Translational Research Funding Application Clinics 2025

by Alessandro | Sep 18, 2025 | Future events, News | 0 comments

Are you thinking of applying for Translational Research Funding?

Translation Manchester together with the FBMH Research Impact team and the Innovation Factory are now providing 1:1 support, via on-line funding application clinics (30 minutes), to help you prepare for your application. Our support includes the following, amongst others:

Arranging support letters.
Coordinating internal peer review.
Support in completing application sections relevant to intellectual property protection and exploitation (through Innovation Factory)
Advice on embedding impact plans into funding applications, and on completing the Résumé for Research and Innovation (R4RI) for UKRI applications.
Signposting to relevant support in our network.
Advice on which scheme suits your translational research project better.

Translational Research Funding Clinic sessions last 2 hours, with three 30-minute bookable slots.

Upcoming clinic dates are:

Thursday 9^th October 2025, 13:00 – 15:00
Wednesday 12^th November 2025, 13.00 – 15:00
Monday 1^st December 2025, 10.00 – 12:00

Book your 30-minute slot here.

Limited availability

Book your slot now

Are you yet to decide which scheme is suitable for your project?

In the funding clinics we can help you identify the most suitable scheme for you. Please find below some information from the most relevant translational funding schemes from NIHR and MRC, but we support applications for all translational funding bids including LifeArc and BHF Translational Award. These awards cover a significant portion of the translational research pathway and are the natural follow-on funding schemes from our internal translational pump priming schemes such as the MRC Impact accelerator Account (IAA) and the Translational Manchester Schemes (A2E, C4T, Innovation Labs).

FUNDER	GRANT NAME AND DETAILS	DESCRIPTION	NEXT DEADLINE
NIHR	Invention for Innovation (i4i) No max value, up to 36 months duration	The i4i Product Development Awards (PDA) supports collaborative research and development of medical devices, in vitro diagnostic devices and high-impact patient-focused digital health technologies for use in the NHS or social care systems.	3 December 2025
NIHR	Health and Social Care Delivery Research (HSDR) researcher-led	The Health and Social Care Delivery Research (HSDR) Programme aims to produce rigorous and relevant evidence to improve the quality, accessibility and organisation of health and social care services.	28^th January 2026
NIHR	Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) Up to £500K, up to 36 months duration	Funding for health, public health and social care research covering a wide range of health service challenges in England	5^th November 2025
NIHR	Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation (EME) No limits to funds and duration	Funding for ambitious studies evaluating interventions with potential to make a step-change in the promotion of health, treatment of disease and improvement of rehabilitation or long-term care	2 December 2025
MRC	Experimental medicine No limits to funds (but typically >1M) and duration	Investigating the causes, progression and treatment of human disease. Project must include an experimental intervention or challenge in humans, focus on a mechanistic hypothesis, be academically-led	15 April 2026 7 October 2026 Application rounds close every April and October.
MRC	Developmental pathway funding scheme (DPFS) No limits to funds and duration	To develop and test novel therapeutics, medical devices, diagnostics and other interventions.	19 November 2025 Application rounds close every March, July and November.
MRC	Developmental Pathway Gap Fund (DPGF) Up to £300K, up to 24 months duration	To generate critical preliminary data to build confidence in the development strategy for a new medicine, repurposed medicine, medical device, diagnostic test, or other medical intervention development. The Developmental Pathway Gap Fund (DPGF) sits beyond the smaller Impact Accelerator Account (IAA) funding and before the substantive and longer Developmental Pathway Funding Scheme (DPFS) funding.	12 November 2025 Application rounds close every March, July and November.