Whether you're a clinician or an academic, we're keen to support you throughout your stroke career – from your first PhD studentship to leading a large, multidisciplinary research team.
Our research awards provide funding opportunities at every career stage. Our current research portfolio totals over £10 million, with funding priorities including pre-hospital, acute and secondary prevention care, and rehabilitation and long-term care of stroke survivors.
We fund innovative research across the whole stroke pathway. Our policy positions set out where we stand on key research issues.
Our funding rounds
Applications must be submitted through our online award management system, unless otherwise stated.
CURRENTLY OPEN
Are you a graduate looking to get a postgraduate research qualification (MPhil or PhD)? Do you plan to conduct stroke research into clinical and applied health, including social care research?
Our Postgraduate Fellowships give you the required skills to undertake an independent career in stroke research.
CURRENTLY CLOSED
Are you a Fellow planning to conduct stroke research into clinical and applied health, including social care research? Do you want to find answers to specific questions relating to day-to-day care practice that have the potential to impact on the health or well-being of people affected by stroke?
Our Postdoctoral Fellowships will give you the skills and training needed to develop an independent career in academic stroke research.
CURRENTLY CLOSED
This award provides a fantastic opportunity for talented independent researchers to establish and grow their own research groups. It also enables them to play a critical role in developing future leaders across all disciplines relevant to stroke research in the UK and internationally.
CURRENTLY CLOSED
Our Project Grants encompass the whole spectrum of stroke research: from prevention, through to treatment and rehabilitation, both in an acute setting and longer-term in the community.
Partnership grants
CURRENTLY OPEN
This opportunity is for people looking to get started in research or establish themselves as an independent researcher.
Are you clinically trained and looking for training in stroke research?
Applications that propose research across the whole stroke pathway, including basic and pre-clinical applications, are accepted.
Further details and instructions for applicants can be found on the MRC website.
CURRENTLY OPEN
For multidisciplinary teams.
Following the 2021 Priority Setting Partnership (PSP), the Stroke Association continues its partnership with the NIHR to fund collaborative, multi-disciplinary programmes of applied research across health and social care settings which aim to address national priorities for adult stroke.
Further details and instructions for applicants can be found on the NIHR website.
CURRENTLY PAUSED
These three-year clinical research fellowships in neurological disciplines are open to all physicians, including those interested in stroke. The fellowship can address an aspect of the causes, prevention and/or treatment of stroke, resulting in a PhD.
Applications are accepted which propose research across the whole stroke pathway, including basic and pre-clinical applications.
The application form and terms and conditions (which must be read before completing your application) can be found on the ABN website.
Stroke Association Expert Reviewer Pool
Our research funding programmes are assessed by a network of independent experts, including researchers, clinicians and other specialists from across the stroke field. Find out about the role reviewers play, current members, and how you can join our expert reviewer pool.