The Global Cardiovascular Research Funding Forum (GCRFF) has announced new awards aimed at improving funding strategies for impactful research into heart-related diseases.
Participants will have to assess the return on investment for research funding while accurately identifying funding gaps in cardiovascular and stroke science, and the winner of the competition will receive a prize of US$20,000.
Entries must utilize a variety of artificial intelligence and machine learning models to assess the success of their funded research applications. Key indicators include an assessment of whether funded projects secure additional financial support, achieve stated objectives, promote new research avenues, and improve human health outcomes, among other things. included.
One of the objectives is to highlight potential disparities in funding allocation across different cardiovascular diseases and strokes around the world.
Researchers can identify and remediate potential areas of underfunding within the field of cardiovascular and stroke research by contrasting the proportion of funding to the prevalence and severity of different diseases. We are aiming for
Twelve member organizations of GCRFF will provide grant data, including both the British Heart Foundation (BHF) and the American Heart Association (AHA). Researchers can also use AHA’s precision medicine platform to leverage their own datasets for analysis.
In addition to the winner’s prize, second and third place winners will each receive $5,000 USD. All awards are contingent on the final research results being published in a peer-reviewed journal.
BHF chief executive Dr Charmaine Griffiths said this initiative was a vital step towards optimizing cardiovascular research funding.
“This exciting new award will address the important question of how cardiovascular research funders can ensure they support the best research projects. By gaining a deeper understanding of how to identify and improve the effectiveness of cardiovascular research, we can achieve more breakthroughs and save more lives in the years to come.” said.
The deadline for submitting proposals is June 10, 2024. Click here for information and application guidelines. here.
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