Peter Horlock Skills Training and Development Award 2025/26

We are inviting UK-based technical staff working in PET radiochemistry to apply for funding to support travel and subsistence costs related to skills, training and development activities.

This may include visits to centres of excellence in PET chemistry or attendance at specialist scientific conferences. The aim is to facilitate the sharing and acquisition of skills relevant to PET-based clinical research focused on improving human health.

The research supported in this competition is possible thanks to the generous support of Mrs Cathy Horlock, in memory of her late husband, Peter Horlock.

Peter Horlock worked as a technical officer in the radiochemistry section of the Medical Research Council Cyclotron Unit. His area of expertise was effecting innovation and technical advances in the production of cyclotron-produced radiopharmaceuticals for clinical research. At the time of his death in 1988, his work was primarily applied in the field of PET imaging.

How much funding is available?

Applicants may apply for up to £3000 to cover travel and subsistence costs to support their request, over a maximum of a 1-year period. Applications will be considered on their merits and do not need to be the maximum allowed.

Who can apply?

This competition is open to UK-based technical staff in the field of PET radiochemistry who are in the early stages of their career development and wish to advance their work and careers through the proposed activity.

Applicants must be:

• Currently employed by, and working at, a UK academic or NHS healthcare institution; and
• Engaged in PET radiochemistry and associated technology or engineering at a UK not-for-profit PET centre that is undertaking, or planning to undertake, PET-based clinical research.

Only one application may be submitted per applicant as the lead applicant. However, individuals may hold more than one Medical Research Foundation grant at any one time.

Timeline

This scheme has no fixed closing date - applications will be assessed as they are received.

How to apply

Applicants should apply online using our online grants management system.

Please see Guidance for Applicants here.

Queries

If you have any questions about any aspects of the application process, please contact a member of the Medical Research Foundation’s Research Team.

Email: research@medicalresearchfoundation.org.uk

Tel: 0204 581 2435

Terms and Conditions of Award

Awards funded through this competition will follow standard Medical Research Foundation terms and conditions The terms and conditions spell out the responsibilities of the Principal Investigator and the Lead Research Organisation. The Principal Investigator and the Lead Research Organisation are required to indicate their formal acceptance of the proposal, their acceptance of the terms and conditions of an award, and the approval of the salaries and resources sought in the application.

The Medical Research Foundation may add additional conditions to a grant award to reflect the particular circumstances and requirements of the funding, or the nature of a particular award. Acceptance of an award constitutes acceptance of both the core conditions and any additional conditions. The Medical Research Foundation reserves the right to vary these terms and conditions.

Review and Selection Process

Applications will be assessed by the UK PET Chem Advisory Committee.