Funding opportunities
eNurture: Grants of up to £56,250 addressing thematic areas related to the digital world and families, schools and peers. Deadline 30 September
2020.
Closing the Gap: Grants of up to £50,000 to support research that aims to identify the most effective means to mitigate the causes and consequences of the mortality gap for people with mental ill health. Deadline: 30 October 2020.
Loneliness and Social Isolation in Mental Health Network: Grants of up to £50,000 available to support research into interventions/activities to reduce loneliness and isolation. Deadline: 02 October 2020.
Violence, Abuse and Mental Health Network: Grants of up to £25,000 on the theme of understanding violence, abuse and mental health. Deadline: 11 December 2020.
BBC Children in
Need, A Million and Me: £10m of funding over three years to support innovative initiatives that can make a real difference to the emotional wellbeing of children aged 8-13, before emerging challenges require clinical intervention. Organisations are invited to share ideas to work up together into proposals for funding. Email to find out more about the programme.
UKRI: open call for short-term research projects addressing and mitigating the health, social, economic, cultural and environmental impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak. Deadline 31 December 2020.
NIHR: ongoing research funding opportunities including mental health and public health. Current calls include:
Public Health Research Programme Rapid Funding Scheme. Deadline: 31 December 2020
Continuing priority research topics of interest to the PHR programme: suicide prevention in high risk groups. Deadline 17 November 2020.
National Lottery Community Fund: ongoing funding opportunities throughout Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland, including those specifically to support young people. Currently prioritising funding for projects and organisations supporting communities through COVID-19.