Our Research Bursaries for Nursing and Allied Health Professionals are research grants designed to enable short-term funding for a specific childhood cancer-related research project. This grant is for you if you are a nurse or allied health professional, working in clinical practice in paediatric oncology, and are interested in research and wish to gain experience and skills.
Grants of up to £20,000 are available to support a defined research project – the grant may support a standalone research project or to support you to obtain preliminary data before applying for further career grants, such as a Masters or PhD fellowship.
Applicants should be supported in their application by a suitable supervisor, who will support their application, and the research projects. Proposed projects should have a clear output, i.e. a publication in a peer reviewed journal, be achievable within the project budget, and take 12 months or less to complete.
Proposed projects should address one of the Top 10 Research Priorities for Childhood Cancer published by the Children’s Cancer Priority Setting Partnership (please note these Priorities are broad themes rather than specific research questions, giving plenty of scope for a wide range of research ideas).
The funding from these grants can support your own salary costs, costs associated with carrying out the research project, relevant training/professional development to equip you with the skills to carry out the research project, the costs of involving patients/the public in designing and delivering your research (PPI), and dissemination costs.
The deadline for applications is 5pm, Wednesday 8 March 2023.
Eligibility
Who can apply?
You can apply for a Nursing and Allied Health Professional Research Bursary if you are a nurse or allied health professional, working in clinical practice in the UK, in paediatric oncology or haematology.
You will need to support of an appropriate supervisor at a UK hospital, university, or research institute.
You cannot apply for a Research Bursary if you are already registered for, or have completed, a PhD, or already hold a fellowship that allows you to undertake research.
Remit
You can apply for a bursary to conduct any type of research that addresses one of the top ten research priorities identified by the Children’s Cancer Priority Setting Partnership. Your research project could be a discrete, standalone piece of work, part of a wider programme of research, or generate preliminary data for a future proposed piece of research.
Host institution
The grant can be held by any non-profit research centre of excellence (NHS hospital, university or research institute) within the UK that is able to provide the facilities required for the successful completion of the project.
What can be funded?
The funding from these grants can be used to support your own salary costs, costs associated with carrying out the research project, relevant training/professional development to equip you with the skills to carry out the research project, PPI costs and dissemination costs.
Our grants typically only fund direct research costs. Our Research Bursaries for Nursing and Allied Health Professionals offer more flexibility than some of our other grant schemes, for example the lead applicant’s salary can be include.
More detail on what we will fund is included in the 'Guidance for applicants ' which can be downloaded below.
Guidance for applicants
Please ensure you read the guidance for applications before starting your application. Your application will need to be supported by a suitable supervisor, who will help you with your application and support your proposed research project.
Apply
Applications should be submitted online using our grant portal, Flexigrant. If you have not used Flexigrant before you will need to register for an account.
TYAC Nursing and Allied Health Professional Research Bursaries
Have an idea for teenage and young adult cancer research? Our sister organisation Teenagers and Young Adults with Cancer also has research bursaries for nursing and allied health professionals on offer.
TYAC Nursing and Allied Health Professional Research Bursaries