The BAPEN Improving Nutritional Care Grant Scheme is designed to stimulate innovation and evidence-informed practice in the field of nutritional care. The scheme supports projects that have clear potential to enhance clinical care, optimise service delivery, and improve the health and wellbeing of individuals with nutritional care needs. In doing so, it reflects BAPEN’s wider commitment to advancing nutritional science and translating research and quality improvement initiatives into meaningful patient benefit.
Projects funded through this scheme should demonstrate tangible impact—whether through developing new models of care, evaluating clinical interventions, improving screening and monitoring processes, strengthening multidisciplinary collaboration, or generating data that informs best practice.
The programme provides an opportunity for clinicians, researchers, and service leaders to advance practice, strengthen the case for nutritional care as a core component of healthcare delivery, and ultimately improve outcomes for people at risk of, or living with, malnutrition.
Applications operate through a competitive peer-reviewed process for BAPEN members based in UK institutions within a broad range of disciplines, spanning acute, community, and social care environments.
Currently closed to new applications.
Do you have a Quality Improvement project or a Research idea that you would like to pursue but need some funding?
BAPEN is delighted to announce that we will be awarding grants for 2025 of up to a total of £60,000. We would encourage you to apply, using the online application form below. Please click on the link below to view the Guidance document before submitting your application.
There are funds to be distributed to a number of different projects up to values of £5k, £10k and £15k. If you feel your project is larger you may wish to apply for a scoping grant in the first instance followed by further grants in future years. You must be a BAPEN member to apply and following the completion of your project we would ask you to present your findings at the BAPEN Annual Conference.
The closing date for applications is Monday 30 June 2025 at 5pm and successful applicants will be advised once the Judging process has been completed and officially announced at our annual conference in Wales on the 11 & 12 November 2025.
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