Current status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 20 January 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to support research and clinical trials for the medical condition, eosinophilic oesophagitis.
Within the Scottish Government, funding of Health and Care Research comes under the remit of the Chief Scientist Office (CSO).
CSO funds research projects via its Translational Clinical Studies (TCS) Committee and the Health Improvement, Protection and Services Research (HIPS) Committee
https://www.cso.scot.nhs.uk/grant-funding/response-mode-funding-schemes/
CSO funds capacity building research via its Fellowship Funding programmes
https://www.cso.scot.nhs.uk/fellowship-funding/
Research funding is not allocated to any particular condition and CSO funds research across the clinical spectrum. All applications go through a process of independent expert review to allow funding decisions to be made. Applications on eosinophilic oesophagitis are welcomed and CSO's role is well known across the Health and Care research community in Scotland