Association for Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia and Critical Care & the Association of Anaesthetists
Joint research grant call - up to £60,000

Applications are currently closed

ACTACC and the Association of Anaesthetists are issuing a joint call for research projects up to the value of £60,000. To be successful, an application must demonstrate how the proposed project meets one or more of the aims of both funding partners.

The Association of Anaesthetists research strategy focuses on supporting the following key areas:

  • Patient safety
  • Innovation
  • Clinical outcomes
  • Education and training
  • Related professional issues (e.g. standards and guidelines, working conditions, medicolegal issues, etc.)
  • The environment
  • Network based or other audits, QA/QI projects that may involve guideline implementation

The strategy is also informed by the results from the James Lind Alliance/NIAA Anaesthesia and Perioperative Care Priority Setting Partnership.

The Association for Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia and Critical Care (ACTACC) research priorities cover all aspects of the perioperative management of patients undergoing cardiac, thoracic and cardiology procedures.

To have a chance of being successful, applications for funding must clearly demonstrate public participation in clinical trial and value for money. Projects that are not clearly aligned with our joint aims will not be funded. (Please note - it is unlikely that a project can meet more than one or two of these aims, and we suggest applicants be realistic when justifying their chosen area of work).

Please note that unless you inform us that your study is suitable for NIHR portfolio adoption, applications for under £5,000 will be reviewed internally by the NIAA Grant Committee and will not be sent for external peer review. If you intend to apply for portfolio support, please confirm this on the application form in the space provided.

The work must be done within Great Britain or Ireland. Applicants should indicate whether support for their project has been granted or is currently under review from locally available research funds, or from other bodies. If you are unsure about eligibility please enquire.

Salaries may be payable in the form of part-time fellowships for doctors and salaries for technicians or other assistants. Superannuation and National Insurance contributions (or Irish equivalent) should be included.

Basic equipment that would normally be provided by the institution, e.g. computers and standard software, will not be eligible for support except under very exceptional circumstances. Request for specialised equipment may be supported, but evidence must be given that the expertise to use the equipment is available. Equipment running and maintenance costs must be considered and these should be reasonable and sufficient to allow the equipment to be used for the duration of the grant. A competitive quotation and reasons for choice should be provided. VAT should be included where appropriate.

All equipment remains the property of ACTACC and the Association of Anaesthetists and must be labelled as such. At the end of the project the equipment will be donated to the department but should continue to be labelled with the source of provision. It is the express wish of the Associations that any equipment will continue to be used for research purposes.

Neither ACTACC nor the Association of Anaesthetists will contribute to any other indirect costs and may also decline requests for conference travel.

ACTACC and the Association of Anaesthetists will wish to share any intellectual property rights and income arising from this work with the host institution, and applicants must obtain agreement for this from their institution before applying, if this is likely.

Applicants should indicate their qualifications and experience to carry out the project. The recipient of the grant must be in a permanent post although the Principal Investigator could be in a trainee appointment.

Should this application be successful, please be aware that it is now a condition for any NIAA facilitated grant-holder to submit annual reports on the outcomes of their awarded grant through The Researchfish Impact Assessment Platform. Please note that applicants who do not submit their progress reports on time may not be permitted to apply for further funding until the outstanding report is provided.

 

2022 - Dr Ronelle Mouton

Funds Awarded: £68,426 (ACTACC & VASGBI Joint Research Grant)

The 2022 Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthetists' Project Grant was awarded to Dr Ronelle Mouton, North Bristol NHS Trust for her project entitled:

'Perioperative tobacco-cessation in patients undergoing vascular or cardiothoracic surgery PROTECTOR Study'.

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2021 - Dr Timothy JW Dawes

Funds Awarded: £20,986 (BJA/RCoA/VASGBI/ACTACC Collaborative Grant)

The 2021 Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthetists' Project Grant was awarded to Dr Timothy JW Dawes, University College London for his project entitled:

'Identifying paediatric pulmonary arterial hypertension from intraoperative respiratory monitoring: a case-control study'.

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2018 - Dr Gudrun Kunst

Funds Awarded: £43,758 (Joint Association of Anaesthetists & ACTACC grant)

The 2018 Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthetists' Project Grant was awarded to Dr Gudrun Kunst, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London for her project entitled:

'Comparison between Propofol and Isoflurane Anaesthesia (COPIA) on Cardiovascular Outcomes following Cardiac Surgery - a Randomised Controlled Feasibility Trial'.

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2016 - Dr Ben Shelley

Funds Awarded: £12,358 (part-funded with Association of Anaesthetists /Anaesthesia)

The 2016 Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthetists' Project Grant was awarded to Dr Ben Shelley, Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Scotland for his project entitled:

'Right ventricular inflammation after lung resection'.

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2016 - Dr Alastair Proudfoot

Funds Awarded: £7,300

The 2016 Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthetists' Project Grant was awarded to Dr Alastair Proudfoot, St Bartholemew’s Hospital, London for his project entitled:

'A quantitative and qualitative analysis of the impact of a SHOCK team and structured SHOCK call system in the management of acute severe cardiogenic shock'.

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2015 - Dr Andrew Klein

Funds Awarded: £39,552 (funded by ACTA, VASGBI, BJA/RCoA)

The 2015 Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthetists' Project Grant was awarded to Dr Andrew Klein, Papworth Hospital, Cambridge for his project entitled:

'The UK CAVIAR Study: The UK Cardiac and Vascular surgery after Intravenous iron Assessment of Response study'.

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2013 - Dr Maurice Hogan

Funds Awarded: £13,825

The 2013 Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthetists' Project Grant was awarded to Dr Maurice Hogan, Papworth Hospital, Cambridge for his project entitled:

'The efficacy of prophylactic nasal high flow oxygen compared with soft face mask oxygen therapy in improving early postoperative recovery in patients after lung resection surgery'.

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2012 - Dr Ben Shelley

Funds Awarded: £26,932

The 2012 Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthetists' Project Grant was awarded to Dr Ben Shelly, Clinical Research Fellow, University of Glasgow, for a project entitled:

'The Pulmonary Vascular / Right Ventricular Response to Lung Resection'.

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2010 - Dr Jayant Pratap

Funds Awarded: £8,242

The 2010 Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthetists' Project Grant was awarded to Dr Jayant Pratap, Honorary Research Registrar Department of Anaesthesia, Great Ormond Street Hospital for a project entitled:

'Pilot study of near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy in children's heart surgery'.

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2009 - Dr Ben Shelley

The 2009 Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthetists' Project Grant was awarded to Dr Ben Shelley, Clinical Research Fellow, University of Glasgow for a project entitled:

'Endogenous Antioxidant Capacity and Oxidative Stress after Thoracic Surgery'.