Financial support
Salaries
Diabetes UK will pay salaries based on the scales in operation at the Institution in which the research will take place. Applicants should consult the appropriate administrative authority at their institution to determine the salaries to be requested. Applicants for clinical fellowships should refer to the specific guidelines on salaries for that scheme.
Costs for National Insurance contributions and any superannuation should be added to salary costs at the point of application.
Known salary increments may be included on the application form but National Pay Awards may not. If the application is awarded institutes may invoice for the pay awards at the end of each year.
Diabetes UK will not fund on a cost recovery basis and is therefore unwilling to meet the salary costs of staff currently funded by the Higher Education Funding Council, NHS or equivalent. If you are unsure whether a specific salary is allowable on a Diabetes UK application please contact the office in the first instance.
Research costs
All requests should be fully justified in any application to Diabetes UK. Diabetes UK will not consider requests for the following forms of support:
- Research work not specified at the time of application
- Retrospective funding for work already completed
- 'Top-up' funds for current research projects
- Overspending on current grants
- Publication costs and public relations costs
- Advertising
- Stationery
- Secretarial work
- Travel*
- Attendance at conferences**
- Indirect costs, as specified by the Research Councils
- Overheads of any description
- Maintenance costs or access charges (eg building maintenance)
- Staff development (eg training of staff)
- Staff facilities
- Financial services (eg accounting, auditing)
- Routine care for patients
- Databases (unless specifically required for the research project).
Inflation may not be included on research costs.
*If travel is an integral part of the research programme, financial provision should be sought at the point of application, otherwise support will not be provided.
**Diabetes UK grantees may apply for grants to attend the Diabetes UK Professional Conference. This process is administered by the Diabetes UK Conference team and is advertised annually.
Concurrent applications to other funding bodies
Applicants can apply for funding for the same research proposal from other funding bodies concurrently with Diabetes UK applications but Diabetes UK must be informed of this at the time of application to Diabetes UK, where possible, or at the point of application to another funding body.
Failure to do so may result in an application being rejected or funding being withdrawn. If the application to another funding body is recommended for award Diabetes UK must be informed immediately.
Eligibility
Principal Applicants must hold an established NHS, academic or research post and be in receipt of a salary for the duration of the award. Grants must be administered by an established research institution in the UK.
Applicants must be able to sign up to the Diabetes UK Grant Conditions at the time of making an application.
Deadlines
Applicants are advised to refer to the specific scheme guidelines for deadlines.
All applications must be with the Diabetes UK Research Department by 5pm on the day of the deadline. Late applications will not be considered.