Our partnerships with other charitable funders to support research into cardiovascular disease is an important step in our fight to beat heartbreak forever. Below is a list of organisations that we work with and details on particular research projects.
Stroke Association and Alzheimer's Society (joint funding call for research into vascular dementia) 2016/17
- Dr Roxane Carare, University of Southampton, SP/17/6/33092.
Failure of fluid drainage from cerebral white matter. BHF awarded £111,810 towards a total award of £245,198 over 3 years
- Professor Joanna Wardlaw, University of Edinburgh, SP/17/7/33093.
Rates, Risks and Routes to Reduce Vascular Dementia. BHF awarded £538,080 towards a total award of £1,179,476 over 4 years
- Dr Karen Horsburgh, University of Edinburgh, SP/17/8/33094.
Disintegration of the cerebrovascular matrisome: a central mechanism leading to small vessel disease and vascular cognitive impairment. BHF awarded £364,800 towards a total award of £799,806 over 4 years
Visit the Stroke Association and Alzheimer's Society websites.
Stroke Association
The BHF and Stroke Association previously ran an annual joint call for Clinical Study Grants in stroke research with a vascular focus. Please note that this annual call is no longer active. See below for details of past awards:
- 2016/17: Professor Richard McManus, University of Oxford, SP/17/13/33347.
Sixth grant: Towards An Integrated Self-Monitoring SolutIoN for Stroke/TIA: TASMIN5S. BHF awarded £1,109,564.00 towards a total award of £1,479,418 over 5 years.
- 2015/16: Professor Keith Muir, University of Glasgow, CS/15/8/32065.
Fifth grant: Alteplase-Tenecteplase Trial Evaluation for Stroke Thrombolysis (ATTEST-2). BHF awarded £750,000 towards a total award of £1,000,000 over 5 years.
- 2013/14: Professor Jesse Dawson, University of Glasgow, RG/13/15/30683.
Fourth grant: Xanthine oxidase Inhibition for improvement of Long-term Outcomes Following Ischaemic Stroke and Transient ischaemic attack (XILO-FIST). BHF awarded £749,952 towards a total award of £999,936 over 5 years.
- 2011/12: Professor Jonathan Mant, University of Cambridge, RG/11/8/29214.
Third grant: Does a ‘polypill’ have a role in secondary prevention of stroke in older people in the developed world (PROPS)? BHF awarded £749,864 towards a total award of £999,818 over 5 years.
- 2010/11: Professor Hugh Markus, University of Cambridge, RG/10/8/28561.
Second grant: How intensively should we treat blood pressure in established cerebral small vessel disease (PRESERVE)? BHF awarded £770,710 towards a total award of £994,464 over 5 years.
- 2009/10: Professor David Werring, University College London, RG/10/003/28214.
First grant: Microbleeds and genetic risk factors to predict the risk of intracranial haemorrhage in patients treated with anticoagulation following cardioembolic stroke due to atrial fibrillation (CROMIS-2). BHF awarded (£751,774 towards a total award of £939,718 over 5 years.
Cancer Research UK
- 2016/17: Dr David Adlam, University of Leicester, SP/16/5/32415.
Cardio-oncology: A high resolution national electronic health record investigation of the interplay between cancer and heart disease. BHF awarded £770,450 towards a total award of £1,464,961.45 over 5 years.
- 2016/17: Dr Lion Shabab, University College London, FS/16/69/32741.
Lynn MacFadyen PhD Studentship in Tobacco Control: E-cigarettes for harm reduction in people with mental illness. BHF awarded £39,137 towards a total award of £78,274 over 3 years.
You can also go to the Cancer Research UK website.
Wellcome Trust
- 2016/17: Professor Maria Conte, King’s College London, IG/16/2/32273.
Funding to support the acquisition of 800MHZ and 600MHz spectrometers and resources for automation to be housed within current NMR Facility in Centre for Biomolecular Spectroscopy. BHF awarded £1,000,000 towards a total award of £3,100,570.
- 2007/08: Professor Nish Chaturvedi, University College London, SP/07/001/23603.
Ethnic differences in risks and outcomes of the cardiometabolic syndrome: Southall and Brent revisited: SABRE. 5 years, £1,000,000 towards a total award of £2,629,948.
Visit the Wellcome Trust website.