When the brain changes, we change. When it is struck by a tumour, an injury or a disease, the consequences can be devastating. We fund research to advance understanding of the changes that take place in the brain, and how these can be overcome.
Our funding is currently focused on three priority research areas: brain tumours, brain and spinal cord injury, and headache and facial pain. These are areas where there is a large unmet patient need that is not reflected in current funding levels. By concentrating our efforts on these three areas, we can have a more significant impact.
Our research grants are awarded through national, openly-advertised funding schemes and follow a rigorous peer review process. We have offer two types of grant: project grants and post-doctoral fellowships. The latter scheme also includes funding for clinical PhD studentships. A key aim of both of these schemes is to build research capacity in these under-funded areas.
In addition to our national funding schemes, we make a small number of awards via restricted endowment funds that are ring-fenced for research at UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology.
