Open and future funding calls
| Name of grant | Grant description | Open Status | Closing Date | Duration | Costs | Link for More info |
| Research Facilitation Fund 2025 | We will invest around £0.5m in supporting resources that are hard to obtain and will facilitate impactful research. | Open | 16:00 Wednesday 26 February 2025 | Up to 60 months | Between £50,000 to £250,000 | Click for more info |
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AMS Starter Grants for Clinical Lecturers Round 33 |
These grants provide up to £30,000 over 1-2 years for research costs, to support Clinical Lecturers who are looking to develop and strengthen their research careers. |
Open | 16:00 Wednesday 5 March 2025 | 12 to 24 months | Up to £30,000 | Click for more info |
| Early Detection and Targeted Treatments 2025 Round 2 | We will invest around £3 million in projects which aim to improve the diagnosis and treatment of arthritis. | Open | 16:00 Wednesday 14 May 2025 | Up to 60 months | Between £100,000 to £1,200,000 | Click for more info |
| Career Development Fellowships 2026 | Our enhanced Career Development Fellowship aims to attract and retain talented researchers committed to a career in any discipline relevant to arthritis and related musculoskeletal diseases. | Open | 16:00 Wednesday 21 May 2025 | Up to 60 months | £750,000 | Click for more info |
| Osteoarthritis Research Consortium 2025 | We will invest in a new consortium bringing together expertise from across the UK to deliver clearly defined impact. | Anticipated March 2025 | Anticipated June 2025 | Up to 60 months | Up to £3 million | Coming soon |
| Inflammatory Arthritis Research Consortium 2025 Round 2 | We will invest in a new consortium bringing together expertise from across the UK to deliver clearly defined impact. | Anticipated March 2025 | Anticipated June 2025 | Up to 60 months | Up to £3 million | Coming soon |
| Research Facilitation Fund 2025 Round 2 | We will invest around £0.5m in supporting patient and public involvement resources that are hard to obtain and will facilitate impactful research. | Opening April 2025 |
July 2025 |
Up to 60 months | Between £250,000 and £500,000 | Coming soon |
Closed Funding Calls
| Name of grant | Grant description | |||||
| Bridging Fellowship 2025 | Up to 2 years of funding for current Versus Arthritis fellowship holders who are in the final year of their fellowship. | Closed |
16:00 Wednesday 22 January 2025 |
Up to 24 months | Click for more info | |
| Translational Call 2025 | We will invest around £1 million in Translational MSK research. Our Translational funding scheme aims to progress the development of novel, innovative technologies towards clinical development for the benefit of people with arthritis. | Closed | 16:00 Wednesday 16 October 2024 | Up to 24 months | Up to £200,000 | Click for more info |
| Clinical Epidemiology Research Consortium 2025 | We will invest around £3 million in a new consortium bringing together expertise from across the UK to deliver new approaches to data and health intelligence for arthritis epidemiology. | Closed | 16:00 Wednesday 25 September 2024 | Up to 60 months | Up to £3 million | Click for more info |
| Inflammatory Arthritis Research Consortium 2025 | We will invest around £3 million in a new consortium bringing together expertise from across the UK to further our understanding of inflammatory arthritis. | Closed | 16:00 Wednesday 25 September 2024 | Up to 60 months | Up to £3 million | Click for more info |
| Early Detection and Targeted Treatments 2025 | We will invest around £4 million in projects which aim to improve the diagnosis and treatment of arthritis. | Closed | 16:00 Wednesday 18 September 2024 | Up to 60 months | Between £100,000 to £1,200,000 | Click for more info |
| Oliver Bird Fund Round 3 | This funding round is a partnership with the Nuffield Foundation. More information on how to apply can be found on the Nuffield Foundation website. | Closed | 16 September 2024 (outline) and January 2025 (Full) | Up to 48 months funding (open to extending with discussion) | Up to £750,000 (open to extending with discussion) | Click for more info |
| Living Well 2025 | We will invest around £2 million in projects which address unmet needs for people with arthritis within the health system. | Closed | 16:00 Wednesday 11 September 2024 | Up to 36 months | Between £400,000 to £1,000,000 | Click for more info |