Research noticeboard

Cystic Fibrosis Trust funding schemes

• Venture and Innovation Award:  OPEN  We agree VIA funding in principle prior to submission of external funding body applications.
• Strategic Research Centres: Closed. A new funding call will open in Spring 2027
• Development Awards: Closed.  A new funding call will open in Spring 2027
• Summer Studentships:  Closed. A new funding call will open in Spring 2027 for placements in summer 2027.

For more information on the Trust's funding schemes, see our Apply for Funding page.

Guts UK and Cystic Fibrosis Trust funding call on pancreatitis in CF

We're delighted to announce a joint funding call with Guts UK. The aim of the call is accelerate progress against the research priorities identified by the Pancreatitis Priority Setting Partnership and to boost pancreatitis research that is directly relevant to, and has potential benefit for, people with cystic fibrosis with a complication of pancreatitis. 

One grant of £60,000 is available over 2 years. This award does not cover salary costs for the applicants or senior supervisory roles.The deadline for applications is 12 noon on Thursday 30 July 2026 

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RNID and Cystic Fibrosis Trust funding call on antibiotic-related hearing impairments

In a co-funding partnership with RNID we would like to fund research that will lead to new ways to protect hearing from the ototoxic side-effects of aminoglycoside antibiotics.

This call is part of RNID’s Discovery Research Grants programme. Applications can be up to 3 years in duration and a maximum of £225,000 is available, where funding does not exceed £75,000 in one year. The funding call is now open, and the deadline for preliminary applications is 5pm on Thursday 10 September 2026.

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If you are a Trust-funded researcher, please let us know if you are presenting your research at a conference, by contacting us on [email protected] .

The following events may be of interest to researchers working in the field of cystic fibrosis.

North American CF Conference (NACFC)

This annual meeting brings together scientists, clinicians, and caregivers from around the world to discuss and share ideas on the latest advances in CF research, care, and drug development and to exchange ideas about ways to improve the health and quality of life for people with CF. 

NACFC 2026 will take place 7-10 October in Atlanta, Georgia

Find out more about NACFC

Many of the talks from NACFC 2025 are available to watch again on the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation's NACFC YouTube channel. 

European CF Young Investigators Meeting, February 2027, Paris​

• Aims to foster interactions between young scientists in order to create a long-term collaborative European network of CF investigators​

• Authors of the 35 best abstracts submitted will be invited to present their work at the meeting. There is no registration fee; housing and meals will be covered for all participants​

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CF MDT Conference, Wednesday 3 March 2027, Liverpool Hilton

• More details coming soon.

   

ECFS Conference - June 2027, Lille, France

• Dates of the conference to be confirmed
• More information is available on the ECFS website.

Please let us know of any Trust-funded research that has been accepted for presentation at the conference, by contacting us on [email protected] thank you.

Researchers can apply to access data from UK CF Registry and European CF Society Patient Registry. Find out more information on the data available, the application process and the fees to access the data.

UK CF Registry

The UK Cystic Fibrosis Registry is a secure centralised database, sponsored and managed by Cystic Fibrosis Trust. It records health data on consenting people with cystic fibrosis (CF) in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. The UK CF Registry sends annual data to the ECFS Patient Registry.

Researchers from recognised institutions can apply for access to aggregated, anonymised, or pseudonymised data from the UK CF Registry to perform their own analysis for the benefit of people with cystic fibrosis.

Registry fees: While the UK CF Registry does not charge for the use of data, it must recoup costs of data handling (including extract and cleaning), project management, and analysis (where applicable) on behalf of third parties. 

There is an expectation that non-commercial research use of UK CF Registry data will be grant funded, and that such a grant will incorporate the current UK CF Registry costs. For current information on fees, or support with costing your grant application, please contact [email protected]

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European CF Society Patient Registry

The European Cystic Fibrosis Society Patient Registry collects demographic and clinical data from consenting people with CF in Europe. The Registry’s database includes data from more than 56,000 people with CF, from 42 participating countries and longitudinal data from 2011 to 2023.

The information is used to measure, survey and compare aspects of CF and its treatment in participating countries, to deepen our understanding of CF, to improve standards of care, to provide data for epidemiological research and to facilitate public health planning.

The Registry encourages the use of these important data for scientific research and welcome applications for data. Data applications will be subject to a fee depending on the nature and source of the request. More information on data requests is available on ECFS Patient Registry website.

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If you have received research funding from Cystic Fibrosis Trust, please use the following reminders to help you manage your award.

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