>funds stand-alone research studies to investigate innovative new hypotheses around kidney disease that lack any significant existing research evidence.<\/p>\n Clinical PhD fellowship<\/strong>: to support pharmacists to specialise in renal research<\/p>\n Master of research (Mres) grants: <\/strong>to help AHPs and psychologists engage with research early in their careers and build confidence and skills in research methods.<\/p>\n Information of eligibility, grant regulations and conditions, and opening and closing dates for submissions.<\/p>\n\t We are pleased to invite expressions of interest from teams or individuals whose proposals directly address our immediate research priorities, and who seek initial or further support to establish their research career.<\/p>\n We are keen to encourage applications from new investigators who have not previously held competitively awarded project or start-up funding as a principal investigator.<\/p>\n Please note that expression of interest (EOI) applications will not be eligible for submission under the following conditions:<\/p>\n We recommend that applicants review these criteria carefully before preparing an application. If you’re unsure about your eligibility, please contact the research team at Grants@kidneyresearchuk.org<\/a><\/p>\n All submissions to this call will be subject to expert review involving members of our scientific and clinical experts\u00a0committee and experts by experience committee, including external reviewers. Information about the expert review process.<\/a><\/p>\n All applicants must be resident in the United Kingdom and the research must take place in a UK establishment.<\/p>\n Successful applicants will be invited to submit a full application in due course. This invitation is no guarantee of funding which will be competitively awarded. Only applications invited to the second stage will be considered.<\/p>\n We welcome pre-submission enquiries. You can find more information about our grants in our regulations and conditions<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tApply now\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\n
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