The University of Oxford has been invited to submit one application for the Sir Jules Thorn Award for Biomedical Research. Each year the Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust offers a single award for an outstanding quality researcher in the early years of an established research and academic career. Funding of up to £1.7million is available over a maximum of five years to support a programme of translational biomedical research.
Projects must involve patients and have a clear strategy defining how the research will translate into patient benefit. There must be a clear specification of the hypothesis based on pre-clinical experimental data supporting the rationale of the clinical study, arising from the applicant’s own work. Funding is restricted to work, including data collection, carried out in the United Kingdom.
The work involved in a project must be the major commitment of the Principal Applicant, comprising at least 50% of their research time. The award may not be used to meet the salary costs of the applicant who should be in an institutionally funded post for the duration of the grant. The Sir Jules Thorn Trust will not fund the University’s overheads, therefore it is essential that applicants approach their Department in good time to seek support for their application and to develop an X5 costing for the proposed project. A Departmental Approver must also approve the application in IRAMS.
Further details about the scheme can be found here.
Those wishing to apply must submit an expression of interest via IRAMS by 12 noon on Friday 1st November 2024. The expression of interest should consist of the following, combined into a single PDF:
- No more than 2 pages of A4 summarising the proposed research, you must include:
- The unmet need which is to be investigated
- Description of the programme of translational research which will meet that need
- Strategy for how the research will translate into benefits for patients and the timescale for this
- Justification for support (outline how the requested resources will allow you to deliver the research programme)
- How the research programme fits with and will utilise Oxford's research environment
- A one-page CV for the principal investigator, including key publications.
The successful nominee will co-develop their preliminary application with the Translational Research Office and submit directly to the Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust by Monday 16th December 2024. If long-listed by the Trust, you must then submit a Full Application in May 2025.
Researchers who are interested in translational research are strongly advised to contact the Translational Research Office if they are interested in submitting an application to the scheme.
Please direct questions about the call to translationalresearchoffice@medsci.ox.ac.uk
