Preposition: of

• research: Asthma UK is a major funder of asthma research in the UK.

Possessives

• guideline: Encouragement in such directions, especially where explicitly mentioned in the funder's guidelines, might be a good idea.

Converse of object

• convince: You will need to convince funders why they should support you.

• persuade: Very few excuses persuade funders to allow you to miss a deadline.

• advise: I am also advising funders on a range of relationships.

• encourage: Their approach should encourage other medical funders to follow suit.

• identify: Search by funding details The search by funding details is the best method of identifying potential funders.

• inform: The exercise has also helped to inform funders of the project's work from a first hand perspective.

Adjective modifier

• non-party: Court of Appeal The Court of Appeal looked at previous authorities on costs orders against non-parties and the three types of non-party funders.

• non-statutory: Finally we look through our information about local trusts and other non-statutory funders to complete the funding search.

• charitable: The Foundation's major investment is the first from a charitable funder.

• external: Such developments make these counties prime targets for external funders determined to get value for their money.

• statutory: There were also calls for the Commission to provide guidance for statutory funders.

• potential: Secondly, there are a number of potential new funders willing to take a stake in the project.

Noun used with modifier

• lottery: Lottery funders Websites of some of the main distributors of National Lottery funds.

• research: Authors or, more usually, their research funders pay to publish their article in a journal.

• partner: This is in line with contributions from other partner funders.

• government: The majority of local government funders are failing to pay full costs.

• match: Match funders often do not welcome requests for information at a later date.

• core: Our core funders are the Home Office's Active Communities Unit and the Community Fund.