Funding

How cohort studies are funded

UK Cohort studies are supported by funding from Research Councils, charities and Government departments, as summarised below.

NSHD

The National Study of Health and Development 1946 has received funding from the Medical Research Council since 1962. The latest core funding of �5.3 million and a �2.4 million grant for data collection began in April 2008.� Additional funding for specified projects comes from external sources.

NCDS

The National Child Development Study 1958 received �3.5 million from the Economic and Social Research Council for 2004-2010. Other funders include the Department for Children, Schools and Families and the Medical Research Council (which in 1999 awarded a grant for the first biomedical study of NCDS cohort members in adulthood).

BCS70

The Birth Cohort Study 1970 received �3.5 million of funding for 2004-2010 from the Economic and Social Research Council.

ALSPAC

The Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children received a total of �14.2 million from the Wellcome Trust, the Medical Research Council and the University of Bristol for 2005-2010.� Funders including the Economic and Social Research Council also support ALSPAC in a number of specified projects.

MCS

The Millennium Cohort Study 2000 received funding for the first four sweeps of the main survey from the Economic and Social Research Council and a consortium of government departments.

UK Biobank

The UK Biobank has received �62 million of funding from the Wellcome Trust, Medical Research Council, Northwest Regional Development Agency, Department of Health and Scottish Government.

LSYPE

The Longitudinal Study of Young People in England receives funding from the Department for Children, Schools and Families with contributions from other government departments.