Sparks funds pioneering children‚Äôs medical research to get this to change. I’m leaving care and my leaving care grant isn’t enough. People Sparks Funded Researchers. Thank you for helping to keep everyone at GOSH safe. Every day 1 in 30 babies are born in the UK with a condition which may affect them for life. x��]�r�FҾw���Ėa� �\��e��z���r�Ev/`���& ��ϓ��0 A#���[�8M���t}����]��i�~}z޶����E��^�o�{z���:���^��v�^�~�|n��U9�곳��ۋ菗/�$��BFid�߬�Q]�|��E��/�\�|qz)"!�TGW�/��FpǦI�k�]}���̢�ڌ��*wW�_��m��������;h�_/_. The impact of their work can be incredibly far-reaching as it may inform future research and ultimately impact on seriously ill children all around the globe.

Chromebooks are cheaper and so if we buy you a Chromebook rather than a conventional laptop it means we have more money to help someone else. facebook Since 1991, Sparks has funded over £30 million of research into over 80 childhood conditions, from childhood cancers to difficult-to-treat epilepsy, and many more conditions besides. We would like to fund everyone but we have a limited amount of money. Dr Richard Goodman from the Food Allergy Research and Resource Program at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, is helping to shift the narrative around genetically modified crops, through his extensive work evaluating their safety. Dr Jess Zimmerman and his colleagues at the University of Puerto Rico and throughout the US aim to provide the basis for predicting the future of these ecosystems, through their research at the Luquillo Experimental Forest in north-eastern Puerto Rico. stream This will include: o Offering increased flexibility in the management of your award o Allowing flexibility on the use of underspend and virements to cover exceptional costs incurred by the COVID-19 pandemic to keep your activities going. endobj We also understand that a large proportion of the research community will be redeployed elsewhere to provide essential NHS support. Dr Jasper de Boer (Senior Research Fellow in Cancer Biology at ICH) is looking to repurpose existing drugs to treat an aggressive childhood brain tumour (DIPG). I’ve built up some debts which mean I cannot move into more suitable accommodation. This proves that investing in medical research works, but it’s really important that we keep up with that investment, because despite these welcome improvements, there are still no treatments or cures for many rare childhood conditions. If you would prefer to discuss matters over the phone, please email and a member of the team will get back to you. • Aim to address the cause, diagnosis, understanding and treatment of Krabbe Disease. Awards may not be used to support the salaries of the Principal Investigator/team leader. How do you assess the beneficial impact of your funded research? Many children are living with medical conditions for which there is no known treatment or cure. Also consider whether a Chromebook would meet your needs. For all these children and their families, research offers hope; for the answers that a diagnosis can offer, a future with kinder treatments, and ultimately a future with a cure. Researchers keep us updated on their progress, including when they reach key milestones such as completing laboratory experiments or publishing scientific papers that make valuable findings available to other researchers around the world. If you are coming to GOSH for an outpatient appointment, only one carer per family will be allowed into the hospital. If they don’t, then explain this on the application form. Please contact us at grants@gosh.org. We want to help young people in care attain their full potential. For frequently asked questions about this funding call please click here. https://doi.org/10.33548/SCIENTIA441. As a way of increasing and retaining capacity in this critical research area, we are particularly interested in supporting projects from promising early career researchers.