The Manchester Academic Health Science Centre (MAHSC) Inflammation & Repair (I&R) Research Domain, part of Health Innovation Manchester are offering the opportunity to apply for supportive funding to pump prime new projects or to progress existing projects in I&R research in Greater Manchester.

This award will be open for applications until Friday 11^th October and a maximum of £10,000 is available per project/application. We expect funding to be available in December 2025 following an internal review of all applications.

The MAHSC I&R Domain would encourage all applications that are aiming to enable researchers to further develop existing projects aligned to the domain or overcome specific barriers to project development:

• Existing funded projects requiring specific support to progress data interrogation or statistical analysis.
• Emerging clinical topics that require support for patient and public involvement for development into fully formed research proposals.
• Ideas aligned to the key themes of inflammation and repair (living well, early detection etc..) requiring development into future research proposals

Research projects should be aligned to the specialties of Inflammation & Repair and should focus on areas such as:

• Developing new technologies or biomarkers to improve diagnosis and treatment of relevant inflammation conditions
• Furthering knowledge and understanding of mechanisms within these diseases and health
• Acquiring materials and consumables to support research that may have encountered barriers to progress

In general we are aiming to support projects looking to acquire technical expertise, generate pilot data, improve and acquire software or equipment, and provide materials towards research, though this is not an exhaustive list.

It is important to note that we require all funds to be allocated to project activity/spending before the end of March 2025, though project activity may continue beyond this point.

To apply please complete the application form here

For more information please contact: Peter Mellor Peter.mellor@healthinnovationmanchester.com or the MAHSC general inbox MAHSC@healthinnovationmanchester.com