• FRAME does not fund any projects involving research on live animals, including invertebrates. This includes work on reduction and refinement.  In line with our mission, we wish to support projects demonstrating excellent science, and innovative, human-focussed, non-animal research. Applicants whose projects focus on reduction, refinement or animal welfare might wish to consider look for funding via other sources, such as NC3Rs.
• If your project involves the use of any animal-derived products, you must clearly justify their use in the project and demonstrate how you have researched available alternatives.
• Applications must indicate other potential and confirmed funding sources for the project
• As part of the FRAME ethos please be aware, we expect the outcomes and methods of these projects to be made publicly available and accessible to non-specialists. If this incurs costs, for example for open access publishing, these can be included and considered as part of the application.
• We also expect that the project will contribute to the skills development of the researcher and/or progress their career in alternatives research.

The lead applicant will be the grant holder.

• The lead applicant must be resident in the UK or Ireland and the project based here (overseas researchers cannot be the lead applicant but can be included as collaborators). The lead applicant must hold a post (for the duration of the project and beyond) at a recognised UK higher education institution, non-profit organisation, research centre or relevant industry setting and have the support and facilities there to carry out the project. We will accept applications from early career researchers with a fellowship grant code, and post-doctoral students.
• We will also consider applications from researchers working within the commercial sector if the results of the project will be shared openly. We will not fund any project that aims to generate commercial IP for the grantee or their organisation.
• The lead applicant must hold a PhD.

We use a two-stage application process. The first stage involves summarising the project, how it is innovative (why we should fund it), and including an impact statement explaining how the project is supporting the replacement of animal methods. Download and read the full FRAME Innovation Grant Terms & Conditions 

To apply you must complete all sections of the Stage 1 online application form. Projects that successfully make it to stage two will be asked to submit a full application for review including the additional documentation and information set out in the Stage Two Innovation Grant Application Form.