Grants review

As part of the Society for Endocrinology’s 2023 strategic review, we have adapted our grants portfolio to ensure that we are effectively meeting the funding needs of our members post-pandemic, supporting members at all career stages, and operating a transparent application and award process. For 2025 the Society invites applications for our 4 core grant types:

1. Travel: to support members’ travel to conferences and meetings
2. Research: to support members’ research and audit activities in the area of pituitary or adrenal, supported by the Marjorie Robinson Fund
3. Teaching: to support teaching in endocrinology at all stages, supporting initiatives for both students and teachers
4. Outreach: funding for members and patient support groups for outreach activities aimed at patients or the public.

In addition to these 4 core grants, the Society will be administering grants on behalf of the Clinical Endocrinology Journal Foundation (CEJF) and specific details are provided at the end of this guidance document.

A dedicated Grants Panel will mark applications and award grants based on merit, within the financial parameters set by the Society’s Council of Trustees, and with transparent processes underpinned by best practice in the field (guided by the Association of Medical Research Charities and robust principles of equality, diversity and inclusion, informed by the Society’s recent governance review.

Except in exceptional circumstances, the Society would prefer to enable the maximum number of members to benefit from small/pump priming grant support and so applicants are asked to be realistic and modest with requests and explicit about the value and pathway to impact.

The Society actively encourages applications for proposals with matched-funding support, whether that is from an institution, another Society or industry (evidence will be requested before awards are made).

For 2025 there will be 3 deadlines for Travel grants. and one call for applications for the CEJF Research Grant, Research Grants, Teaching Grants and Outreach Grants. Grants will not be awarded retrospectively. Applicants will be informed of results approximately 7 weeks after the application deadline.

Barriers to application have been removed and ALL members will be eligible to apply for ALL grants; Single and multiple co-applicant applications are welcome from members. However, the only caveat is that Student Members should not be the primary applicant, but are welcome to be a named co-applicant, which will benefit their CV and career development. Primary Applicants should have been a Society member for at least one year prior to the grant deadline or for 6 months for an Early Career member.

Society for Endocrinology affiliated Patient Support Groups are welcome to apply for the Outreach grant, either alone, jointly with another affiliated Patient Support Group or in collaboration with Society members.

All grants are highly competitive and so applicants are encouraged to read the guidance carefully in advance, to be specific and detailed when answering questions on the application form and to seek advice and feedback from colleagues before submitting the final application.

Successful grant awardees will be required to submit a report and details of the timeline will be provided in the award letter. There may be additional expectations of outcomes from the applicants as detailed in each grant type.

If you have additional questions or seek clarification, before applying, please contact [email protected]