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.

Currently, we are offering the following medical research grants:

Heart Research UK is offering a Covid-19 specific research grant to support research into the links between Covid-19 and heart disease.

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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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Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, we have decided to suspend TRP, Scotland and PhD Studentship grants until 2021. Please keep an eye on the Heart Research UK website for further updates.

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Scotland Grant

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, we have decided to suspend TRP, Scotland and PhD Studentship grants until 2021. Please keep an eye on the Heart Research UK website for further updates.

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PhD studentships

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, we have decided to suspend TRP, Scotland and PhD Studentship grants until 2021. Please keep an eye on the Heart Research UK website for further updates.

Covid-19 Message for grant applicants

Translational Research Project (TRP), Scotland and PhD Studentship Grants

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, we have decided to suspend TRP, Scotland and PhD Studentship grants until 2021. Please keep an eye on the Heart Research UK website for further updates.

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