Accelerator Award (round 1) - University of Leicester
BHF-funded research is behind many of the advances that are helping people with heart and circulatory diseases to live longer, better lives. By investing in research we are supporting scientists to make potentially life-saving discoveries, which could help us beat the heartbreak of heart and circulatory diseases, both in the UK and worldwide. But finding the answers to complex questions and challenges in heart and circulatory disease research can take more than a one-off project. The BHF Accelerator Awards will encourage pioneering research of the highest calibre, potentially supporting applications for Research Excellence Awards in the future. The aim of these awards is to support universities to develop their heart and circulatory disease research programmes to their full potential. This flexible funding will enable these institutions to take the next step towards internationally recognised research excellence. BHF Professor Gavin Murphy leads a team at the University of Leicester who are investigating precision medicine – where an individual person’s genes, environment and lifestyle are taken into consideration when deciding their treatment. They will work in areas including genomics, biomarker discovery and imaging techniques, and apply this to stroke medicine, vascular surgery and new types of treatments for heart and circulatory diseases.
Project details
| Grant amount | £1,000,000 |
|---|---|
| Grant type | Chairs & Programme Grants |
| Application type | Accelerator Award |
| Start Date | 01 April 2019 |
| Duration | 5 years |
| Reference | AA/18/3/34220 |
| Status | In Progress |
