Call for Research Proposals: BRC Inflammation, Immunity and Immunotherapeutics theme

The BRC’s Inflammation, Immunity and Immunotherapeutics (III) theme is inviting proposals for grants to support experimental medicine aligned to the theme’s research strategy.

Awards will be made up to the value of £150,000, for directly incurred costs until the end of March 2021. The deadline for applications is 5pm on Monday 21 January 2019.

Download the application form.

Applicants must demonstrate clearly how their proposals align with the objectives of the III theme. Key theme objectives are:

1. Identification and validation of targets for novel therapies.

2. Validation of biomarkers and novel functional imaging to assess responses to novel therapies.

3. Delivery of novel therapies (including drug development, drug re-purposing, cell & gene therapies, regenerative medicine) in proof of concept clinical trials.

Eligible use of the funding includes:

  • Pump priming applications for follow-on funding
  • Salary support for research staff, including staff employed to undertake skilled analysis of data
  • Research consumable costs including specialist imaging costs
  • Costs of sample preparation to make existing datasets better able to garner external funds (e.g. preparation of DNA from stored blood samples)

Preference will be given to applications that are able to leverage funding from other sources, and which have a clear and credible plan for downstream grant applications predicated on the results of research funded through this scheme.

More information is contained within the application form. Completed forms should be sent to Tina Osadolor (acting III Theme Manager) at t.osadolor@ucl.ac.uk.