HSA Small Research Grant
Open for Application
The HSA promotes the humane treatment of all animals kept for food or other products during transport, marketing, slaughter, and killing for welfare reasons and disease control.
The HSA Small Research Grant supports research projects applying for up to £5,000 of funding.
Applications for research funding of more than £5,000 should be made via a Large Research Grant.
If you are seeking financial support for: attending or organising educational or scientific meetings, lectures, courses, or training visits; or for other small (non-research) events in support of HSA’s objectives, please apply using a Travel, Training and Other Events Grant.
If your project is not specifically focused on animal welfare during transport, at markets, or during slaughter, then please consider applying for a grant from our sister charity, the Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (UFAW) instead. UFAW supports a wide variety of projects across all animal species.
How to apply
Please visit our Frequently Asked Questions page and read carefully the Terms and Conditions for HSA Research Grants, before submitting an application.
Completed application forms are accepted throughout the year. However, please ensure that any request for funding is submitted at least two months before the project start date. Applications received outside of this timeframe will not be eligible for funding.
Please ensure that animal welfare is the main focus of the research project. We do not support projects in which the main focus is a non-welfare parameter, for example, animal production, or the improvement of meat quality. The animal welfare benefits must be stated very clearly.
You can see some of our recently supported projects on the HSA website: Recent Projects.
Further information
If further information is required, please visit our Frequently Asked Questions page, or contact the HSA directly via email: grants@hsa.org.uk.
