Apply for a Heart Research UK Medical Research Grant

Heart Research UK awards grants for research into the prevention, treatment and cure of heart disease.

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Currently, we are offering the following medical research grants:

These grants aim to bridge the gap between scientific research and patient care, bringing about clinical benefits in the most efficient way.

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Scotland Grant

In 2018, we announced a special grant for Scotland and in 2020 we are inviting applications again from researchers at institutions in Scotland.

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PhD studentships

From 2020, Heart Research UK is introducing a new, dedicated PhD studentship scheme. Further details will be announced soon.

Novel and Emerging Technologies (NET) Grants

These grants are for research projects which focus on the development of new and innovative technologies to diagnose, treat and prevent heart disease and related conditions.

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Research Works - World Heart Month
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Research Works – National Heart Month
Sally Bee - Erwin Hymer
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Heart Research UK Ambassador Sally Bee to front motorhome company’s first anniversary celebrations
Think Aorta Campaign
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Think Aorta campaign updtae
Masterclass 2017 Hull
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Masterclass 2017 Hull
Masterclass 2018 Coventry
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Masterclass 2018 Coventry
Heart of Scotland - Dover House
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Heart of Scotland – Dover House launch
Heart of Scotland Launch
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Heart of Scotland launch
Masterclass 2019
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Masterclass 2019 – Middlesbrough and Newcastle
Masterclass November 2019
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Masterclass November 2019 – Keele
Masterclass 2019
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Masterclass 2019 – Leeds
DNA in diseased hearts
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Studying how DNA is expressed in diseased hearts
Pseudoaneurysms in the groin
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Novel treatment for ‘pseudoaneurysms’ in the groin
Inflamation in blood vessels
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Reducing inflammation to protect against heart and blood vessel disease
Heart disease in spinal cord injury
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The benefits of breaking up prolonged sedentary time on heart disease risk in people with spinal cord injury
Take up the weekend breakfast challenge
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Healthy Tip: Take up the weekend breakfast challenge
Registry for heart disease
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A heart disease registry for Northern Ireland
Take a leaf out of Veganuary
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Healthy Heart Tip: Take a leaf out of Veganuary
Hang a bauble on our tree of memories
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Hang a bauble on our tree of memories
Healthy Heart Advent Calendar
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Healthy Heart Advent Calendar
Weakened muscles due to heart failure
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Why does heart failure make our muscles become smaller and weaker?
‘Pre-habilitation’ for cardiac surgery
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‘Pre-habilitation’ in elderly patients undergoing cardiac surgery
Pregnancy outcomes and cardiomyopathy
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Pregnancy outcomes in women with cardiomyopathy
Improving artificial heart pumps
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A new technology for implanted electrical heart pumps in the treatment of heart failure
Cardiac rehabilitation for Scotland
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Improving access to cardiac rehabilitation for people with heart failure in Scotland
Eliminating 'Zombie' Cells
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Eliminating ‘zombie’ cells in your heart could alleviate age-related cardiac deterioration
Predicting heart attacks
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A new tool for predicting risk of cardiovascular event or death in patients who have suffered a heart attack
Have a heart healthy Halloween
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Healthy Heart Tip: Have a heart healthy Halloween
Preventing fats in arteries
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Can ‘small RNA’ molecules prevent build-up of fats in arteries?
Cardiac rehabilitation and activity
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Can heart disease patients taking part in cardiac rehabilitation be encouraged to stay active for longer?
Meridian - Blueprint 22
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Meridian – Blueprint 22
Preventing graft failure
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Overwriting blood vessel identity to prevent graft failure
Fundraising visit to Subway
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Fundraising visit to Subway
Healthy Heart Tip: Stoptober
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Healthy Heart Tip: Stoptober
Granada - Blackpool FC Community Trust
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Granada – Blackpool FC Community Trust (BFCCT)
Deep learning heart diagnosis
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Next generation diagnosis of coronary heart disease using ‘deep learning’
Healthy Heart Tip: World Heart Day
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Healthy Heart Tip: World Heart Day
Glasgow - Detecting heart failure
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New methods to detect heart failure ‘before it happens’ and develop strategies to prevent it
Motocaddy - CPR app
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Golfers get CPR and defibrillator support from new golfing app
New drugs to improve blood supply
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New drugs to improve blood supply to the heart in patients suffering a heart attack
Know you numbers. Change your numbers.
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Know your numbers. Change your numbers.
Toxic impact of hip replacements
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Investigating the ‘cardiotoxic’ effects of cobalt in patients with hip replacements
Shetland Fisherman - Heart of Scotland
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Shetland Fishermen’s Association supporting the Heart of Scotland Appeal
Heart Surgery PSP
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Heart Surgery PSP
Metals in coronary heart disease
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Metal fingerprinting in coronary heart disease for better diagnosis and treatment
Scotland - Dwarf Sports Association
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Scotland – The Dwarf Sports Association
Developing New MRI techniques
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Developing new MRI techniques for microscopic insights into heart muscle structure
Analysing hearts with waves
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Using wave intensity analysis to benefit patients with advanced heart failure
Yorkshire - Rotherham United Trust
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Yorkshire – Rotherham United Community Sports Trust
Association on Disability
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Tyne Tees – Darlington Association on Disability (DAD)
NI - The Fitzone foundation
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Northern Ireland – The Fitzone foundation
Central - Ecobirmingham
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Central – Ecobirmingham
Studying a thickened heart
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Developing a new imaging method to study blood supply to a thickened heart
Blood test for high risk patients
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Developing a new blood test to identify high-risk patients following treatment for a heart attack
National Centre for Integrative Medicine
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HTV – National Centre for Integrative Medicine (NCIM)
HTV - Swindon Fencing Club
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HTV – Swindon Fencing Club
Diagnosing diabetic vascular disease
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Detecting hidden markers to investigate and diagnose diabetic vascular disease
Anglia - Support 4 Sight
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Anglia – Support 4 Sight
Anglia - Home-Start Colchester
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Anglia – Home-Start Colchester
Peterborough Environment City Trust
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Anglia – Peterborough Environment City Trust
West Country - Argyle Community Trust
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West Country – Argyle Community Trust
Obesity UK Bognor Regis
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Meridian – Obesity UK Bognor Regis
Basement membrane in heart disease
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Investigating the role of the ‘basement membrane’ in heart disease
Preventing kidney damage in angiography
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A new treatment to prevent kidney damage in people undergoing angiography
Making every donor heart count
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Making every donor heart count
Scotland - The Feel Good Women’s Group
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Scotland – The Feel Good Women’s Group
Ayr United Football Academy
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Scotland – Ayr United Football Academy
Scotland - The Conservation Volunteers
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Scotland – The Conservation Volunteers
Friends of St Brigid’s Primary School
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Northern Ireland – Friends of St Brigid’s Primary School Association
Tyne Tees - Women Today
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Tyne Tees – Women Today
Yorkshire - Pedal Ready
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Yorkshire – Pedal Ready
Northern Ireland - Errigal Ciaran GAC
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Northern Ireland – Errigal Ciaran GAC
HTV - Bristol Flyers
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HTV – Bristol Flyers
NI - Willowfield Parish Community Assoc
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Northern Ireland – Willowfield Parish Community Association
Therapy for heart failure
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Could UDCA be a new antifibrotic therapy for chronic heart failure?
Central - Ideal for all
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Central – Ideal for all
Ashmore Park Community Association
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Central – Ashmore Park Community Association
Inflamation in heart disease
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Blood platelets and inflammation in heart disease
Genetic test for stem cells treatment
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Developing a genetic test to improve the success of stem cell treatment for heart disease
Imaging children's hearts
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Imaging the heart in children born with heart disease – the 5-minute magnetic resonance scan
Cancer patients & heart disease
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Stopping cancer patients getting heart disease
Benefits and risk of e-cigarettes
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Investigating the benefits and risks of using electronic cigarettes as an aid to stop smoking
Building babies blood vessels
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Building new blood vessels to treat babies with structural defects of the heart
Treating heart attacks with cell therapy
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Treating heart attacks using cell therapy
Exercise to reduce heart disease risk
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Exercise to reduce heart disease risk: which type of exercise programme is most suitable for people with a kidney transplant?
Test for sudden cardiac death
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Developing a novel ECG-based test to measure the risk of sudden cardiac death
Developing new imaging techniques
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Developing new imaging techniques for coronary heart disease
Identifying infective endocarditis risk
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Investigating who is at risk of developing or dying from infective endocarditis
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