Grant Application Process and Focus for 2024

Our funding call for 2024 is now closed. Details of the two awards made will be announced shortly. Details of GNCT’s next funding call will be announced in early 2025.

Details of the 2024 call were as follows:

Applications are welcome for awards of up to £40,000 each related to the specific focus of the call for 2024.

Call for 2024: Health Inequalities

Health Inequalities are widening in the UK and globally. Nursing has an important role to play in addressing inequality and promoting healthy lifestyle choices.

Applications are invited which explore the role nursing can play in addressing health inequalities and promoting healthy lifestyle behaviours.

We welcome primary research proposals or proposals that evaluate nursing initiatives designed to address health inequalities and promote healthy lifestyle behaviours among those most at risk of early morbidity.

We particularly welcome proposals led by early career researchers that demonstrate clinical and academic collaborations.

The call excludes systematic reviews.

Closing date Monday 18th March 2024 at 1pm.

Applications must be submitted in electronic format using the Trust’s grant application form. In order to be considered for funding, applications must be received by the deadline specified above. The lead applicant must be a registered nurse working in England or Wales and the proposed research study must be undertaken in England and/or Wales.

The Board of Trustees will draw upon the recommendations of a range of independent reviewers when allocating awards.

The General Nursing Council For England and Wales is a National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) non-commercial partner. This means that the studies that we fund may be eligible to access NIHR Clinical Research Network (CRN) support.

DOWNLOAD GRANT APPLICATION FORM
Guidance on submission and review of grant applications
Terms and conditions of research grants

Foundation of Nursing Studies

In 2006, the GNCT Trustees established a formal collaborative agreement to work in partnership with the Foundation of Nursing Studies (FoNS), to further the aims of both charities in relation to advancing nursing care.

The programme supported nurse-led healthcare teams who identified an aspect of care that needed improving and were committed to working in a systematic way to develop and change practice through research. In 2014, the Trustees reluctantly ended the agreement in order to prioritise funding research projects commissioned directly by the GNCT.

Annual Report

Our annual report is available for download below:

Former Collaborative Agreements

The University of Surrey
In 1993, the GNCT made a substantial endowment to the University of Surrey in order to set up a ‘Chair of Nursing Education’. From 1998, the Chair was located in the Centre for Research into Nursing and Midwifery Education (CRNME). Whereas the GNC Trust Chair (Nurse Education) became the responsibility of the University of Surrey, the Trustees of the GNC Trust maintained their interest and involvement through the Management Advisory Board. The GNCT Chair ceased in 2013.