Healthcare Infection Society: Small Research Grant

The Healthcare Infection Society offers a Small Research Grant aimed at funding innovative research in infection prevention and control, particularly related to nosocomial infections. Grants of up to £10,000 are available for projects lasting a maximum of 24 months. Eligible applicants must be based in the UK or Republic of Ireland and be members of HIS. This initiative encourages interdisciplinary collaboration and aims to support small-scale research that can lead to larger funding opportunities.

NOTE: The deadline is due at 11:59 pm UK (GMT).
HIS aims to fund pioneering, innovative research within the scope of infection prevention and control and nosocomial infections. Applications for funding must show an understanding of the clinical practice of infection prevention and control directly relating to nosocomial infections.
Small Research Grants are intended to support small-scale research projects or proof or principle research that may lead to an application for a larger research grant. Up to £10,000 is available for a project of maximum 24 months duration. The primary grant holder and their institution must the based in the UK or Republic of Ireland. Small grants are normally non-recurring.

Eligibility

PI must be UK or Ireland based and a member of HIS at time of submissionWe accept applications from researchers and clinicians, based in the public sector, who are in a career grade or substantive role. If the Primary Grant Holder is not experienced in research, then the application must include, and be signed by, an experienced researcher as a Co-Investigator who will provide mentoring and oversight of the project.
Applications from a Primary Grant Holder who is an experienced researcher but who does not have experience in IPC research must include a Co-Investigator who is either a:  Consultant Microbiologist (or Speciality Registrar on a microbiology pathway)
Specialist Clinical Scientist
Infection Control NurseThis Co-Investigator shall provide insight and guidance regarding the clinical applications of the project.
HIS welcomes applications to be submitted by an appropriate supervisor with a research student named on the application. If a research student is named on the application, an Educational Sponsor must be identified (trainees, research students, medical students or equivalent are not accepted as primary grant holders).We will only pay the direct costs of research at UK and Irish Universities.UK higher education funding bodies provide funding for directly allocated and indirect costs associated with charity-funded research.
In England, this funding is called the Charity Research Support Fund. Similar funding is provided by the Scottish Funding Council, Higher Education Funding Council for Wales and the Northern Ireland government. Higher Education Authority block grants support research costs within the Republic of Ireland.Research costs in the NHS:For research conducted within the NHS, we follow AcoRD principles for non-commercial studies available here.For non-commercial studies the normal funding arrangements for research, NHS Treatment and NHS Support costs are:Research Costs - are usually met by grant funders through the award of a research grant. However, there are some specific research activities where, in England, the costs will be met by the Department of Health.
NHS Treatment Costs - met through the normal commissioning process.
NHS Support Costs - met from the R&D budget by the Health Departments of the United Kingdom.The scheme can be used to:Fund small (local) research projects to answer well-defined and concise IPC/HCAI questions.
Create proof of principle data to underpin external applications for additional funding
Provide access to funds for further hypothesis testing
Encourage innovative and interdisciplinary research in infection prevention and control
Build consortia for specific funding calls
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Ineligibility

Funding is not available:For the commercial exploitation of work already being undertaken, or intellectual property protection;
As Start-up funds for new staff
As Honorarium payments to visitors or fees for undertaking teaching