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About Research at NICHS
Northern Ireland Chest Heart and Stroke (NICHS) supports and promotes research carried out in Northern Ireland into the areas of chest, heart and stroke illness.
Each year in Northern Ireland more than 8,000 people die from chest disease, heart disease and stroke. Scarcely a family in our community has not been affected.
NICHS' ability to support local research is entirely dependent on its success at fundraising, including legacies. Such gifts are essential to enable us to find out more about what causes, and how to prevent, chest disease, heart disease and stroke illness.
The results of research provide doctors, nurses and other health professionals with the evidence needed to convince policy makers to both improve prevention methods and clinical services for local patients.
This year, NICHS is offering grants totaling £350, 000 for research into chest, heart and stroke illness through its scientific research grant programme.
Applications are now being accepted for projects starting in August 2011 or within six months of this date.
Scientific research grants are available to researchers working in Northern Ireland carrying out research that will primarily benefit the people of Northern Ireland. [more]
Grants are also available to support research training for nurses and other AHPs in Northern Ireland, as part of its commitment to increase the ability of researchers to conduct the highest quality research in Northern Ireland. [more]
