Wellbeing of Women awards Research Project Grants annually. We invite applications for projects in basic science, clinical or translational research in the areas of Pregnancy and Childbirth, including pre-term birth, miscarriage and fertility, Gynaecological Cancer and Quality of Life issues such as menopause, incontinence and prolapse, sexual health, menstrual disorders and endometriosis. The upper grant award limit for these grants is normally £150,000 in total over two to three years.
In 2010 we were pleased to announce a new collaboration with Sands, the stillbirth and neonatal death charity, to fund research into the causes and/or prevention of stillbirth.
We also had additional funds available for research concerned with Gynaecological Cancer. The upper limit for this award was £300,000.
The 2010 Grant Round is now closed. The next will be advertised in June 2010 with a deadline in September 2010.
The process:
Applications are subject to external peer review by at least three assessors from either the UK or abroad. Assessors are asked to comment on the significance of the topic to Wellbeing of Women’s aims and objectives, the details of the proposal, the people and workplace, value for money, ethical and other considerations, translational potential or potential for clinical outcome.
All applications are then considered at the meeting of our
Research Advisory Committee in January whose members then make recommendations to our Trustees. The Trustees’ decision will normally be made by early February.
Award of the Wellbeing of Women/Sands Project Grant will be made following assessment by the Wellbeing of Women Research Advisory Committee and by agreement with the Trustees of both charities.
Once a decision has been made, successful and unsuccessful applicants will be notified. Applicants are sent anonymised copies of external and internal reviews.
On receipt of a research grant, the principal applicant and officer responsible for administering the grant at the host institution[s] must sign a declaration accepting
Wellbeing of Women’s Terms and Conditions before the grant can be activated. All necessary legal and regulatory requirements in order to conduct the research must be in place, and all necessary licences and approvals obtained before the research funded by the Wellbeing of Women grant commences.
Grant holders are required to submit reports during and at the end of their award, and to inform the charity of any publications and presentations resulting from their research work to enable the charity to promote dissemination of the research funded to experts and beneficiaries.
