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Cancer Research UK has an ambitious set of goals for beating cancer. One of these is to continue to develop the next generation of researchers to take the fight against cancer into the future.
We offer a number of different grants aimed at supporting young researchers from the early stages of their research careers right through to becoming an experienced researcher.
As well as the information here, please visit our core-funded Institutes for their current vacancies and application information.
Cancer Research UK offers limited funding to undergraduate students. However, some other organisations fund short placements.
Cancer Research UK funds students to undertake research PhDs through our Institutes and Cancer Centres in the UK.
Many researchers in Cancer Research UK laboratories are postdoctoral researchers. Find out how we fund them.
Cancer Research UK offers a variety of grants and fellowships to researchers, whatever your experience.
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Find out how Cancer Research UK is training the next generation of scientists in our Science Update blog.
