About the grant

• Clinical improvement grants are awarded for up to £25,000 for a duration of up to 7 months.
• We're looking to fund up to four projects that aim to make clinical trials more accessible, inclusive, and easier to understand, especially for under-served communities.

We welcome applications for projects that aim to improve barriers people face when it comes to accessing clinical trials. These barriers may be linked to:

• Ethnicity, along with intersecting demographics such as age and gender, and a lack of culturally appropriate support.
• Deprivation and other intersecting socio-economic factors such as education, employment and social support.
• Geography, its intersection with deprivation and practical barriers to accessing healthcare.

Your project might include:

• Rethinking how trial education is delivered to both patients and clinical teams.
• Supporting advocacy efforts that help people better understand and engage with clinical trials.
• Solving practical or logistical challenges patients face when considering trial participation.

• The grant is open for all UK-based healthcare professionals who work in haemato-oncology with significant experience in managing the care of blood cancer patients.
• The main applicant will need to be a registered healthcare professional and work at a hospital in the UK and be able to sign up to Blood Cancer UK's Terms and Conditions.

• Applicants should clearly outline the potential impact on people affected by blood cancer and how many people the service innovation would benefit.
• Ideally, the funding is for new, innovative ideas that have not been funded before.
• We may consider boosting existing projects or bridging funding. On the application form, you will need to show how this funding will add value and improve outcomes. And to disclose any potential funding conflicts and commit to acknowledging our support once the project wraps up.
• We encourage all applicants to involve people affected by blood cancer in the development of their application, during setup and delivery of the project.
• All bids require the support of someone who works in the research office and at the executive director or managerial level within the organisation. This is to ensure that applicants will be supported by their organisation/employer if successful in being awarded funding.
• Improvement grants are not for back-filling post to allow for research time.

You’ll need to complete an online application form and submit any supporting documents. You can save your progress and return to the form at any time. For help with completing the form, please refer to the application form guidance and assessment criteria.