What we fund
We provide
personal support for non-clinical and clinical cardiovascular
researchers at all stages of their career.
We also provide grants for short and long
term research projects, essential infrastructure and strategic
initiatives.
For more information and for specific grant
guidelines, please select the relevant grant type from the list
below.
Also check the Researcher
noticeboard for one-off funding initiatives including
UK Cardovascular Regenerative Medicine
Centres and
Research Excellence Awards (round 2)
Grant types
Project
Grants
For research projects lasting up to 3 years and costing less than
£300,000.
Special
Project Grants
For research projects costing more than £300,000 (for example,
clinical trials).
Programme
Grants
For long term support on a 5 year rolling basis.
Personal Chairs
BHF Professors
appointed to recognised UK centres of excellence should bring
research leadership at an internationally competitive level and
a commitment to training future cardiovascular
scientists.
New Horizons
Grants
To encourage participation in cardiovascular research by
scientists from outside traditional cardiovascular
biology, and to bring novel expertise to the field.
Infrastructure Grants
To fund essential infrastructure to support cardiovascular research
in an academic institution.
Strategic
Initiatives
To fund strategic capital needs or a strategic appointment.
Fellowships
Non-clinical
Non-clinical PhD Studentships
To provide a foundation training in research.
Advanced
Training Awards
To provide researchers with an opportunity
to re-train and gain additional expertise within one year of
submitting a PhD. Candidates must be moving into a different field
of science or entering cardiovascular science from a different
discipline.
Intermediate Basic Science Research
Fellowships
To fund talented individuals hoping to
become research leaders.
Career Re-entry Research Fellowships
To
provide an opportunity to re-establish a career in cardiovascular
science after a break of more than 2 years.
Senior Basic Science Research
Fellowships
To fund outstanding individuals who are
expected to reach Readership or Chair level within 5 years.
Clinical
MBPhD
Studentships
To allow talented medical students to
complete a PhD before the end of their medical degree; restricted
to UK institutions that have recognised MBPhD programmes.
Clinical Research Training Fellowships
To
provide a training in research after Foundation Year 2 and before
consultant status (CCT).
Intermediate Clinical Research
Fellowships
To fund individuals with an established
research record who intend to become leaders in academic medical
research. The individual may progress to consultant level during
the fellowship.
Clinical Research Leave Fellowships
To
allow NHS consultants with a recent research record to carry out
research in a recognised UK centre of excellence in cardiovascular
medicine.
Senior Clinical Research Fellowships
To
fund outstanding individuals who are expected to reach
Readership or Chair level within 10 years.
Other funding schemes
Starter Grants for Clinical Lecturers
To
provide start up funds to allow Clinical Lecturers to pursue
cardiovascular research.
Travel
Fellowships
To fund a visit by an experienced
researcher to a distinguished laboratory abroad, either for a
short period to acquire specialist expertise, or for a longer
period to carry out research that cannot be done in the
UK.
Small
Meeting Funds
Up to £3,000 towards the support of small
meetings in the UK on focused areas of cardiovascular science.