Our work
Duet supports projects that are practical, deliverable and unlikely to attract commercial sponsorship or a government grant. We give money, solid expertise and we give time.
Rare diseases
A rare disease can take years to be recognised and diagnosed. We fund the practical work that shortens that wait, from education to clearer referral routes for available treatments.
Medicines and side effects
Medicines only work if people can keep taking them. We support research into side effects and how they can be prevented, spotted and managed.
Research and education
Good science is wasted if nobody can understand it. We fund communication and education that helps the public, patients and clinicians make sense of the evidence.
Duet is running its own projects to begin with, so we are not inviting funding applications at the moment.
Duet picks the questions its Founders have watched go unanswered, in rare diseases, medicine safety and health education.
Our Founders and Trustees assess the science themselves, and we speak to clinicians or patient groups where it helps.
Each project gets funding, plus advice on study design, regulation and communication, and introductions through our network.
When appropriate, we ask for short, plain updates rather than lengthy reports, and we publish what the work found — including when it didn't work.
Duet is funded by our Founders and by people who believe useful research should not stall for want of a modest amount of money. Every gift goes into projects.
