Antibiotic Research UK (ANTRUK) — a charity focused on tackling bacterial antibiotic resistance — has launched a Small Research Grants scheme, which is open for applications from antibiotic resistance researchers.
Research
The scheme will offer grants of a maximum value of £4,000 per year for up to three years to successful applicants. Grant applications should focus on 1) antibiotic resistance or 2) new antibiotic therapies or 3) health and societal impact of antibiotic resistance and how it could be avoided.
Grants can be applied for in the following areas:
- Top up grants for PhD students. Monies could be paid by the commercial arm of our charity ANTRUK Enterprises, an SME enabling PhD studentships to be converted to CASE studentships. A 3-month internship in the charity would be associated with these grants.
- Small equipment purchases.
- Travel for PhD students or junior lecturers to attend an overseas conference. Applicants must have confirmation that their abstract(s) are accepted for oral or poster presentation.
- Visits to other laboratories to undertake collaborative research.
- To support small scale research projects.
- Consumable purchases to support ongoing research.
- Pilot studies.
Each application will undergo a review process by ANTRUK’s Science Committee, which will employ a scoring system developed by the Medical Research Council for use by independent referees. An external review may be used for the top scoring applications, which will involve at least two independent reviewers for peer review. ANTRUK’s trustees will be asked to ratify decisions to award grants.
Application forms are now available for completion and the scheme will no longer accept any application after 30 June 2018.