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 commondiseases. Priority areas for the domain include:

What is the funding?

  • The Women and Children Domain is providing funding for innovative projects that identify and tackle a health problem across MAHSC.
  • The Women and Children domain strongly encourage applications that:
  • 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
  • Involve collaborations with colleagues across the MAHSC partnership
  • Consider patient or public involvement/engagement
  • Form pilot projects which would lead to applications for high quality external funding.
  • Extend existing projects, if there is clear evidence that this will facilitate applications for external funding.
  • Cut across the speciality areas within the domain aswell as across the MAHSC Partnership
  • Look at the interface between health and social care in line with Devo Manchester.
  • It is important that projects within MAHSC lead to improved patient outcomes. It is recognised that the small projects funded by these grantsmay not achieve direct benefit within a short timespan but the pathway to patient benefit should be clear.
  • Maximum funding available per project is in the region of £10,000. We hope to fund 4-6 projects.
  • Projects should come from one or more of the domain specialty areas:

Paediatrics
Adolescent and Young Adult Health
Genetics
Women’s Health : Gynaecology
Women’s Health: Obstetrics
  • 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 tobuy 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 form on Pages4-5and be submitted, as an email attachment, to
  • 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 DomainOperational Group will review all applications and make final decision on projects to fund. The group consists of:

Women’s Health / Genetics / Paediatrics
Adolescent and Young Adult Health
Gynaecology: Richard Edmondson / Gareth Evans / Adrian Woolf, Stavros Stivaros
Obstetrics: Clare Tower,
Ed Johnstone / MAHSC Cross cutting theme: Graeme Black / Adolescent and Young Adult Health:
Janet McDonagh

Reporting

  • Successful applicants will make a six-monthlyprogress report (max 500 words) and a final reporton the outcomes (max 500 words) to theWomen and Children Domain Operational Groupwithin 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.

For further information, please contact:

Zoë Talks

Research Manager, Women and Children Domain

Tel: 0161 901 0720 Email:

Application Form: Funding for projects to support the

Women and Children domain specialities, aims and objectives

Your details
Name of lead applicant
Current position
MAHSC Partner Organisation
Other members of the project team, include name of MAHSC partner organisation
Contact details
Information on the project
Title
Work Plan to include:
Rationale
Aims
methodology
PPI/E and
Relevance to Women and Children domain
Timescales
Intended project outcomes
Amount requested and justification

Please return via email to

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