Cardiovascular Grand Challenge
Cardiovascular Grand Challenge supports multidisciplinary teams pursuing AI-powered research, from discovery to clinical practice, to transform cardiovascular health and deliver patient benefit.
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Funder: British Heart Foundation
Due Dates: August 3, 2026 (Outline) | March 31, 2027 (Full application; estimated day)
Funding Amounts: Up to £10 million per award over up to five years; at least one award expected
Summary: Supports large, multidisciplinary AI-powered research programmes delivering transformational advances in cardiovascular health and patient benefit.
Key Information: Each application must have one lead principal investigator based at an eligible UK research institution.
Description
The British Heart Foundation’s Cardiovascular Grand Challenge supports ambitious, integrated research programmes addressing significant unmet needs or opportunities in cardiovascular disease. The 2026 theme is “AI-powered transformation in cardiovascular health: From discovery to clinical practice.” Programmes may develop new AI methodologies or apply existing ones to structured and unstructured data, including omics, wearable technologies, clinical imaging and patient records.
The competition seeks transformational advances in disease mechanisms, risk prediction and prevention, early diagnosis, new drugs and treatments, and clinical care and patient information. Teams should combine complementary research approaches, disciplines, technologies and sectors at a scale beyond conventional research programmes. All cardiovascular research areas are eligible, whether focused on a particular condition or broader questions, provided they align with the AI theme and demonstrate a clear route to patient benefit.
