The application period is Tuesday 6th October 2020 – Thursday 26th November 2020 at 1pm What does the SPARC award include? The NIHR SPARC offers awards of up to £5,000 per individual and allows NIHR Academy Members (PhD or early career post-doctoral [...]
The NIHR today issued guidance to protect both COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 research during a ‘second wave’ of high COVID-19 activity. The guidance states that research staff funded by NIHR should not be deployed to front line duties except in exceptional circumstances. This is in [...]
Bit Bio, a synthetic biology company combining data science and biology to code cells for the wellbeing of humanity, has announced the close of a $41.5 million Series A investment, bringing the company’s total funding to $50 million. Bit Bio’s aim is to decode “cellular [...]
Covid-19 Challenge Closed: The Brain MIC has been pleased with the expressions of interests received through this open challenge however, as the country re-emerges with easing of lockdown it is the right time to close this particular challenge. Brain Injury MIC COVID-19 Challenge Recognising [...]
The Health Foundation has launched a new research programme, which seeks to understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in two distinct areas. This programme aligns with their strategic priorities and complements the existing research funding landscape. The COVID-19 Research Programme will prioritise funding [...]
Seedcorn Funding Competition 2020 has been deferred due to COVID-19 pandemic In view of the current situation that we are all now facing, the NIHR Brain Injury MedTech Co-operative has decided to defer the launch of the Seedcorn Funding Competition. Please, revisit the webpage [...]
https://www.nihr.ac.uk/covid-19/ Other current COVID-19 Funding Opportunities: Testing Methods Sourcing Platform https://testingmethods.crowdicity.com Platform in partnership between the Department of Health and Social Care, the UK Bioindustry Association, British In Vitro Diagnostics Association and the Royal College of Pathologists. COVID-19 and mitigating impact on health [...]
Following the national prioritisation process established by the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) in response to the novel coronavirus pandemic and the Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust guidelines to help researchers delivering Covid-19 studies, the NIHR Brain Injury MedTech Co-operative has [...]
Dr Mark Kotter and Dr Benjamin Davies, from Cambridge, and Iwan Sandler, from South Wales, founded ‘Myelopathy.org’, a pioneering charity that is driving scientific research and support for sufferers of Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy (CSM), a little known degenerative condition which causes pain and loss [...]
The New Year Honours list, published on Saturday 29 December, recognises the outstanding achievements of a wide range of extraordinary people across the United Kingdom. Amongst the UK science leaders, researchers and university administrators celebrated in this year list, Professor (Emeritus) John Pickard was awarded [...]