Project funding opportunity
Women and Children Domain Manchester Academic Health Science Centre (MAHSC) Opportunity to apply for project funding
MAHSC is a partnership between The University of Manchester and six NHS organisations in Greater Manchester. AHSC designation recognises international excellence across research, innovation, education and clinical service. It demonstrates the potential to excel in translational medicine; the process of bringing the best new discoveries to the care patients receive every day.
MAHSC has six areas of clinical focus (domains). The domains work towards objectives that contribute to improving patient care. Importantly, each domain’s activity spans all of our partners.
The Women and Children domain aims to deliver better care through enhanced diagnosis and treatment for patients, through personalised medicine approaches for both rare and common diseases. Priority areas for the domain include:
What is the funding?
- Maximum funding available per project is in the region of £10,000. We hope to fund 4-6 projects.
- It is important that projects within MAHSC lead to improved patient outcomes. It is recognised that the small projects funded by these grants may not achieve direct benefit within a short timespan but the pathway to patient benefit should be clear.
- Look at the interface between health and social care in line with Devo Manchester.
- Cut across the speciality areas within the domain as well as across the MAHSC Partnership
- Extend existing projects, if there is clear evidence that this will facilitate applications for external funding.
- Form pilot projects which would lead to applications for high quality external funding.
- Consider patient or public involvement/engagement
- Involve collaborations with colleagues across the MAHSC partnership
- Deal with challenges of particular importance to the Women and Children domain. Projects can address domain priority areas but are not restricted to the areas shown on the infographic on Page 1
- The Women and Children domain strongly encourage applications that:
- The Women and Children Domain is providing funding for innovative projects that identify and tackle a health problem across MAHSC.
- Projects should come from one or more of the domain specialty areas:
- Women’s Health: Obstetrics
- Women’s Health: Gynaecology
- Genetics
- Adolescent and Young Adult Health
- Paediatrics
- Projects should support domain specialties, aims and objectives across one of these areas:
- Translational Research
- Clinical Service
- Education and Training
- Applications can consist of either or a combination of the following:
- Funding to buy time to be released from clinical and other sessions in order for staff to have more time to dedicate to the project
- Consumables and other costs involved with the project.
Who can apply?
- All staff are welcome to apply
- The awards are available to staff working at one of the MAHSC partners:
Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust
Salford Clinical Commissioning Group
Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust
The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
The University of Manchester
University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust
- Applications from a team involving one or more of the MAHSC partners are encouraged
What are the timeframes?
- Closing date for applications is Friday 30 October 2015
- The work funded by the grant should be completed by 31 July 2016
- Awarded grants must be spent by 31 July 2016.
How do I apply?
- Applications should be made on the application form and be submitted, as an email attachment, to talks-2@manchester.ac.uk
- The detail provided on the application form should not extend to more than 2 pages (Arial 11 font)
- Informal enquiries can be made to Zoe Talks, on tel 01671 901 0720 and the above email.
What is the selection process?
- The Women and Children Domain Operational Group will review all applications and make final decision on projects to fund.
The group consists of:
Woman’s Health:
Gynaecology: Richard Edmondson
Obstetrics: Claire Tower and Ed Johnstone
Genetics:
Gareth Evans
MAHSC Cross cutting theme: Graeme Black
Paediatrics Adolescent and Young Adult Health:
Adrian Woolf,
Stavros Stivaros
Adolescent and Young Adult Health: Janet McDonagh
Reporting
- Successful applicants will make a six-monthly progress report (max 500 words) and a final report on the outcomes (max 500 words) to the Women and Children Domain Operational Group within 6 months of the project completion date.
- Funding may be withdrawn at any point if it is felt that insufficient progress has been made.
- All outputs arising from this work must acknowledge the support of the Manchester Academic Health Science Centre.
- The awarding committee reserves the right to publicise these investments in the public domain and it is your responsibility to state clearly in your application if there are any potential intellectual property issues which need to be considered.
