Small Projects Fund

Our Small Projects Fund focuses on projects that seek to improve the quality of clinical services and patient treatments and care. The maximum award available from this funding stream is £10,000.
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Alex Light – a researcher funded by The Urology Foundation

Our Small Projects Fund is aimed at projects that can be delivered within 2 years and are focused on projects that seek to improve the quality of clinical services and patient treatments. Applicants should be able to show how their project is beneficial to patient care and how it might improve practice. This fund is open to applications from nurses, clinicians and allied health professionals (AHPs) working in urology in the UK or Ireland. The maximum grant award available is £10,000.

NB: For this round we are particularly interested in applications that explore or use AI to improve patient experience or clinical service.

We are an NIHR Partner. Find out how that can help you fund your research.

The deadline for applications is 23:59 on 30 September.

You can download the forms and information needed below:

Application form

Six month report template

Final report template

How to apply

  1. Read the information on this page and ensure your project meets the key criteria.
  2. Send your completed application form to grants@theurologyfoundation.org.
  3. Once you have submitted an application, notification of success or failure will normally be made within eight weeks following the deadline dates. Applications must include the following information (as specified in the application form):
  • A summary of the study’s aims and objectives.
  • The name and position of the study/project leader and names/positions of any other relevant members of the study team and brief CVs (e.g. 2 sides A4) for each.
  • The hospital/institution where the study is to take place.
  • Breakdown of all projected costs

Key criteria

The Urology Foundation will consider projects that are:

  • undertaken in the UK or Ireland
  • nurse-led and/or clinician-led and/or allied health professional-led. NB: AHP-led projects must have a urology nurse or a urology trainee or consultant on the project team.
  • for patient benefit
  • seeking to improve services, treatments and communications with patients and carers
  • measuring and evaluating outcomes to demonstrate improved care and well-being of patients

These awards are for small projects which could lead towards an improvement in the treatment and care of patients. We will also consider projects that are pilots or testing data for potentially larger research projects.

Reviewing process

Applications will be considered twice a year and must be submitted by the following deadlines:

  • 23:59 30 April
  • 23:59 30 September

All applications submitted by the due date will be circulated to members of The Urology Foundation’s Scientific & Education Committee for consideration. The following criteria will be taken into account:

  • The study aims and the quality of the proposal.
  • The likelihood of the study findings being easily disseminated and where relevant, any changes to practice made as a result.

Application success rate

2023 2024 2025 2026 (partial data)
63% 86% 39% 29%