Restricted Call: Rosetrees Trust Interdisciplinary Award 2025 (Internal deadline: 7th January 2025)

The Rosetrees Trust has announce its Interdisciplinary Award 2025. The primary focus of the 2025 Award is to fund interdisciplinary research aimed at exploring the mechanisms of environmental impacts on public and human health. Applications can relate to any disease or medical condition that affects a significant proportion of the population and must include details on how the research can result in patient benefit within 5-10 years. Proposals should be interdisciplinary and must involve two lead applicants: a clinical specialist (clinician/clinician scientists, surgeons/ surgical scientists) and a non-clinical specialist with expertise in molecular biology, computing, engineering and mathematics or another relevant discipline. 

Proposals are invited for projects with a value of up to £330,000 over 3 years, which can be used to support directly incurred costs relating to any aspect of the proposed research. The eligibility criterion of being a "tenured academic" refers to having either a permanent research contract OR a research contract that will outlast the Rosetrees grant. Moreover, this contract (either permanent or outlasting the grant) can be a clinical contract. 

For further information about the scheme, please refer to the attached call text and the FAQs.

University Internal Selection Process

UK Institutions can submit a maximum of one application as the lead institution, so an internal selection process will be set up according to University’s restricted calls policy. 

To take part in the internal selection process, please submit your nomination(s) via our online form by 7th January 2025 (if asked to log-in, please use your Raven details).

Applicants will need to have the following information readytocomplete the online form submission (please note that forms cannot be saved and returned to):

  • A project summary (max 800 words) covering the following: 
    • The interdisciplinarynature of the project 
    • The translational impact of the research
    • The experience and track record of the lead applicants
  • Two letters of support with one from each Head of Department of the two PIs, confirming their support for the project and that the lead department is happy to host the project should it be successful.

The internal review panel will assess applications against the following criteria, which are taken from the funder’s criteria for the preliminary application. 

  1. Importance of research question being asked
  2. Track record of the PIs
  3. Potential for long-term translation 

Funder deadlines

Preliminary application: 3rd March 2025

Full application (invite only): June 2025

If you have any queries, please contact us at researchstrategy@admin.cam.ac.uk