Watch the Versus Arthritis Research Consortia 2025 Webinar

Our two latest consortia calls, the Osteoarthritis Research Consortium 2025 and the Inflammatory Arthritis Research Consortium 2025 Round 2, are open for applications.

We plan to invest a total of £3 million in each initiative. If you want to learn more about research consortia and the two new funding calls, you can watch the videos below.

Learn more about Research Consortia

Learn more about the two latest Research Consortia Funding Calls

What are Research Consortia?

We plan to invest up to £18m in total to establish six research consortia, following the launch of our first consortia calls in 2024.

By applying a team science approach these consortia will tackle some of the biggest challenges in arthritis research. It’s all about sharing expertise and aligning efforts to deliver greater scientific impact and innovation.

Osteoarthritis Research

An estimated 10 million people in the UK are currently living with osteoarthritis, and research shows that different people experience osteoarthritis differently. We want to support teams of scientists to improve our understanding of the osteoarthritis disease and its sub-types.

Inflammatory Arthritis Research

Inflammatory Arthritis covers a range of diseases including rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, axial spondylarthritis, and juvenile idiopathic arthritis. We are looking for teams of scientists to unlock areas of problematic understanding in these conditions. This call focuses on improving the delivery of precision medicine approaches in one or more inflammatory arthritis conditions, especially amongst vulnerable populations.

How to Apply

Submissions of Notice of intention to apply are sought via email by 16:00 on Wednesday 30 April 2025.

Applications are made through the Versus Arthritis Grant Tracker. The deadline for the receipt of applications is 16:00 on Wednesday 25 June 2025.

What other funding do we have?

If you want to find out more about our funding calls you can visit our Open and Future Funding Calls page which has all the information you need to apply for funding with Versus Arthritis.