BRAIN RESEARCH TRUST — grant history

Registered charity 1137560 · filings on the Charity Commission register

Latest income

£3.3m

Grants listed (FY2024)

Listed grants total

£1.7m

Accounts grants total

£1.7m

listed grants reconcile with the accounts totalextracted from its FY2024 accounts

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Deadlines: Our 2026 project grant call is now open , with deadline for preliminary applications of 12 noon on 04 September 2026 .

Summarised from brainresearchuk.org.uk · brainresearchuk.org.uk/research/funding · brainresearchuk.org.uk/research/apply on 17/08/2026. Always check the funder’s site before applying.

What this funder supports

Based on the register classifications and operating areas of the grant recipients we could match to the charity register (a subset of all grantees).

Causes funded

Education/training (1 grantee)
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives (1 grantee)

Where grantees operate

Cardiff (1 grantee)

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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Recipient	Year	Amount	Purpose
Dr Daniel Williamson, Newcastle University	FY2024	£299k	A mouse single cell atlas modelling radiotherapy-induced brain injury and late-effects in children treated for brain tumours
Professor Zameel Cader, University of Oxford	FY2024	£299k	Elucidating a novel circadian coupled mechanism for treating headache and facial pain
Dr Natividad Gomez-Roman, University of Strathclyde	FY2024	£298k	Characterising cholesterol trafficking in glioblastoma and brain cells, and its contribution to tumour development, progression and treatment
Professor Rob Brownstone, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology	FY2024	£295k	Plasticity of neural circuits for micturition following spinal cord injury
Dr Jose Vargas, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology	FY2024	£243k	Miriam Marks Fellowship: The role of TDP-43 in frontotemporal dementia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Dr Cristopher Black, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology	FY2024	£242k	Miriam Marks Fellowship: Identifying early disease markers of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Mr Ahmad Ali, The Walton Centre	FY2024	£38k	Brain Research UK - Royal College of Surgeons Joint Research Fellowship: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for cognitive rehabilitation in brain tumour patients
Professor Jonathan Schott, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology	FY2024	£6k	Identifying the causes and evolution of pre-symptomatic Alzheimer's disease
King's College London	FY2023	£300k	Dr Philippa Warren, King's College London - Recovering locomotion after acute ischemic spinal cord injury
University of Edinburgh	FY2023	£299k	Dr Dirk Sieger , University of Edinburgh - Investigating the radioprotective effects of ATM inhibition on the healthy brain
University College London	FY2023	£295k	Dr Lynsey Duffell, University College London - Epidural spinal cord stimulation for restoration of urogenital function after SCI
University of Cambridge	FY2023	£292k	Dr Virginia Newcombe, University of Cambridge - Understanding the pathogenesis of traumatic vascular injury
University of Cambridge	FY2023	£125k	Giada Vanacore, University of Cambridge - Facilitating regeneration in the brain via stimulation of neural stem cells
University of Cambridge	FY2023	£125k	PhD Studentship grant extensions
University of Dundee	FY2023	£125k	Febe Ferro, University of Dundee - Joint BRUK-NF PhD studentship: Understanding the role of a secreted kinase in promoting myeloid signature of glioblastoma
University of Dundee	FY2023	£125k	PhD Studentship grant extensions
University of Birmingham	FY2023	£125k	Dr Kate Atkinson, University of Birmingham - Understanding the developmental origins of a childhood brain cancer
University of Nottingham	FY2023	£37k	Mr Milo Hollingworth, University of Nottingham - Brain Research UK - Royal College of Surgeons Joint Research Fellowship
University College London Institute of Neurology	FY2023	£25k	Sobell Chair
Nottingham Trent University	FY2023	£25k	Project grant extension: Dr Zahraa Al-Ahmady, Nottingham Trent University
University of Birmingham	FY2023	£24k	PhD Studentship grant extensions
Sobell Chair	FY2022	£627k	Other Research (Endowment & Restricted Funds)
University of Cambridge	FY2022	£300k	Project Grants (Grants Fund) - Mr Richard Mair, University of Cambridge
University of Edinburgh	FY2022	£298k	Project Grants (Grants Fund) - Dr Dirk Sieger , University of Edinburgh
Nottingham Trent University	FY2022	£272k	Project Grants (Grants Fund) - Dr Zahraa Al-Ahmady, Nottingham Trent University
King's College London	FY2022	£268k	Project Grants (Grants Fund) - Dr Anna Andreou, King's College London
Cardiff University	FY2022	£120k	PhD Studentships (Grants Fund) - Mr Harsh Bhatt, Cardiff University
Imperial College London	FY2022	£110k	PhD Studentships (Grants Fund) - Phoebe Ivain, Imperial College London
University of Hull	FY2022	£107k	PhD Studentships (Grants Fund) - Danielle Marsh, University of Hull
University of Edinburgh	FY2022	£53k	Covid-19 grant extensions
Cardiff University	FY2022	£37k	Brain Research UK - Royal College of Surgeons Joint Research Fellowship
Cardiff University	FY2022	£11k	Covid-19 grant extension

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This grant list is extracted by automated reading of the grant-maker’s own accounts PDFs as filed with the Charity Commission, and cross-checked against the accounts’ stated grant totals (listed sum 1719903 vs reference 1720000 (0.0% diff; ref=stated)). Recipients are linked to register entries only on an exact charity-number or unambiguous exact-name match. If you represent this funder and want a correction, contact us.