Building research facilities for the future
Barts Charity
Queen Mary University of London
Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry at Queen Mary University London (SMD) aims to improve the health and wellbeing of people throughout the UK and beyond through research and teaching excellence. Over the past ten years, the SMD has experienced unparalleled growth in research power and research output quality. Researchers in the key strategic areas of cancer, cardiovascular disease, inflammation and preventive medicine have been extremely successful in winning major new grant funding that has huge potential to deliver major patient benefits through translation of research from bench to bedside and into the wider population. This is a very exciting time for SMD. A new phase of growth is planned, aiming to increase the overall research power by recruiting between 50-100 new talents over the next 3-4 years, helping the School continue to grow in breadth and depth within a very competitive London market. This application, requesting £6,460,200 of funds, aims to enhance SMD?s research facilities by optimizing the existing footprint of the Charterhouse Square Campus through an ambitious project of renovation. The SMD is in the fortunate position of being able to expand within the existing campus, unlike many other London universities. Providing new research laboratories equipped to the latest standard, as well as creating additional and bespoke teaching facilities and office space, this proposal supports the Faculty?s ambition of growth. It will ensure the current and ambitiously expanding research programmes are supported, enabling them to reach their full potential to deliver tangible benefits to patients and the community. Providing optimal space to accommodate existing staff and new talent recruited into SMD, will allow them to flourish scientifically and therefore shape the future of research and setting the School in the optimal position for the next Research Excellence Framework (REF2021). The expanded portfolio of research and training activities will enable delivery in terms of translation into patient benefits, high quality publications and further successful grant applications. The School has engaged with all key stakeholders, feasibility studies have already been carried out and a clear plan has been developed to ensure staff and students are fully supported during the renovations which will result in 21st century, high quality research and teaching facilities.
Infrastructure