Special Project Grants
Funds large basic-science cardiovascular projects costing over £500,000 or 4+ years.
The principal investigator must be a senior researcher at an established UK research institution with a strong track record of BHF project funding and an internationally recognised research profile. Applicants first submit a preliminary Case for Support, capped at three A4 sides in Arial 12-point type, at least 18 months before the intended start date, covering the hypothesis, pilot data, expected…
This is for basic science cardiovascular research, dataset-only studies, and population/patient cohort or experimental medicine studies that are too big or too long for a standard Project Grant — specifically anything costing more than £500,000 or lasting more than 4 years. It is not for renewable programmes of work or for clinical trials, which have their own grant types.
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