Table-3.

Funding Sources and Barriers Among Selected International Sites

Country	Primary Mode of Funding for Cardiovascular Research	Country-Specific Examples of Funding Streams
Canada	Non-Commercial	Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR); Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada
Germany	Non-Commercial	German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (Deutsches Zentrum für Herz-Kreislauf-Forschung, DZHK); German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG);German Cardiac Society (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kardiologie – Herz- und Kreislaufforschung, DGK)
India	Commercial and Non-commercial	Indian council of Medical Research; Public health Foundation of India (PHFI); All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)
Israel	Non-commercial	Israel Science Foundation; Israel Heart Society
Mexico	Non-commercial	National Council of Science and Technology; Carlos Slim Institute of Health; Mexican Education Ministry
Turkey	Non-commercial	Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK)
United Kingdom	Commercial and Non-commercial	British Heart Foundation; Association of Medical Research Charities (AMRC); National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)
Barriers to Successful Academic Career:
Insufficient research infrastructure at home institution
Lack of access to cardiovascular registries and transnational research collaborations
Insufficient bridge/pilot funding at home institution
Limited research funding streams with limited research funding amounts

Non-commercial: Foundations, charities, government departments, research institutes Commercial: Medical industry, for-profit companies