Support for External Funding Applications

The Research Development & Grants Team can provide you with a range of support at every stage of your grant application/project development.

Please contact ResearchGrants@nbt.nhs.uk at the earliest opportunity. 

Grant development support includes:

• Advising on the most appropriate funder/funding stream
• Deciding which institution will Host and Sponsor your grant
• Advising on and facilitating Public and Patient Involvement & Engagement
• Signposting to wider support services
• Supporting collaborations
• Liaising with external organisations/companies and obtaining external costs
• Providing a full grant costing for non-commercial and investigator-led projects. This includes NHS site costs (and supporting your SoECAT submission, where applicable). 
• Critical, pre-submission reviews
• Feasibility sense checks
• Support statements
• Intellectual Property advice
• Proof reading
• Online application form entry

It takes time to fully develop a research project and to cost a grant accurately. All requests to NBT to cost a research grant application must be made well in advance of the funder’s submission deadline. The time required to achieve a high-quality submission can depend greatly on the type of funder and project.

We recommend that you contact the Research Development & Grants Team at ResearchGrants@nbt.nhs.uk, at the earliest opportunity – as soon as you begin to develop a research project – so that we can provide you with the most comprehensive support. 

Once your project is funded, our team can support you with grant set-up and management. This includes: contracting, financial management, protecting Intellectual Property, reports and external communications.