• Deadline: 20th August

• Award: £20,000

• Submit to: bridges@elht.nhs.uk

• Project must involve the Lancashire and South Cumbria (LSC) population

• Must have a Project Lead or Co-Lead employed within an NHS organisation in LSC

• Must have access to:

  • Administrative support

  • Research resources and facilities

  • Capability to deliver the project prior to release of funds

• Must demonstrate originality, including:

  • Addressing an urgent or emerging health need

  • Clear patient benefit

  • Use of new technology or a novel concept requiring further validation

• Must be:

  • Surgical in nature, OR

  • Impact patients undergoing cancer surgery

• Must include:

  • Patient and public involvement (PPIE)

  • Consideration of health equity throughout the project designIdeas related to Surgery within:

• HPB

• UGI

• Colorectal

• General Surgery

• Emergency Surgery

• Project must be completed within 2 years

• Must present annual interim findings at subsequent SILASC conferences

If total project cost exceeds £20,000:

• Applicants must provide evidence of additional funding sources

• Include a lay summary (max. 350 words)

• Submit a draft proposal (max. 1000 words)
  (excluding headings and references)

• Use the following structure:

  • Introduction

  • Hypothesis

  • Scientific Basis

  • Aims

  • Methodology

  • References

Funding will only be released upon:

• Approval from a Research Ethics Committee (REC)

• Health Research Authority (HRA) approval

• Submission of a brief costings analysis outlining fund allocation