Humanimal Trust is now inviting applications for its 2025 Connections Awards, a £10,000 research fund supporting innovative, multidisciplinary projects that advance both human and animal medicine.
Reflecting the Trust’s One Medicine mission - to unite doctors, vets, researchers, nurses and allied professionals through collaboration - the awards will support two exceptional projects. Each will receive up to £5,000, with one award available in the Student Category and one in the Professional Category. Successful projects will demonstrate clear potential for shared medical advancements across species.
Previous rounds have supported collaborative research in the UK, Ghana, Portugal and Singapore.
Founded by renowned orthopaedic veterinary surgeon, Professor Noel Fitzpatrick, Humanimal Trust is the only organisation in the UK with the sole and specific purpose of progressing One Medicine. It champions medical progress that benefits both humans and animals equally, without causing harm to either.
Andrea Short, Research and Scientific Outreach Manager at Humanimal Trust, said: “Through our Connections Awards and other funding such as our £250,000 Cancer Discovery Fund, we are building a robust evidence base for One Medicine, which we are using to influence funding priorities and regulatory frameworks to support the kind of multi-disciplinary research that can transform healthcare for all species.
“We hope this funding call will enable professionals and students to explore meaningful partnerships, and deliver impactful projects that help shape the future of human and animal medicine.”
The deadline for submissions is 18 August 2025 and all applications will be reviewed by the charity’s science committee, a panel of leading human and animal health professionals, academics and researchers from around the world.
You can find more information and to apply on the Humanimal Trust website or by email.
