Pump Priming Research

The British Society for Surgery of the Hand invites applications from its members and associates for its pump priming scheme.

This is intended principally to pump prime early studies and systematic reviews, that may lead to applications for larger funding from other organisations.

The projects funded should pump prime research with the potential to benefit patients.

The scheme has £10,000 of funding available each year.

The aim of the scheme is to promote high quality research proposals, to support pump priming, proof of principle and feasibility studies or to increase the chances of applicants being successful in winning substantial external funding. 

If you are successful in your application you will need to commence your project within 6 months of the award of the grant. You will also be expected to provide a progress report 6 months after the first transfer of funds from the BSSH, and subsequently within 3 months of the end of the project.

There is an expectation that the work of grant recipients, if suitable, will be submitted for publication.

Applications should be sent to secretariat@bssh.ac.uk by 1st August each year and award decisions will be made in the Autumn, sometimes following an interview. If you require further information or have any queries with regard to these awards please contact the Secretariat.

Application Form

 

Previous Successful applications for Pump Priming

 

Year	Successful Applicant	Study Title
2023	Rebecca Shirley, Conrad Harrison et al	Remote symptom monitoring to improve outcomes, equality, and service efficiency in hand surgery
2023	Chane Kulenkampff	PAIN P1 Post Amputation Incidence of Neuroma and Neuropathic Pain
2022	Mr Matthew Wilcox	NECTAR (Neurofilament Light chain Evaluation of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Before and After Surgical Release)
2022	Luke Geoghegan	Developing Preference-based Outcome Measures for Meaningful Health Economic Analyses in Hand Surgery.
2021	Miss Nathalie Fennell	PROximal interphalangeal Joint fracture dislocations, Epidemiology, Classification, Treatment (PRO-JECT) consensus meeting to develop an improved classification system and design clinical trials
2021	Miss Rachel Kuo	Develop and validate an AI algorithm to diagnose scaphoid fractures on radiographs
2021	Mr Matthew Murphy	Identification and validation of tissue-resident human Skeletal Stem Cells (hSSC) in the 1st Carpo-metacarpal Joint (CMCJ) of osteoarthritic (OA) patients.
2021	Mr Ryckie Wade	How Diffusion changes within the Ulnar Nerve following Cubital Tunnel Release
2020	Mr Liam McMorrow	In-vivo evaluation of a novel composite conduit for peripheral nerve repair
2020	Mr Conrad Harrison	Deeper insights into hand surgery outcomes: the feasibility of Ecological Momentary Computerised Adaptive Testing in thumb-base arthritis
2019	Mr Mark Mikhail	Feasibility study for a randomised controlled trial of surgery vs. conservative management of ulnar collateral ligament injuries of the metacarpophalangeal joint of the thumb
2019	Professor Abhilash Jain	LIgatioN versus Surgical Excision of Pendunculated Ulnar Polydactyly (LINE UP)
2018	Mr Edward Jeans	‘Defining in vivo kinematics of single piece silastic proximal inter phalangeal joint with magnetic resonance imaging’
2018	Ms Angela Kedgley	‘The role of the extrinsic finger muscles in wrist function’
2016	Mr Matthew D. Gardiner	Feasibility of hand surgery randomized controlled trials with placebo arm
2015	Professor Jane Blazeby	‘MALIT Trial Pilot Work’
2015	Mr Mo Akhavani	‘Ex Vivo Normothermic Perfusion of the Pig Forelimb’