Strategic funding
CVS has been successful in a series of competitions for strategic funding, that have been used to develop training programmes, core facilities and strategic links with collaborating partners:
- Wellcome Trust Cardiovascular Research Initiative (£7M 1998-2005)
- British Heart Foundation 4-year PhD Programme (2003 - date; currently 7 students per annum)
- British Heart Foundation Integrative Physiology Award (£5M 1999-2005)
- British Heart Foundation Imaging Facility (£1.7M 2005)
- British Heart Foundation Clinical Research Infrastructure Initiative (£4.4M 2005)
- Two British Heart Foundation Chairs (Profs Keith Fox and David Newby)
A flagship award is the British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence (£7.6M 2008-2014), directed by Prof John Mullins, which is hosted in CVS. Further details of this initiative are on the BHF CoRE website.
CVS is a partner in several collaborative strategic awards, including:
- Tommy's the Baby Charity's Centre for Maternal and Fetal Health
- MRC Development Pathway Funding Scheme Portfolio Award