Research Excellence at the University of Oxford

Research Excellence (round 3) - University of Oxford

By investing in research the BHF are supporting scientists to make potentially life-saving discoveries, which could help us beat the heartbreak caused by heart and circulatory diseases across the world. But sometimes it takes more than a one-off project to find the answers. Rather than award money to a specific project, the Research Excellence Awards support a wide range of infrastructure and collaborations between researchers at each university. This flexible funding model means that innovative research can rapidly get off the ground without delay. It encourages experts from diverse fields to come together to tackle the most challenging problems. From biologists to engineers, physicians to mathematicians: the varied perspectives and knowledge fosters creative thinking and innovation. The awards also help to secure the UK’s future as a world-leader in heart and circulatory disease research, by attracting and nurturing future research leaders, and encouraging the agile exploitation of new ideas. These awards now fund work in six of the UK’s leading universities, including this award to the University of Oxford. The team, led by BHF Professor Hugh Watkins will work on subjects including big data, human genetics, discovery of new drug targets and heart development and regeneration.