BHF Cardiovascular Catalyst Awards

The BHF Cardiovascular Catalyst Awards provide grant funding for research into the use of advanced analytics, including artificial intelligence and machine learning, to improve cardiovascular care delivery and outcomes within the NHS. Projects could use routinely collected NHS clinical, healthcare records and process data and were expected to demonstrate likely patient, public and/or system benefit and potential for generalisability and scalability. Proposed projects were for up to two years with funding available for project costs up to £200,000. Successful proposals were selected by an expert panel including public and patient representatives.

Research grant funding of up to £200,000 and support for projects of up to two years; selection and oversight via an expert panel including public and patient representatives.

Applicants were anticipated to come from the NHS or NHS-related structures such as Academic Health Science Centres or Networks, working in partnership with others including the university sector.

Call for research proposals submitted to the British Heart Foundation; applicants expected to demonstrate patient and public involvement and proposed NHS data use; proposals assessed by an expert panel.