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£300 could pay for 40 high-risk women to take part in trial to identify whether having a cervical stitch can help to prevent their babies being born too small or too soon.

Further information

Apply for a grant

This section provides you with all the information you need to apply for a research grant from Tommy's. If you wish to apply for a grant, please check the closing dates and ensure you follow all steps and complete all forms required, otherwise your application may not be passed to the medical advisory group to be reviewed.

For information on the grants application form, please read Tommy's explanatory guidance and tips in the pdf file (see link on right). Before accessing or completing the forms, please look at the pdf file containing important information for using the forms (see link on right).

Please note:  We are not seeking applications for projects grants at this time.

Please visit this site again to find out when the next call for research funding applications is announced - closing dates for applications will be posted in this section as soon as they are announced.

Applications for funding from Tommy’s are reviewed by Tommy’s Medical Advisory Group; an eminent group of clinicians and scientists from around the world considered to be experts in the fields of maternal and fetal health research. Please see the list below for details of the members of this group.

Association of Medical Research Charities

Tommy's is a member of the Association of Medical Research Charities (AMRC) – a membership organisation of the leading medical and health research charities in the UK. Tommy's has been awarded best practice in peer review.

Medical Advisory Group

  • Sir Barry Jackson, MS, FRCS, FRCP (Chair)
  • Professor Kate Costeloe, Homerton Hospital, London
  • Professor Fiona Lyall, Institute of Medical Genetics, Glasgow
  • Professor Steve Lye, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada
  • Professor Leslie Myatt, University of Cincinatti, USA
  • Professor Chris Redman, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford
  • Professor Lesley Regan, St Mary’s Hospital, London
  • Professor Charles Rodeck, UCL Medical School, London
  • Professor Colin Sibley, St Mary’s Hospital, Manchester

 Representing the trustees

  • Mr Anthony Kenney
  • Tom Shields, QC

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