NIHR Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre Call for Interdisciplinary Research Proposals

Deadline Friday 8^th November 2024, 17:00

This initiative aims to provide researchers within NUTH, CNTW and Newcastle University with the opportunity to establish cross-discipline collaborations and to develop synergistic programmes of research that align with the BRC’s vision to transform lives through world-class research in ageing and multiple long-term conditions.

The BRC aims to drive excellence through themes with breadth and depth of world-class research in the following areas:

• Ageing, Sarcopenia and Multimorbidity
• Dementia, Mental Health and Neurodegeneration
• Digital Health, Ageing Innovation and Inclusion
• Informatics and Precision Care for an Ageing Population
• Liver Disease, Multimorbidity and Lifestyle
• Musculoskeletal Disease and Inflammation Medicine
• Neuromuscular Disease, Rare Diseases and Mitochondrial Dysfunction
• Skin Disease, Oral Disease and Immunogenomics

Through this call we aim to support a range of interdisciplinary activities including work in the five following priority areas:

1. Collecting standardised ageing and MLTC data across patient cohorts
2. Focusing on patient-priority symptoms including low mood and mobility
3. Incorporating advances in wearable technology across themes
4. Linking different rare disease research areas
5. Sharing mechanistic expertise such as single cell genomics

We encourage proposals from applicants who do not currently have links with the BRC but are keen to develop them. We welcome cross-faculty collaborations, proposals involving local NHS trusts and collaborations with industry partners.

• Funding up to £10k per project is available
• Projects should start in April 2025
• Projects should be no more than 12 months’ duration