Research grants for UK charities
Research funding in the UK is scattered: UKRI and its councils, medical research charities, condition-specific trusts, and large foundations like Leverhulme, Nuffield and Wolfson all run their own programmes. This page brings together the research funders in our directory with their typical grant sizes, so you can scan who is relevant and open a profile to see what they fund and how to apply.
Research funders in this directory
These are existing Fundermatcher profiles — funders with “research” in the name, plus three large foundations we already list that fund research. For the big names, check the funder’s own site for live deadlines before you apply.
- UK Research and Innovation£50,000 - £2,000,000
- Health Data Research UK£500 - £200,000
- Alzheimer's Research UK£5,000 - £750,000
- Kidney Research UK£10,000 - £250,000
- Nuffield Foundation£50,000 - £300,000
- Wolfson Foundation£15,000 - £1,000,000
- Leverhulme TrustContact funder
- Action Medical Research£100,000 - £200,000
- Alzheimer's Foundation for Research Into Alzheimer's Disease.£6,000 - £25,000
- Animal Free Research UK£5,000 - £25,000
- Antibiotic Research UK - Developing New AntibioticsContact funder
- Anya Sturdy Charitable Trust for Medical Research£15,000 - £50,000
- Bardhan Research and Education Trust of Rotherham£5,000 - £40,000
- Blood Cancer UK ResearchContact funder
- Bowel Research UKContact funder
- Brain Research Trust£250,000 - £300,000
- British Eye Research FoundationUp to £250,000
- C B Dennis British Beekeepers' Research TrustUp to £50,000
- Cancer Research UK£150,000 - £350,000
- Child Health Research CIO£63,000 - £75,000
- Chronic Disease Research FoundationUp to £350,000
- CO Research Trust£20,000 - £100,000
- Dementia Research UK£10,000 - £100,000
- Diabetes Research & Wellness Foundation£10,000 - £30,000
- Edward Penley Abraham Research FundContact funder
- Epilepsy Research Institute UKContact funder
- Freemasons' Fund for Surgical Research£220,000 - £316,000
- Genesis Research TrustUp to £50,000
- Guy Newton Research FundContact funder
- Heart Research UKContact funder
- Hope Foundation for Cancer Research£10,000 - £250,000
- Humane Research Trust CIO£90,000 - £450,000
- June Hancock Mesothelioma Research Fund£25,000 - £250,000
- Kennedy Trust for Rheumatology ResearchContact funder
- Lions International Blood Research AppealContact funder
- Mason Medical Research Trust£15,000 - £80,000
- Medical Research ScotlandContact funder
- Needham Research Institute£5,000 - £40,322
- Northern Ireland Kidney Research Fund£5,000 - £50,000
- Ralph Bates Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund£20,000 - £215,000
- Rluk (Research Libraries UK)Contact funder
- Schottlander Research Charitable Trust£10,000 - £50,000
- Sexually Transmitted Infection Research Foundation (Stirf)£40,000 - £100,000
- Spuc Education and Research TrustContact funder
- Thackray Medical Research Trust£5,000 - £25,000
- Trust for Research and Education on the Arms Trade (Treat)£2,000 - £15,000
- UK Dementia Research Institute£250,000 - £1,000,000
- William Harvey Research Foundation£90,000 - £100,000
- William Leech Research FundUp to £50,000
- Wings for Life UK Spinal Cord Research FoundationContact funder
- World Cancer Research Fund£60,000 - £350,000
Looking for health work that is not research? See health grants. For how to shortlist any funder, read how to find grants.
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