Grants
The European Society of Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Therapy (ESRA) offers the ESRA Educational Grant in order to achieve the distinctive goals of ESRA:
- to encourage specialisation of anaesthesiologists and other physicians in regional anaesthesia or pain management
- to promote and sponsor courses and workshops
- to encourage teaching of regional anaesthesia in anaesthesiology training programmes
- to help anaesthesiologists in under resourced countrie
ESRA members from all over the world are encouraged to apply. However, emphasis will be placed on applications from anaesthesiologists coming from countries that lack the financial infrastructures needed to achieve the education in regional anaesthesia. Such countries include some eastern European or African nations.
Applicants should be ESRA members, have spent a minimal amount of time in their specialty, and be in at least their third year of medical specialisation.
More details at: http://esraeurope.org/education/grants/
RA-UK is a National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) non-commercial Partner. This means the studies that we fund may be eligible to access the NIHR Study Support Service which is provided by the NIHR Clinical Research Network. The NIHR Clinical Research Network can now support health and social care research taking place in non-NHS settings, such as studies running in care homes or hospices, or public health research taking place in schools and other community settings. Read the full policy: Eligibility Criteria for NIHR Clinical Research Network Support
In partnership with your local R&D office, we encourage you to involve your local NIHR Clinical Research Network team in discussions as early as possible when planning your study. This will enable you to fully benefit from the support available through the NIHR Study Support Service. To find out more, please visit: www.nihr.ac.uk/study-support-service
If your study involves NHS sites in England you will need to apply for Health Research Authority Approval. For guidance on submitting an application please visit: www.hra.nhs.uk.
Aim
RA-UK wishes to promote scientific study and the academic basis of the sub-specialty. We appreciate financial support is difficult to obtain for regional anaesthesia research, particularly for smaller studies.
The Support
The grant is intended to support research projects involving regional anaesthesia and may be used to contribute towards salaries (in which case, the employer is responsible for ensuring appropriate governance is in place) or for the purchase of items of equipment and consumable items.
The applicant will be required to submit an account of the project within 2 years of award payment.
For further information and details of how to apply visit the NIAA website.
Previous awards
Current recipient of the £20k award is Dr Boyne Bellew and team for a project assessing use of virtual reality in teaching regional anaesthesia.
Dr Peter Odor for a prospective evaluation of plasma levobupivacine concentration after fascia iliaca block in fractures neck of femur patients.
Dr Loiuka Tsaprouni forstudying whether cyclooxygenase inhibitors decrease human core temperature during exposure to operating room temperatures.
RA-UK are a funding partner of the association of anaesthetists international project grants.
All projects involving an international component can apply via the dedicated link, and will be judged according to their criteria.
We do not give out ad hoc grants outside of this.
https://anaesthetists.org/Home/Get-involved/Grants-awards-and-prizes/International-Project-Grant
1. Scope
The RA-UK Small Project Award provides financial support for projects that advance regional anaesthesia practice through quality improvement, education, service development or research. The maximum total scheme disbursement is £5,000 per calendar year. This amount may be divided between one or more awards.
The scheme aims to:
- Improve patient care and safety relating to our subspecialty
- Support innovation in practice and training in regional anaesthesia, pain management or point-of-care ultrasound.
- Enable evaluation of new approaches to service delivery
- Assist clinicians, educators and investigators in delivering projects for the benefit of the specialty
- Generate pilot data or materials for larger initiatives suitable for NIAA-linked RA-UK awards
Projects may be clinical, educational, organisational or research-focused.
Awards are not intended to fund large-scale studies, equipment purchases, travel or ongoing salary support beyond limited project needs.
2. Governance
Oversight rests with members of the RA-UK Board to review funding applications, ratify award decisions and ensure alignment with RA-UK priorities. The RA-UK Research Lead is responsible for the coordinating the above processes, logging submissions, maintaining records relating to applications and awards and updating the RA-UK board on project outputs.
Applications may be submitted at any time but RA-UK Board decisions on funding will be made twice per year in April and November.
3. Applications
RA-UK reserves the right to withdraw the funding advertisement and the funding scheme without prior notice.
Applicants must submit a completed application form and Lead Applicant CV, which will be screened by the RA-UK Research Lead before RA-UK Board dissemination, discussion and decision. The RA-UK Board will review applications based on the following criteria:
- Relevance to RA-UK constitutional aims
- Clarity of project rationale and aims
- Potential impact on patient care or professional practice
- Feasibility within proposed resources and timeframe
- Appropriateness of methodology (where applicable)
- Applicant capability and support
- Value for money
Incomplete applications will not be considered.
Partial funding may be offered.
4. Eligibility
Eligibility criteria for award are:
- Lead Applicant must be an RA-UK member and in UK practice
- At least one applicant must be a consultant or SAS anaesthetist
Collaborative and multidisciplinary applications are encouraged. The Lead Applicant is responsible for project delivery and conduct.
5. Notification of outcomes
Applicants will be informed in writing via email of:
- Funding decision and amount funded
- Any additional conditions of award
- Next steps for successful applicants including formal acceptance of the award.
Results may be publicly announced by RA-UK after notifications.
6. Permitted use of award
Expenditure must align with the approved itemised application form.
7. Monitoring and reporting
Small project award holders must provide:
- Project updates when requested by RA-UK
- Acknowledgement of RA-UK funding support in any arising dissemination documents or talks
- A written summary of project activates, outcomes and outputs on project completion
- An abstract submission to RA-UK ASM on project completion
8. Non-completion or misuse of funds
RA-UK reserves the right to:
- Request return of unspent or misused funds
- Withdraw funding if conditions are breached
- Exclude applicants from future schemes
9. Data Protection and Confidentiality
Applications and reports will be handled confidentially and in accordance with applicable data protection legislation.
10. Review of the scheme
The RA-UK Board will periodically review the Small Project Award scheme to ensure fairness, effectiveness, and alignment with organisational priorities.
Download an application form:
The European Society of Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Therapy (ESRA) proudly presents the ESRA Research Grant in order to achieve the distinctive goals of ESRA such as
- to encourage specialisation of anaesthesiologists and other physicians in regional anaesthesia or pain management
- to promote, sponsor and encourage research in experimental, epidemiological or clinical settings regarding regional anaesthesia or pain management
- to help anaesthesiologists in under-resourced countries to develop their scientific programmes
ESRA members from all over the world are encouraged to apply. Applicants should be ESRA members and should be in at least their third year of medical specialisation.
Applications can be forwarded any time of the year to the ESRA Office.
More details at http://esraeurope.org/education/grants/