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The Trust funds projects that focus on the prevention (rather than the alleviation) of human suffering. The Trust has three grant priority areas: Medical, Social and Religious, with education being a central theme that runs across all three. Trustees welcome projects that relate to more than one priority area.

All Trust grants must fall under one or both of the following categories:

• Innovative research projects: those which explore and test new ideas, methods, approaches, interventions and/or devices.
• Pioneering / ground-breaking development projects: those which are original and represent the first of their kind and/or lay the foundations for further developments.

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Geographical areas funded: UK Overseas

Fund type

Type of funding:

Grant

Type of cost:

Revenue

Fund award sizes

Maximum:

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Annually awarded:

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Who can apply

Eligibility varies depending on funding theme:

To be eligible for a Social grant, applications:

• Must be from service-delivery charitable organisations, although these could be in partnership with others, including academic organisations.
• Can only be accepted from organisations with an annual income of up to £3,000,000.
• Should demonstrate imaginative and wide-ranging dissemination of the results to reach beneficiaries, practitioners, policy makers and / or researchers as appropriate.

To be eligible for a Medical grant:

• Applications must be made directly by researchers at UK medical institutions or university departments.
• Projects may be of a type unlikely to receive support from Research Councils or large research-funding charities. The Trust will be reluctant to fund areas which are heavily funded by other organisations.
• Projects must obtain Ethics Committee approval where needed in accordance with the UK Policy Framework for Health and Social Care Research, or equivalent local ethics approval for international projects.

To be eligible for a Religious grant: Projects must be ground-breaking and inspirational, and likely to achieve demonstrable benefits that will then be disseminated widely. The Trust prioritises projects that:

• Break down religious and secular divides.
• Are untested and have the potential to be ‘game-changers’.
• Involve the vocational development of key people within relevant fields.

When to apply

Deadlines

• 23 October (For a meeting on 25 February 2027)

Meetings are ‘closed’ to submissions at the discretion of the Trust, and without prior warning, once the meeting capacity is reached.

Next deadline: 23 Oct 2026

How to apply

Complete online eligibility test and application form on the Trust's website. They strongly encourage all prospective applicants to contact them to explore the suitability of a project and the best time to apply, before starting an application.

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Exclusions

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Activites funded: Education and training General charitable activities Health care and wellbeing Religious activities

Beneficiaries funded: Economically/socially disadvantaged General public Ill-health Religious and Belief Groups

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