How much does Asthma UK spend on research?
In previous years, Asthma UK has spent approximately £3 million each year on its research programme. To date, the charity has spent nearly £50 million on research to understand more about asthma, its causes and treatments. Whilst total amounts available for research funding from the charity can vary between years, our annual research spend continues to be a combination of capacity building and project-based grant support for asthma research. This includes long-term support for two professorial chairs and related staff, medium-term support for exceptional individuals through the Research Fellowship scheme (link) and project support through an annual competition to fund the best research ideas from the asthma research community. We have also recently introduced funding for PhD studentships.
