Grant making

grant making

ACT awards grants to applications related to Cambridge University Hospitals

Any departments, wards or clinics within Addenbrooke's and the Rosie hospitals can submit a proposal to ACT's Trustees showing an urgent need for funds to buy new equipment, undertake environmental enhancements or to support small projects. The proposal must show a strong outline on how the extra funding will benefit their patients and staff.

The ACT Trustees meet quarterly to review the proposals and award the grants.

Research
 

In 2009/10 ACT's grants commitee approved 55 grants for research projects, leading-edge equipment, specialist staff and environmental enhancements within the NHS Foundation Trust.

 

Just a few of those successful applications include:

  • Urodynamics equipment upgrade
  • Ultrasound machine for Paediatric Intensive Care Unit
  • Refurbishment of Oncology Ward D9 nurses’ station and ward reception
  • Sensory Room on Children’s Surgical Ward D2
    Research projects:

  • The use of vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) in Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS)
  • Investigating the significance of a new biomarker of dementia: TDP-43
  • Development Origins of Type 2 Diabetes: Tolerance of Fasting and Circulating IGF-I Levels
  • The role of conformations of a1-antitrypsin in lung disease
Addenbrooke's Art
 

If you work within Addenbrooke's or the Rosie, and would like to apply for a grant please see the Hospital Intranet (staff only).

Alternatively, contact Melanie Atkinson on 01223 216169 or email melanie.atkinson@addenbrookes.nhs.uk

 

Ward D5 staff