Researcher noticeboard

Check the noticeboard regularly to find out about upcoming events and opportunities for the cardiovascular research community.

If you have any jobs, symposia, awards or anything else that you would like to advertise here, please contact Henry French.

Online grant applications

All grant applications, except for Personal Chairs, Infrastructure Grants, Strategic Initiatives and Small Meeting Funds, must now be submitted using our Grants Management System (GMS).

What is GMS?

GMS is a web based application and review process for Fellowship, Project, Programme, Special Project and New Horizons grants.

How do I register?

New users will need to register on GMS before they submit an application. If you are already registered, sign in with your email address and password and update your profile if necessary.

How do I apply for a grant online?

Please begin by reading our how to apply instructions.

When you’re ready to apply, open the online application form. 

Use the GMS User Guide to help you complete all the sections of the online application form.

The following people will need to register to apply for and review most grants:

• Grant applicants and co-applicants
• Heads of department
• Institutions' administrative authorities
• Grant reviewers.

Programme grant in stroke

New applications invited

We're inviting applications for one programme grant in the field of stroke, awarded jointly between The Stroke Association and the British Heart Foundation.

Applications must be directly related to stroke illness, and must have a vascular link. Non vascular related applications, for example focusing on rehabilitation or the consequences of stroke, non angiogenic brain tissue regeneration, or non vascular neuroscience will not be considered.

The award is for up to five years in duration, and a maximum of £1 million.

Applications should be submitted in outline in the first instance to the Stroke Association. Following adjudication of the outline applications, a shortlist of applicants will be invited to submit full applications in March 2012 and the grant will be awarded in July 2012.

The closing date for receipt of outline proposals is Friday 10 February 2012.

Further details are available on the Stroke Association's website, or by contacting the Research Department, The Stroke Association, 240 City Road, London EC1V 2PR.

Starter grants for clinical lecturers

New applications invited

This funding scheme provides ‘starter’ funds to enable research-active Clinical Lecturers to pursue their research work, gather preliminary data, and strengthen their applications for longer-term fellowships and funding. The scheme, which makes awards of up to £30,000 over two years, is a collaboration between the Academy of Medical Sciences, the Wellcome Trust, the British Heart Foundation and Arthritis Research UK.

The grants are available to contribute towards research costs such as consumables and equipment. The deadline for the latest round of applications is Monday 12 March 2012. Decisions on these applications will be made by the Selection Panel in June.

Since it began in 2009, the scheme has delivered six rounds of funding and supported 130 Clinical Lecturers with grants totalling just over £3.7m. For further details of the scheme and for full eligibility criteria, please visit the Academy’s website.

Funding for cardiovascular regenerative medicine

We are 50 years old in 2011 and as part of our celebrations we're initiating one of the most ambitious programmes of research we’ve ever undertaken.

We aim to boost our research portfolio in world-leading stem cell research and development biology. In addition to our existing grant awards, we will be making major investments in fellowships, projects and programme grants aimed at understanding the fundamental science to make the promise of regenerative medicine for cardiovascular disease become a reality.

Researchers should consider us as their first port of call for funding of cardiovascular regenerative medicine research, and we welcome applications for grants in this area.

Is your research about to be published?

We always like to know when a paper from BHF-funded research is going to be published. Please let us know by email or call 020 7554 0182.