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Grant Applications
CICRA awards three types of grants and these will be advertised from time to time on this and other relative websites. The home page will direct you to this page when an advertisement is placed.
1) 2 or 3 year CICRA Training Fellowship
2) 3 year PhD Studentship
3) 1 or 2 year Project Grant
The CICRA Fellowship is a clinical/laboratory training post for paediatricians in training who are seeking to specialise in paediatric gastroenterology. Many of the leading paediatric gastroenterologists in the UK have received their training through this scheme.
The PhD studentships are to encourage young scientists to gain their PhD whilst researching IBD in childhood. Fees and a stipend are paid.
The project grants are either a single project or part of an ongoing project up to a maximum of £35,000 per annum.
All grant applications are reviewed under the normal Peer Review using independent referees and recommendations from CICRA's Medical Advisors. CICRA Trustees make the final decision.
CICRA Research Strategy
Introduction The Crohn’s in Childhood Research Association (CICRA) is a national registered charity founded in 1978. CICRA’s mission is to advance knowledge of childhood inflammatory bowel disease, in particular Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis through:
Why is CICRA needed? The Crohn’s in Childhood Research Association is the only national registered charity committed solely to improving the lives of children and adolescents suffering from Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis, two of the most important diseases in a group of illnesses known collectively as Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
Childhood Inflammatory Bowel Disease is little known to the general public despite the fact that over the last 30 years there has been a dramatic increase in the number of children affected by this condition. Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis are chronic conditions for which there is no known cause or cure and are characterised by periods of remission and relapse.
Inflammatory Bowel Disease has only been seen in children over the last 30 – 40 years. When CICRA was formed in 1978 there were very few general paediatricians in a position to diagnose or treat these children without the help of a gastroenterologist treating adults with the condition. CICRA’s first mission therefore was to give young doctors the opportunity to train in paediatric gastroenterology. In 1982 CICRA set up the first Paediatric Gastroenterology Laboratory in
What type of research does CICRA fund? This falls into three categories:
1) Clinical/Research Training Fellowships 2) PhD Studentships 3) 1 – 3 year research projects
A Research Fellowship is a clinical/scientific training post for paediatricians in training who are seeking to specialise in paediatric gastroenterology. Many of the leading paediatric gastroenterologists in the UK have been trained through this scheme.
PhD studentships are to encourage young scientists to develop an interest in Inflammatory Bowel Disease whilst carrying out a 3 year research project to gain their PhD.
Project grants are for either a single project or part of an ongoing project.
CICRA also provides funds for one-year pilot studies and has been responsible for “priming the pump” for larger research projects and the expansion of paediatric gastroenterology units.
How does CICRA support its research activity? The amount of funds available to the Trustees determine the level of research but CICRA has a 3 year grant forecast for the Fellowships and PhD studentships and once an award is made the funds are transferred into a designated account. Grants are advertised on an annual basis. If further funds are available during the year financial support will be advertised in the form of a project grant.
Who may apply for a grant? Applications for a Fellowship are invited by any institution in the
Applications for a PhD studentship are invited by any person in the
Project grants are open to any qualified person carrying out, or wishing to carry out, a specific line of research into IBD.
How are the awards assessed? All applications undergo a strict Peer Review. The CICRA Awards Advisory Panel is made up of eminent scientists and clinicians specialising in gastroenterology. External referees from this country and abroad are used for all applications. Their comments and gradings are taken into account when the AAP meet to make their recommendations to the Trustees, who then make the final decision.
The Association of Medical Research Charities CICRA abides by the AMRC statements on ‘University Funding’ and the ‘Use of Animals in Medical Research’ (www.armc.org.uk)
Hon. Awards Advisory Panel Professor Christopher Hawkey (Chair)
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