PAIN RELIEF FOUNDATION — grant history
Latest income
£333k
Grants listed (FY2026)
3
Listed grants total
£132k
Accounts grants total
£274k
listed grants do not fully reconcile with the accounts total — list may be partialextracted from its FY2026 accounts
Application guidance — from the funder’s own website
- How to apply: To apply for either grant, email for an application form to [email protected]
- Deadlines: Closing date for completed application forms to be received at the Pain Relief Foundation is 13th February 2026
What changed: FY2025 → FY2026
| Change | Grantee | FY2025 | FY2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| new | University of Cambridge | — | £83k |
| new | University Oxford | — | £30k |
| new | Liverpool John Moores University | — | £19k |
| not listed | Dr Fiona Watt of Imperial College London | £75k | — |
| not listed | Dr Quasim Aziz of Queen Mary University, London | £30k | — |
| not listed | Dr Andrew Marshall of University of Liverpool | £17k | — |
Grants made, per its accounts filings
| Recipient | Year | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Cambridge | FY2026 | £83k | Investigating the neurobehavioural effects of opioid and non-opioid pain medications (3-year prize PhD Student) |
| University Oxford | FY2026 | £30k | Understanding endometriosis associated pain (36-month grant) |
| Liverpool John Moores University | FY2026 | £19k | Physiological Synchrony in Chronic Pain (12-month grant) |
| Dr Fiona Watt of Imperial College London | FY2025 | £75k | 3-year prize PhD Student for a total of £74,982 submitted by Dr Fiona Watt of Imperial College London and is titled: ‘Investigation of the hormonal factors underlying excess female risk for painful osteoarthritus’ |
| Dr Quasim Aziz of Queen Mary University, London | FY2025 | £30k | 12-month grant for a total of £29,969 submitted by Dr Quasim Aziz of Queen Mary University, London and is titled ‘Proof of concept assessment of the feasibility of artificial intelligence-driven transcutaneous Vagal Nerve Stimulation (tVNS) algorithm for somatic pain’. |
| Dr Andrew Marshall of University of Liverpool | FY2025 | £17k | 12-month grant for a total of £16,625 submitted by Dr Andrew Marshall of University of Liverpool and is titled: ‘Underpinning Mechanisms of Developing Neuropathic Versus Non-Neuropathic Pain After Stroke |
| Research Fellows / Grant Holders (Individuals) | FY2024 | £304k | Research grants payable to individuals to conduct research into pain, its causes and relief |
| Dr David Bulmer of University of Cambridge | FY2024 | £75k | Targeting the microbiome to treat chronic pain |
| Dr Maria Maiart of University of Reading | FY2024 | £30k | Novel botulinum-based construct for the treatment of chronic pain |
| Dr Olivia Grech of University of Birmingham | FY2024 | £30k | The role of glucagon-like peptide 1 in migraine |
| Dr Melina Del Felice of University of Sheffiled | FY2024 | £30k | Inhibition of metalloproteinases: a novel approach for the treatment of post-stroke pain |
| Dr Charlotte Khraé of Liverpoo! John Moores University | FY2024 | £10k | Perceived social threat in chronic pain |
| Dr Maria Maiaru | FY2023 | £663k | Targeting ion channels to combat pathophysiology of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (over 3 years) |
| Dr Anne Marshall | FY2023 | £526k | REPEL: Reliability of HRDD as a biomarker in Painful diabetic Neuropathy - a validation study (Over 8 months) |
| Professor in Pain Science (Approved for the next 12 months) Costs for 50% of the Chair in Pain Science, University of Liverpool. | FY2023 | £80k | Costs for 50% of the Chair in Pain Science, University of Liverpool. |
| Dr Javier Aguilera | FY2023 | £21k | Mechanisms of inflammatory joint pain: The role of TRPM3 in knee nociceptors and its interaction with fibroblast-like synoviocytes (Over 12 Months) |
| Dr David Moore | FY2023 | £13k | Experience of autistic adults of pain and pain management Barriers to effective treatment. |
| Professor in Pain Science (Approved for the next 12 months) Costs for 50% of the Chair in Pain Science, University of Liverpool. | FY2022 | £78k | |
| Dr Chris Brown | FY2022 | £65k | |
| Prof John Riddell | FY2022 | £62k | |
| Dr John Dawes | FY2022 | £30k | |
| Dr Andy Marshall | FY2022 | £30k | |
| Dr Sandrine Geranton | FY2022 | £30k |