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Big Lottery Fund
The new UK-wide Research Grants programme is due to open again in March 2006. It will aim to influence local and national policy and practice by funding the production and dissemination of evidence-based knowledge.

Big Lottery Fund – Investing in Ideas
Grants of between £500 and £10,000 are now available to groups in Scotland to test and develop ideas that could eventually become fully-fledged projects. Apply at any time.

Richard Dimbleby Cancer Fund
Cancer care research projects that tackle anxiety, depression and other symptoms related to the condition are the focus of this new £1m fund.

Dunhill Medical Trust
The Trust supports medical research and provision of medical care and facilities as well as research into the care of the elderly and the provision of accommodation and care for the elderly.

Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
The Foundation’s Education programme is keen to test new approaches to teaching and learning which will improve the quality, breadth and relevance of learning for young people (aged 0 – 16) in pre-school and statutory education. Work supported should lead to a lasting influence on policy and/or practice. The Foundation’s Environment programme also aims to stimulate changes in policy, planning and practice to achieve a low carbon economy and/or sustainable food systems.

The Health Foundation
The Foundation supports projects, research and evaluation studies to test and measure new ways of improving health services for the future.

Sir Halley Stewart Trust
The Trust supports innovative research activities with the emphasis on prevention rather than alleviation of human suffering. Current priority areas are religious, social / educational and medical.

Scottish Community Action Research Fund
Supports community-led research. Grants can be used to pay for skills training, help and advice from experienced researchers, payments for community members carrying out research (including expenses), publishing the research and holding events.