2025 Academy Excellence Award winners announced
We are delighted to reveal that Professor Vicki Goodwin and Dr Toby Ellmers are the winners of the 2024/25 Vivensa Academy Excellence Award.
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Funding for the future of ageing well: introducing the Vivensa Foundation
We have changed both our working name and our legal name to the Vivensa Foundation to better reflect our work as a funder and impact-intentional investor. This is not just a change of name but a renewed commitment to …
Report on the ageing-related research landscape in the UK
In-depth report examining the landscape of ageing-related research funding in the UK.
Reflections on a charity’s evolution
After 37 years as The Dunhill Medical Trust, we have changed our name and will now be known as the Vivensa Foundation. Having refined our focus and made substantial changes to the way we go about our work in …
Introducing our 2024 Joint RNID / Vivensa Foundation Fellow
We are delighted to introduce Przemyslaw (Prez) Jarzebowski as the sixth recipient of our Joint Fellowship with the RNID.
Outcome of the Joint Doctoral Training Fellowship with the British Geriatrics Society for 2023/24
The sixth round of the Joint British Geriatrics Society/Vivensa Foundation Doctoral Training Fellowship scheme opened in late 2023. This scheme aims at supporting frontline healthcare professionals interested in pursuing a career in ageing-related research — including doctors, nurses, and …
fEC! Can we talk about overheads?
How many times have you heard that “charities don’t pay overheads”? And the version of this that goes …”My university won’t let me apply for charity research funding” ? Let’s look at the data The UK Research Councils’ policy …
Early Career Researcher events and Annual Symposium
We thought we would take this opportunity to provide a summary of our recent Early Career Researcher events, as well as give some more details about our upcoming Annual Symposium. Our Early Career Researcher event In November 2024, we …
The Innovation Fellowships in Healthy Ageing: bridging the gap between academia and industry
Many researchers in academia find themselves asking: How can my work go beyond contributing to the body of knowledge? How can I make an impact now? This is especially true in ageing-related research, where the challenges are pressing and …
Joint Vivensa Foundation / RNID Translational Research Grants
We are delighted to be partnering with RNID to support their Translational Research Grant scheme which aims to support and accelerate the development of research discoveries into potential new treatments to protect and restore hearing and /or silence tinnitus. …
Joint Vivensa Foundation / RNID Early-career Post-doctoral Fellowship
The Vivensa Foundation is working with RNID to build research capacity in age-related hearing research, by supporting the career development of the UK’s most talented new ‘investigators’ towards becoming independent scientists. The latest call for proposals is now open …
NIHR Policy Research Unit in Healthy Ageing – Webinar Series
Register for a webinar series showcasing the work of PhD students jointly funded by the Dunhill Medical Trust.