Funding for research projects We fund research and policy analysis work to shine a light on how to make successful change happen
We have funded more than 150 external research projects across a range of themes over the last five years.
Find out more about our funding programmes for research projects below – or browse all our research projects by topic.
Read more about our funding programmes in other areas and fellowship programmes.
Recent funding opportunities
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COVID-19 Research Programme
The Health Foundation has launched a new research programme, which seeks to understand the impact of...
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Evidence into Practice
A programme to help research teams bridge the gap from academic research findings, to actionable...
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Behavioural Insights Research
This programme offered £1.8 million to eight projects to support research that designs, tests and...
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Efficiency Research Programme
This programme awards research teams for projects looking into issues of efficiency and...
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Insight Research Programme 2019
This £1.6m programme will fund projects that research the development and use of data as a mechanism...
Other research funding programmes
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Insight Research Programme 2014
This programme ran between 2014 and 2018 and offered five projects funding of between £250,000 and...
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Insight Research Programme 2017
This £1.6 million programme is funding five projects that will research the development and use of...
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Translating improvement skills from training to implementation
This programme funded original research into identifying the barriers and facilitators for...
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