Digestion, Kidneys & Other Organs

Research into the digestive system, kidneys, liver, and other vital organs

#24 of 29 research categories by total funding · About £22 per person in the UK

Funded awards

4,176

Published funding

£1.5B

Average published award

£440K

Active funded awards

532

NIHR-supported projects

4,017

Amounts are published for 3,332 of 4,176 funded awards. Data as of 16 July 2026.

InnovateUK funds the most Digestion, Kidneys & Other Organs research — 1,208 grants (29% of the topic). The busiest year was 2020, with 353 grants.

Top Funders by Funded Award Count

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Funder	Funded awards
InnovateUK	1,208
NIHR	586
MRC	473
EPSRC	456
BBSRC	346
Wellcome	225
UKRI	216
EC	211
CRUK	113
AMS	55

Funded Awards by Year

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Year	Funded awards
2006	55
2007	67
2008	87
2009	103
2010	149
2011	133
2012	176
2013	204
2014	203
2015	284
2016	240
2017	298
2018	235
2019	279
2020	353
2021	244
2022	320
2023	304
2024	270
2025	131

Grants


Investigating the bacterial response to antimicrobials in kidney organoids.	University of Edinburgh	BBSRC	Not disclosed	2023	Active
AIDED - Acute kIDnEy injury in coviD-19.	University of Nottingham	UKRI	£100K	2020	Completed
IgA2 anti-DNA antibodies as a biomarker of organ involvement and response to belimumab after rituximab in systemic lupus erythematosus	University College London	VsArthritis	£268K	2022	Completed
PeriFAST: a new product to rapidly identify effective antibiotics to treat peritonitis in vulnerable kidney and liver failure patients.	Microbiosensor Limited	InnovateUK	£1.2M	2020	Completed
Development and evaluation of microRNA-based nanoscale delivery systems for inflammatory bowel disorders: DEMONSTRATE Study	University of Nottingham	MRC	£1.1M	2025	Active
Targeting endothelial and erythrocyte glcocalicies for the novel diagnosis and treatment of renal disease	University of Bristol	MRC	£1.1M	2022	Active
Development of a Novel Liver Dialysis Device	University College London	MRC	£949K	2010	Completed
ENLIGHT : Light-sensitive Engineered Living Material for acne therapy	University of Glasgow	UKRI	£187K	2023	Completed
Developing wearable fluorescence sensors for non-invasive measurement of gastro-intestinal function	Imperial College London	EPSRC	Not disclosed	2024	Active
Utilising longitudinal biomarker data to improve risk prediction and follow-up scheduling in patients with Chronic Kidney Disease	University of Edinburgh	Wellcome	Not disclosed	2025	Active
The role of different diets in children who are gastrostomy fed	University of York	NIHR	£469K	2019	Completed
The use of skin blisters to dissect the abnormal inflammatory response to monosodium urate crystals in Behçet's Syndrome	Imperial College London	VsArthritis	£209K	2010	Completed
Development of a new toolbox of sensors for monitoring the status of the gut	University of Cambridge	EPSRC	Not disclosed	2020	Completed
Local targeting in inflammatory bowel disease: Investigating the suitability of drug-loaded exosomes for oral delivery	University College London	EPSRC	Not disclosed	2020	Completed
Loss of Keratin 76 in Thymic Epithelial Cells affects Skin Tissue Self-Antigens presentation in the Thymus and disrupts T cell tolerance	Queen Mary University of London	MRC	Not disclosed	2020	Completed
Detection of VOCs by SERS for Disease Diagnosis	University of Strathclyde	EPSRC	Not disclosed	2024	Active
Mechanisms of ventral body wall closure	King's College London	BBSRC	£610K	2023	Active
Sonopill: minimally invasive gastrointestinal diagnosis and therapy	University of Dundee	EPSRC	£5.0M	2013	Completed
Sonopill: minimally invasive gastrointestinal diagnosis and therapy	University of Glasgow	EPSRC	£3.2M	2015	Completed
Skin microbial devices (skindev)	Imperial College London	UKRI	£1.4M	2023	Active

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