The ISSF award enables the University of Cambridge to enhance its strategic support across the Schools of Biological Sciences and Clinical Medicine and to realise its over-arching bio-medical strategy.
Key strands of the ISSF Award (2014-16) include:
- Senior/leadership recruitment in key strategic areas
- Early Career Support for lecturers/fellows
- Facilitating cross-disciplinary collaboration
- State-of-the-art Platform Technologies
- Public Engagement
Key Strategic Areas for ISSF funding:
- Developmental Biology
- Neurosciences and Mental Health
- Cancer and Metabolic Science
- Infection and Immunity
Key cross-disciplinary subject areas for ISSF funding:
- Genetics, Genomics and Molecular Diagnostics
- Cell, Structural and Molecular Biology
- Bioinformatics
- Imaging
- Experimental Medicine
- Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine