Apply for research funding

The Society is a member of the Association of Medical Research Charities  (AMRC) and conforms to their guidance on the assessment and funding of research projects. In July 2026 we passed the AMRC Expert Review Audit. Meeting AMRC‘s six principles of expert review confirms that we use robust and rigorous research funding processes, helping us to fund the best research and driving better health outcomes for our community.

All applications for over £5,000 will be subject to Peer Review. All applications will also be required to demonstrate how they take forward the AT Society’s research strategy, which is currently under consultation which can be viewed here. We follow the AMRC policy on the use of animals in research.

It is also a condition of all grants that the grant-holder subsequently provides a report in lay-language, setting out the impact that the grant has had.

We do not currently fund by means of fixed-deadline grants rounds. Instead, we recommend that anyone considering submitting a grant application contacts us for an initial discussion. Please e-mail [email protected] or call Susie Norbury at the AT Society on 01582 760733. It may help you to fill out our preliminary application form before doing this.

To make a formal application, you will  need to complete our Research grant form.

Once the application has been peer-reviewed, it will be assessed by the Society’s Scientific Advisory Board which will consider the scientific strength of the application and how well it takes forward the Society’s research strategy. The Terms of Reference for the Scientific Advisory Board are provided here. The Board will recommend to the Board of Trustees whether they feel the project should be supported or not and the Board will make the final decision.

While we make every effort to make decisions as quickly as we can, we have limited funds and are committed to ensuring that we use them in the most effective way to take forward our research strategy. We also give great importance to working in partnership, and where it will not unduly hold a project up, we will look to involve other organisations in joint funding.