Rosetrees: Seedcorn awards

To pump-prime early stage research to generate preliminary data that can be put towards future funding proposals. For innovative and novel ideas related to prevention, diagnosis and/or treatment of human diseases. Can be used in UK Universities and Research Institutes or research in other countries (e.g. fieldwork for studies of infectious disease) but the grants have to be administered and disbursed by a UK University or Institution.
Funding: £20K over 12 months for preclinical studies and over 18 months for clinical studies.
https://rosetrees.org.uk/seedcorn-awards/