HEART RESEARCH UK — grant history
Latest income
£3.4m
Grants listed (FY2025)
22
Listed grants total
£1.4m
Accounts grants total
£2.8m
listed grants do not fully reconcile with the accounts total — list may be partialextracted from its FY2025 accounts
Application guidance — from the funder’s own website
- How to apply: The website does not provide a public application form or process for unsolicited research grants. It directs interested medical professionals, clinicians, or students to 'Visit Our Professionals Hub' and states 'Got a question? ... We’re here to help. Get in touch today', implying an invitation-only or direct inquiry process rather than open applications.
What this funder supports
Causes funded
Where grantees operate
- Throughout England And Wales
- Scotland
- Gateshead
- Birmingham City
- Cornwall
- Croydon
- Buckinghamshire
- East Riding Of Yorkshire
- Essex
- Devon
What changed: FY2023 → FY2025
| Change | Grantee | FY2023 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| new | Imperial College London | — | £246k |
| new | University of Birmingham | — | £183k |
| new | University of Glasgow | — | £176k |
| new | Kings College London | — | £90k |
| new | University of Leicester | — | £88k |
| new | Liverpool John Moores University | — | £25k |
| new | Leigh Youth & Community Development Trust | — | £19k |
| new | MorphFit Gentle Movement Project | — | £13k |
| down | Voice of BME Trafford | £15k | £3k |
| down | Cornelly Development Trust | £11k | £2k |
| not listed | University of Edinburgh | £250k | — |
| not listed | Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust | £195k | — |
| not listed | University of Sheffield | £192k | — |
| not listed | Queen Mary University of London | £184k | — |
| not listed | Edinburgh Napier University | £176k | — |
| not listed | Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | £116k | — |
| not listed | University of Newcastle | £110k | — |
| not listed | NEIGHBOURHOOD NETWORK (HUMBERSIDE) CIO | £15k | — |
Grants made, per its accounts filings
| Recipient | Year | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperial College London | FY2025 | £246k | Dr Sonia Nielles-Vallespin: Clinical Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance in a third of the time |
| Imperial College London | FY2025 | £199k | Dr Ahran Arnold: Development And Validation Of Automated Capture Confirmation Tools For Conduction System Pacing |
| University of Birmingham | FY2025 | £183k | Prof Katja Gehmlich: How to make sense of cardiomyopathy-associated filamin C missense variants? |
| University of Glasgow | FY2025 | £176k | Prof Pasquale Maffia: Immunophenotyping of patients at high risk of developing heart failure |
| Imperial College London | FY2025 | £123k | Prof Cesare Terracciano: Investigating the effect of cardiac macrophages on excitation-contraction coupling in heart failure |
| Imperial College London | FY2025 | £121k | Dr Andrew Scott: Myocardial microstructure dynamics in the clinic |
| Kings College London | FY2025 | £90k | Prof Julie Sanders: Women and Cardiovascular Disease James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Exercise |
| University of Leicester | FY2025 | £88k | Prof Gavin Murphy: A National Clinical Trials Programme in UK Cardiac Surgery |
| Liverpool John Moores University | FY2025 | £25k | Dr Iain Dykes: Development of a non-invasive prenatal test for congenital heart disease using extracellular vesicles |
| Leigh Youth & Community Development Trust | FY2025 | £19k | Healthy Heart Grant |
| Ederney Community Development Trust | FY2025 | £15k | Healthy Heart Grant |
| Partick Thistle Charitable Trust | FY2025 | £14k | Healthy Heart Grant |
| MorphFit Gentle Movement Project | FY2025 | £13k | Healthy Heart Grant |
| Fusion Lifestyle - Family Heart Health | FY2025 | £10k | Healthy Heart Grant |
| Fivemiletown United Football Club | FY2025 | £10k | Healthy Heart Grant |
| Vibe Life CIC | FY2025 | £10k | Healthy Heart Grant |
| Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery | FY2025 | £5k | SCTS Annual Meeting 2025 (Edinburgh) - sponsorship of Heart Research UK lecture |
| Plymouth Sports Charity Limited | FY2025 | £4k | Healthy Heart Grant |
| Voice of BME Trafford | FY2025 | £3k | Healthy Heart Grant |
| Neighbourhood Network Humberside CIO HU7 | FY2025 | £3k | Healthy Heart Grant |
| Health Club- Old Trafford | FY2025 | £3k | Healthy Heart Grant |
| Cornelly District Development Trust | FY2025 | £2k | Healthy Heart Grant |
| University of Edinburgh | FY2023 | £250k | Professor Ruth Andrew: Blocked blood vessels, heart attacks and the role of the fat-carrying protein Lipoprotein(a) |
| Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust | FY2023 | £195k | Dr Ali Khavandi: MICROFIT: Microvascular Coronary Rehabilitation For Improving Treatment |
| University of Sheffield | FY2023 | £192k | Dr Roger Thompson: Improving detection of high blood pressure in the lungs using advanced imaging tools. |
| Queen Mary University of London | FY2023 | £184k | Dr Suchita Nadkarni: Can the mother’s immune system be used for the early detection of congenital heart defects? |
| Edinburgh Napier University | FY2023 | £176k | Dr Coral Hanson: Exercise support after spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) |
| Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | FY2023 | £116k | Ms Carin van Doorn: Creating 3D heart models to improve understanding of congenital heart problems |
| University of Newcastle | FY2023 | £110k | Dr Gavin Richardson: Predicting outcomes from heart attacks using aging cell proteins |
| Voice of BME Trafford | FY2023 | £15k | Project: Heart Friendly Health Club |
| Neighbourhood Network | FY2023 | £15k | Project: HU7’s Healthy Hearts |
| Partick Thistle Charitable Trust | FY2023 | £15k | Project: Football Fit Club |
| Ederney Community Development Trust | FY2023 | £14k | Project: Ederney Healthy Hearts |
| Cornelly Development Trust | FY2023 | £11k | Project: Pulse |
| Society for Cardio Thoracic Surgery | FY2023 | £6k | SCTS Annual Meeting 2023 (Wales) - sponsorship of HRUK lecture |
| Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust | FY2022 | £228k | Predicting thoracic aortic aneurysm progression with artificial intelligence to plan surveillance and elective surgery |
| University of Leeds | FY2022 | £217k | Optimising heart rate for contractility in patients with heart failure and pacemaker devices using peripheral haemodynamics – closing in on personalised programming for all |
| University of Dundee | FY2022 | £205k | Isotope dilution mass spectrometry-based biomarkers for management of aortic aneurysm (The “IS IT AORTIC? |
| University of Aberdeen | FY2022 | £200k | Aetiology of impaired fibrinolysis in acute coronary syndrome and appropriate treatment strategies |
| Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | FY2022 | £199k | Feasibility study for Randomised Controlled Trial of CUstodiol-HTK vs St Thomas’ solution for cardioplegia and cold static storage of UK donor hearts in cardiac transplantation (CUSToS) |
| Imperial College London | FY2022 | £199k | Physiological versus Right ventricular pacing Outcome Trial Evaluated for bradyCardia Treatment UPgrades (PROTECT-UP) |
| Sheffield Hallam University | FY2022 | £176k | Exploring the long-term cardiovascular effects of vaping: a longitudinal study (LIGER study) |
| Teesside University | FY2022 | £134k | Feasibility of a theory-informed behavioural intervention to promote uptake of cardiac rehabilitation and increase habitual physical activity levels of heart failure patients (InAct-HF) |
| University of Leeds | FY2022 | £126k | Quantification of left atrial fibrosis: associations with exercise and atrial fibrillation |
| Queen Mary University of London | FY2022 | £121k | Targeting heart failure with preserved ejection fraction in settings of arthritis (non-clinical) |
| Liverpool John Moores University | FY2022 | £120k | Mobile Health Biometrics to prescribe immediate remote physical activity for enhancing uptake to cardiac rehabilitation MOTIVATE-CR+ |
| University of Sheffield | FY2022 | £112k | A melt-electrospun cardiac patch for regeneration of the myocardium following myocardial infarction using natural and sustainable polymers (non-clinical) |
| University of Leeds | FY2022 | £90k | Excellence in Scholarship, Enterprise and Leadership (EXSEL) Programme |
| University of Leeds | FY2022 | £30k | Gurdwara Project Phase 2 |
| British Cardiovascular Society | FY2022 | £30k | HRUK BCS Clinical Team Placements x 2 |
| British Cardiovascular Society | FY2022 | £30k | HRUK BCS 3 Month Clinical Placement Fellowship |
| Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland | FY2022 | £25k | HRUK SCTS Trainee Fellowship in Adult and Paediatric Cardiac Surgery |
| Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland | FY2022 | £25k | HRUK SCTS Trainee Fellowship in Adult and Paediatric Cardiac Surgery |
| The 180 Programme CIC | FY2022 | £10k | A programme of physical activities, nutritional advice and emotional support for adults in recovery from addiction. |
| Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland | FY2022 | £10k | HRUK SCTS Academic Research Fellowship |
| Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland | FY2022 | £10k | HRUK SCTS Academic Research Fellowship |
| Hope Housing, Training and Support Ltd | FY2022 | £10k | A programme of supported healthy eating and sporting activities for homeless adults. |
| Keighley Healthy Living | FY2022 | £10k | Blood pressure Connect will support 60 people in the area with hypertension to reduce their blood pressure. |
| Your Voice Counts | FY2022 | £10k | Peer Educators with learning disabilities will be supported by professional staff to engage their peers with information and activities about heart health, they will also create a film to share more widely. |
| ActivLives | FY2022 | £10k | A new Activheart ladies club will be developed, focusing on ladies of the age of 55 with acknowledged risk factors of heart disease. |
| Healthy and Happy | FY2022 | £10k | A cohesive learning and nature programme will provide activities to improve the health of residents in deprived neighbourhoods, activities will include growing food, walking and cycling. |
| Innovative Trust | FY2022 | £9k | A programme of physical activities to support and improve the mental and physical health of adults with learning disabilities. |
| Wycombe Wanderers Sports and Education Trust | FY2022 | £8k | The project will provide a tier 2, evidence based healthy weight service to local residents utilising their own proven model of supporting those who currently do little physical activity. |
| YOH | FY2022 | £8k | Aimed and young people and utilising social media (in particular TikTok ), this project will focus on the key areas of healthy eating and mindfulness. |
| ZKJ LTD | FY2022 | £7k | Targeting deprived areas of Belfast the project will utilise martial arts to build physical health and emotional resilience. |
| Fusion Lifestyle | FY2022 | £7k | A six week self referral healthy lifestyle programme which will focus on all aspects of physical and mental health that can impact our hearts. |
| Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland | FY2022 | £6k | HRUK SCTS Academic Research Fellowship |
| Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland | FY2022 | £6k | SCTS Annual Meeting 2022 (Belfast) - sponsorship of HRUK lecture |
| The Mason Foundation | FY2022 | £6k | The community Mile project will support local communities to come together and become active, weekly activities will be targeted to at risk groups. |
| Cardiovascular Care Partnership (CCP) UK | FY2022 | £5k | Cardiovascular Care Partnership (CCP) UK |
| Leeds Beckett University | FY2022 | £4k | Enabling healthy food choices and improving the wellbeing of underserved Africans and Caribbeans living in the UK. This includes the production of recipe cards for traditional foods. |
| Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland | FY2022 | £1k | HRUK SCTS Patient Education and Awareness Project |
| University of Leeds | FY2022 | £1k | Special support grant for summer internship at Stanford University |
| Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland | FY2022 | £500 | HRUK SCTS Medical Student Travelling Fellowship |
| Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland | FY2022 | £500 | HRUK SCTS Medical Student Travelling Fellowship |
| Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland | FY2022 | £500 | HRUK SCTS Medical Student Travelling Fellowship |
| Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland | FY2022 | £288 | HRUK SCTS Medical Student Travelling Fellowship |
| University of Birmingham and Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital | FY2021 | £6.2m | Dr Tom Nightingale - Time is of the essence: the impact of early initiated upper-body aerobic exercise on cardiovascular health following spinal cord injury |
| University of Glasgow | FY2021 | £250k | Prof Sandosh Padmanabhan - Vascular effects of SARS-COV-2 infection and long-term impact on hypertension |
| King's College London | FY2021 | £248k | Dr Nilesh Pareek - Developing a digital handover application for paramedics to provide a personalized approach to prehospital stratification for OOHCA —the RAPID-MIRACLE study |
| University of Oxford | FY2021 | £246k | Prof Regent Lee - Using deep learning methods to generate contrast enhanced computerised tomography angiography without the use of intravenous contrast agents |
| University of Cambridge | FY2021 | £191k | Prof Ziad Mallat - The effect of low-dose interleukin-2 on human atherosclerotic plaque immune cells at single cell resolution |
| University of Manchester | FY2021 | £151k | Dr Delvac Oceandy - Pharmacological inhibition of Hippo pathway for the treatment of adverse cardiac remodelling |
| Newcastle University | FY2021 | £148k | Prof loakim Spyridopoulos - T cell immunity and myocardial inflammation in patients recovering from COVID-19 infection |
| University of Bristol | FY2021 | £145k | Prof Paolo Madeddu - Targeting pericytes for halting pulmonary hypertension in infants with congenital heart disease |
| University of Dundee | FY2021 | £134k | Prof Faisel Khan - Inflammatory drivers of endothelial dysfunction in COVID-19 |
| University of Glasgow | FY2021 | £116k | Prof Jesse Dawson - Preventing Recurrent Cardio embolic Stroke —New Blood Tests and Risk Prediction (The PRECISE Study) |
| University of Leeds | FY2021 | £111k | Prof Khalid Naseem - Identification and characterisation of prothrombotic platelet subpopulations in acute coronary syndromes —a pilot study |
| University of Edinburgh | FY2021 | £89k | Prof Gillian Gray - Mass spectrometry imaging to illuminate the activity of 11(I-hydroxsteroid dehydrogenase 1inhibitors and their potential for repurposing to prevent heart failure development after myocardial infarction |
| King's College London | FY2021 | £87k | Prof Jaswinder Gill - Sleep-disordered breathing and arrhythmias |
| Bath Rugby Community Foundation | FY2021 | £70k | Mr Alex Randall - Mindset Matters |
| Clubhouse Management Committee | FY2021 | £70k | Ms Angela Bebbington - Community Slow Cooker Project |
| Newtownstewart Leisure Complex Ltd. | FY2021 | £70k | Mrs Irene Spratt - Healthy Hearts & Healthy Minds- Community Kitchen Hub & Exercise |
| Nutrition Scotland | FY2021 | £70k | Ms Suzanne Fletcher - Corkerhill Healthy Hearts programme |
| Sport Works (SW Health & Wellbeing CiC) | FY2021 | £69k | Mr Matt Hill - Healthy Heart Happy Mind |
| Exim Dance Company | FY2021 | £69k | Mrs Laura Nightingale - Dance & Wegbeing Programme |
| The Grace Ayre Foundation | FY2021 | £69k | Ms Liz Bartlett - On Your Side |
| Rathbone Amateur Boxing Club | FY2021 | £68k | Ms Rachel Bower - Fight Together Against Heart Disease |
| Ashiana Community Project | FY2021 | £68k | Mr Hamid Lea - Helping Hand Healthy Heart Project |
| Gateshead Older People's Assembly | FY2021 | £68k | Miss Nicola Bruce - Gateshead 50+ Healthy Hearts |
| Carers First | FY2021 | £68k | Mrs Amy Weaver - Carers Ready, Set, Walk |
| The Neuromuscular Centre | FY2021 | £67k | Mrs Lyndsey Cannon. Potts - Active Bodies, Active Hearts |
| Reds in the Community | FY2021 | £67k | Mr Kieron Campbell - Fit for Football (FfF) |
| Harryvige Men's Shed | FY2021 | £64k | Mr Denver McMeekin - Harryville Men's Walking Football |
| South Tees NHS Hospitals Foundation Trust | FY2021 | £42k | Mr Enoch Akowuah - Pre-habilitation in elderly patients undergoing cardiac surgery |
| University of Glasgow | FY2021 | £23k | Prof Rod Taylor - Implementation of an evidence-based cardiac rehabilitation home programme for heart failure patients and their caregivers in Scotland: SCOT:REACH-HF project |
| King's College London | FY2021 | £15k | Prof Georgina Ellison-Hughes - Targeting cellular senescence as a therapy to rejuvenate the reparative activity of human cardiomyocytes and endothelial cells |
| Oxford University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | FY2021 | £15k | Dr Timothy Betts - Continuous rhythm monitoring with implantable cardiac monitors and wearable devices with real-time smartphone alerts during AF episodes: a feasibility study |
| Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | FY2021 | £6k | Ms Carin van Doom - Gerlis heart collection —MRI and CT scanning of five paediatric cardiac specimens, creation of 3D models, and storage of data |
| Ulster University | FY2021 | £1k | Prof Omar Escalona - Minimal tissue heating effects technology for wireless energy supply to implanted ventricular assist devices in the treatment of heart failure |