A new grant worth £30,000 has been made available for Emergency Medicine clinicians working on research that improves care for patients injured in traffic collisions.
The funding is being offered thanks to a collaboration between the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, IMPACT (The Centre for Post-Collision Research, Innovation and Translation) and The Road Safety Trust.
It has been set up to tackle the lack of high-quality, implementation-focused research informing the delivery of care for injured patients in UK Emergency Departments (EDs).
The three organisations are seeking to fund research which addresses uncertainties identified through the Post-Collision James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership (PSP).
Professor Matt Reed, RCEM Research Committee Chair, said: “We need high-quality research that addresses the questions that matter most to patients and clinicians caring for people injured in road collisions.
“This partnership is an important opportunity to turn the priorities identified by patients, carers and healthcare professionals into research that can directly inform and improve care in the pre-hospital setting and in EDs.
“I’m delighted that RCEM is working with IMPACT and The Road Safety Trust to support research that has the potential to make a real difference to patients’ lives.”
Tim Nutbeam, Director of IMPACT, said: “The questions behind this call were set by people injured on the roads, their families and the clinicians who treat them.
“Many concern prehospital and emergency department care, where the evidence remains limited. Funding them jointly with RCEM and the Road Safety Trust gives Emergency Medicine researchers a direct route to answering them, and we would welcome applications from every career stage.”
Louise Palomino, Grants and Impact Director at The Road Safety Trust, added: “The Road Safety Trust exists to support research and interventions which save lives on our roads.
“We are pleased to be working together with RCEM and IMPACT on this exciting new funding opportunity, and I look forward to seeing the innovative proposals put forward by applicants.”
Lead Applicants must be a member or fellow in good standing with RCEM and projects must be of direct relevance to the practice of Emergency Medicine in the UK and the Post-Collision PSP priorities.
Projects must be completed within two years. The application deadline is 21 March 2027.
The fund is now open for applications. For more information, including how to apply, please visit RCEM’s Research Opportunities & Applications page.
12 November 2026