Funding

Applications are now open for ESRS funding opportunities.

These grants are designed to support the professional development of ESRS members while fostering collaboration and advancing knowledge in sleep research and sleep medicine.

This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to the growth of our field. I encourage all eligible members to consider applying and take advantage of this initiative.

🔗 Learn more and apply here: https://esrs.eu/grants-awards/

Diabetes UK has already funded research showing that insomnia affects diabetes risk, but the relationship between circadian disruption and the development of metabolic conditions is still being researched from multiple other vantage points.

If your research could inform understanding of diabetes, you may be eligible to apply for funding from Diabetes UK.

The British Heart Foundation has funded research linking circadian rhythms and heart health in past, so if your research could contribute to this field you might find that their grants could be open to you. They fund both clinical and basic science research projects and even have a grant specifically for scientists that are from "outside traditional cardiovascular biology"- could that be you?

The Wellcome Trust has actively funded work related to circadian rhythms in past, and their interest in mental health, and broader "discovery research" means your chronobiology research could be funded through one of their many funding opportunities.

Recurring opportunities include the early career award, career development award, and discovery awards, among others.

Accelerator awards, intended for researchers of black, Bangladeshi and Pakistani heritage in the UK, will run until 2028.

A one-off opportunity that may be relevant to chronobiology researchers asks researchers to look at the mechanisms relating heat and mental health. This opportunity has a scope check deadline on the 18th of December 2024 and a final deadline on 21st of January of 2025.