The Manchester Academic Health Science Centre (MAHSC) Cardiovascular Research Domain, part of Health Innovation Manchester (HInM), are offering the opportunity to apply for supportive funding to pump prime new projects or to progress existing projects in cardiovascular research in the Greater Manchester area.

This award is designed to enable researchers to access the necessary technical equipment, expertise, consumables, the ability to generate pilot data, access to specific software, programming expertise, research models, regulatory advice, training that will enable them to overcome a bottleneck to allow their research project to progress to the next level. This list is not exhaustive and other well-justified methods to overcome challenges will be considered.

Research projects should be aligned to cardiovascular research that may include, but are not limited to:

• Studies to develop pilot data for external grant applications in cardiovascular health
• Projects to develop new technologies or biomarkers to diagnose and treat cardiovascular disease
• Projects to better understand mechanisms in cardiovascular disease
• Purchase of a piece of equipment to enable cardiovascular research.

The awards should be spent by the end of 2024 and the PI and team should be working in an established research/academic institution or NHS in the GM Area.

Application Process

• Applications must have the approval of the applicant’s Clinical Director or Head of Research Centre in your department.
• Bids should be around £5,000 per application but applicants are encouraged to apply for the funds that they need, since this will open up the opportunity for more awards to be made. Applications of more than £5,000 will be considered by the review panel under exceptional circumstances and will need to be clearly justified against deliverables/outcomes.
• Applications considering solely staff costs are unlikely to be suitable for this current funding call.
• We envisage funding will be available from the end of August 2024 with a view to the funds being spent by December 2024.
• Applications should be made on the form on Pages 2-3 linked below and be submitted by Friday 16th August 2024 as an email attachment, to MAHSC@healthinnovationmanchester.com, or peter.mellor@healthinnovationmanchester.com

A decision will be shared with applicants in September 2024.