BHF Research Excellence Awards

researchersRaising the pulse of heart research

More than one in three deaths in the UK are from heart and circulatory disease. We believe pioneering research is vital to help reduce this death toll.

In an exciting new £34 million initiative we are establishing four Centres of BHF Research Excellence. They will use innovative approaches to fuel scientific discovery and medical advances in prevention, diagnosis and treatment of heart disease. 

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We invest nearly £100 in research every minute. Already our groundbreaking work has helped to save thousands of lives, and improve the quality of thousands more. But still, every year many people die prematurely because of heart disease, and those who survive can find life difficult and frightening.

Now, we are paving the way for researchers in the UK to raise the pulse of heart disease research and develop new treatments, faster than ever before.

Centres of BHF Research Excellence

We have established four Centres.

Each Centre will receive up to £1.5 million per year over six years.

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Key aims

test tubeThis investment, together with the researchers’ drive and commitment will ensure each Centre achieves three main aims:

  • To jump-start innovative research projects and support inspirational ideas
  • To seek out and train the very best young doctors and scientists to become the next generation of heart researcherss
  • To foster pioneering research partnerships between heart scientists and other specialists, such as engineers and mathematicians, to gain brand new insight and ideas to tackle heart disease.

This unique initiative will provide the roots from which the next generation of world-leading heart researchers will grow.

The Centres of BHF Research Excellence should produce more than 150 talented new researchers who can tackle heart disease. And that’s just the start – the investment will grow as researchers collaborate and move between universities, accelerating progress across the UK.

With the BHF’s help, UK heart research will bring life-saving treatments to more people, more quickly.


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