HEALTH DATA RESEARCH UK — grant history

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Latest income

£14.9m

Grants listed (FY2025)

Listed grants total

—

Accounts grants total

£11.0m

extracted from its FY2025 accounts

Application guidance — from the funder’s own website

How to apply: Health Data Research UK (HDR UK) has launched new micro-grants for community-led health data activities.
Deadlines: Applications close 13 October 2025

Summarised from www.hdruk.ac.uk · www.hdruk.ac.uk/about-us/what-we-do/ · www.hdruk.ac.uk/research/funding-opportunities/ on 16/08/2026. 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 (2 grantees)
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives (1 grantee)

Where grantees operate

Cambridgeshire (1 grantee)
City Of Swansea (1 grantee)

What changed: FY2022 → FY2023

Grantees that appear, disappear or move by 50%+ between the two most recent filings we have read. A grantee “dropped” may simply have received a multi-year grant earlier.

Change	Grantee	FY2022	FY2023
new	University College London	—	£3.1m
new	University Of Edinburgh	—	£2.9m
new	GENOME RESEARCH LIMITED	—	£2.2m
new	University of Oxford	—	£1.9m
new	University of Birmingham	—	£1.5m
new	University of Liverpool	—	£1.2m
new	University of Bristol	—	£976k
new	Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine	—	£459k
not listed	Oxford (University)	£2.8m	—
not listed	Edinburgh (University)	£2.7m	—
not listed	UCL	£2.5m	—
not listed	NHS Digital	£1.5m	—
not listed	Wellcome Sanger Institute (Genome Research Ltd)	£1.4m	—
not listed	Birmingham (University)	£1.2m	—
not listed	ICL	£918k	—
not listed	Bristol (University)	£606k	—

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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Recipient	Year	Amount	Purpose
University College London	FY2023	£3.1m	HDR UK London Substantive Site
Other	FY2023	£3.0m	Various other grant recipients including Hubs and Training
University Of Edinburgh	FY2023	£2.9m	HDR UK Scotland Substantive Site
Genome Research Limited	FY2023	£2.2m	HDR UK Cambridge Substantive Site
Swansea University	FY2023	£2.0m	HDR UK Wales & Northern Ireland Substantive Site
University of Oxford	FY2023	£1.9m	HDR UK Oxford Substantive Site
University of Birmingham	FY2023	£1.5m	HDR UK Midlands Substantive Site
University of Liverpool	FY2023	£1.2m	HDR UK North Substantive Site
University of Bristol	FY2023	£976k	HDR UK South-West Substantive Site
Scottish Government	FY2023	£646k	Data and Connectivity National Core Studies
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine	FY2023	£459k	HDR UK London Substantive Site
Other	FY2022	£3.1m	Other grants including Hubs and rapid research projects
Oxford (University)	FY2022	£2.8m	HDR UK Oxford
Edinburgh (University)	FY2022	£2.7m	HDR UK Scotland
UCL	FY2022	£2.5m	HDR UK London
Swansea (University)	FY2022	£2.1m	HDR UK Wales & Northern Ireland
NHS Digital	FY2022	£1.5m	National Core Studies: Data & Connectivity Programme
Wellcome Sanger Institute (Genome Research Ltd)	FY2022	£1.4m	HDR UK Cambridge
Birmingham (University)	FY2022	£1.2m	HDR UK Midlands
Scottish Government	FY2022	£1.1m	BREATHE Health Data Research Hub / National Core Studies
ICL	FY2022	£918k	HDR UK London
Bristol (University)	FY2022	£606k	HDR UK South-West

About this data

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