Adult oncology and haematology

The University of Bristol works closely with University Hospitals Bristol (UH Bristol), with many clinical staff having joint appointments. The UH Bristol Haematology and Oncology Centre (BHOC) Clinical Trials Unit currently runs over 90 clinical trials, and ensures that offering the opportunity to take part in research is offered to as many patients as possible. The CTU offers both Commercial and non-commercial trials. The decision of whether to take part in a trial is made at the monthly CTU meeting. All clinical research at UH Bristol also needs to involve the Research and Innovation (R&I) department, and we suggest you make contact early on if you are thinking of setting up a study. The R&I team can also help put you in touch with clinical collaborators for a research project.

Contact: research@uhbristol.nhs.uk

Tel: 0117 3420233

Paediatric oncology and haematology

Paediatric Bone Marrow Transplant Unit

The Bone Marrow Transplant Unit at the Bristol Royal Hospital for Children is a state-of-the-art 14 bedded unit which performs bone marrow transplants using bone marrow, peripheral blood stem cells or cord blood cells from matched or mismatched related/unrelated donors. Approximately 40 paediatric auto- and allografts are performed each year.

If you are interested in conducting research in this area, please contact Research and Innovation who will be able to put you in touch with the relevant collaborator.

Contact: research@uhbristol.nhs.uk

Tel: 0117 3420233

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Pump-prime funding for collaborative clinical research

Researchers with full or honorary contracts with UH Bristol are eligible to apply for these schemes.

Above and Beyond grants

Above and Beyond have generously allocated monies for research in University Hospitals Bristol, and the call is now open for Above & Beyond research grants (up to £20,000). These grants aim to promote high quality biomedical research in the Trust. Research must have the potential of a clear patient benefit, be of high quality, and with an emphasis on translational and applied health services research.

UH Bristol Research Capability Funding (RCF)

NIHR Research Capability Funding (RCF) is a research funding stream made available by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) to help research-active NHS organisations attract, develop and retain high quality research, clinical and support staff. To that aim, UH Bristol launched an NIHR RCF grant scheme in 2010, which can be used to:

a) Fund Research Sessions/PAs (for medical and non-medical staff at UH Bristol) to allow time to prepare one or more NIHR research grant applications; and/or

b) Fund the generation of preliminary or underpinning data to support an NIHR application; a "pump-priming" grant