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AACR-CRUK Transatlantic Fellowship The AACR-CRUK Transatlantic Fellowships support high-potential UK postdoctoral researchers to develop their independent career in the US, and vice versa. |
All research areas |
Preliminary submission Final submission Committee Review |
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Accelerator Award This award, funded through a partnership between CRUK, AIRC and FC AECC, encourages cross-institutional collaboration to accelerate translational research |
All research areas |
Preliminary submission Final submission Committee Review |
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Advanced Clinician Scientist Fellowship The Advanced Clinician Scientist Fellowship supports excellent clinician scientists to develop independence and leadership in their field of academic research. |
All research areas |
Preliminary submission Final submission Committee Review |
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Affordable Approaches to Cancer CRUK have partnered with the Indian government's Department of Biotechnology to launch an initiative focused on finding affordable approaches to cancer. |
All research areas |
Preliminary submission Committee Review |
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BACR/CRUK Student Travel Awards We've joined forces with the British Association for Cancer Research (BACR) to provide student travel awards to help students attend scientific meetings. |
All research areas |
Final submission |
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Biotherapeutic Drug Discovery Programme Awards This funding scheme aims to increase the availability of biotherapeutic drugs for the management of cancer. |
Drug discovery, Pre-clinical research, Immunotherapy |
Preliminary submission Final submission Committee Review |
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Biotherapeutic Drug Discovery Project Awards This funding scheme aims to increase the availability of biotherapeutic drugs for the management of cancer. |
Drug discovery, Pre-clinical research, Immunotherapy |
Preliminary submission Final submission Committee Review |
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Career Development Fellowship The Career Development Fellowship supports new group leaders who do not have a salaried independent position to establish their own independent research group. |
All research areas |
Preliminary submission Final submission Committee Review |
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Career Establishment Award The Career Establishment Award supports new group leaders who have a salaried independent position to establish their own independent research group. |
All research areas |
Preliminary submission Final submission Committee Review |
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Children and Young People’s Cancer Innovation Award The Children and Young People’s Cancer Innovation Award is a new initiative to support novel and innovative approaches to childhood cancer research. |
Cancer aetiology, Cancer biology, Chemistry, Engineering, Imaging research, Immunology, Materials science, Mathematics, Physics, Immunotherapy, Biomarker research, Pre-clinical research, Radiotherapy research, Early diagnosis, Cancer prevention |
Final submission Committee Review |
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Clinical Trial Award Supports interventional clinical trials of cancer treatment (including systemic treatment, radiotherapy and surgery) with the aim of improving outcome. |
Clinical trials, Surgery research, Radiotherapy research, Biomarker research |
Preliminary submission Final submission Committee Review |
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Clinical Trial Fellowship Award This Fellowship supports clinicians with an interest in clinical trials and who would benefit from further training within a Clinical Trial Unit (CTU) setting. |
Clinical trials |
Final submission Committee Review |
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Clinician Scientist Fellowship The Clinician Scientist Fellowship supports excellent individuals to develop a clinical academic research career through a period of postdoctoral training. |
All research areas |
Preliminary submission Final submission Committee Review |
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Conferences and Meeting Support We have a small fund available to support specialist meetings and conferences run by researchers we fund or are based at our Centres. |
All research areas | |
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Drug Development Project We can develop your new cancer treatments from preclinical development through to early phase patient trials |
Drug development, Pre-clinical research, Clinical trials, Immunotherapy, Biomarker research, Radiotherapy research, Imaging research | |
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Early Detection Innovation Sandpit and Award The Early Detection Innovation Award aims to catalyse new multidisciplinary collaborations to drive forward earlier detection of cancer. |
Cancer biology, Chemistry, Engineering, Imaging research, Materials science, Mathematics, Physics, Pre-clinical research, Clinical trials, Early diagnosis, Epidemiology, Drug discovery, Drug development |
Final submission Committee Review |
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Early Detection OHSU Project Award Funds new and existing collaborations in early detection between researchers in the UK and at Oregon Health and Sciences University (OHSU). |
Biomarker research, Clinical trials, Pre-clinical research, Imaging research, Statistics and methodology, Cancer biology |
Final submission Committee Review |
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Early Detection OHSU Spark Award Seed funding for research in collaboration with OHSU scientists to support development of new partnerships and novel lines of enquiry |
Biomarker research, Clinical trials, Pre-clinical research, Imaging research, Statistics and methodology, Cancer biology |
Final submission Committee Review |
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Early Diagnosis Advisory Group Project Grants EDAG funds policy relevant research or activities that are adding to the scientific evidence base to achieve earlier diagnosis and enable access to treatment. |
Early diagnosis, Epidemiology, Behavioural research, Policy research, Statistics and methodology | |
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Experimental Medicine Award The Experimental Medicine Award funds highly ambitious translational research conducted in association with a clinical trial or well-designed clinical study. |
Clinical trials, Biomarker research |
Preliminary submission Final submission Committee Review |
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Fulbright-CRUK Scholar Awards These awards build capacity and accelerate progress in priority areas by facilitating collaboration and building links between UK and US research groups |
All research areas |
Final submission |
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Grand Challenge Awards Grand Challenge awards are the most ambitious cancer research grants in the world. |
All research areas | |
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Immunology Innovation Award The Immunology Innovation Award is jointly funded by Cancer Research UK and Versus Arthritis and aims to catalyse new multidisciplinary collaborations. |
Immunology, All research areas |
Final submission |
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Innovation Prize The Innovation Prize helps researchers to develop the translational and commercial potential of their discoveries. |
Biomarker research, Pre-clinical research, Drug discovery, Drug development, Radiotherapy research, Imaging research, Cancer biology, Immunotherapy, Early diagnosis |
Final submission Committee Review |
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Multidisciplinary Project Award This scheme, co-funded by the EPSRC, supports collaborations between cancer researchers and scientists from engineering/physical science disciplines. |
Physics, Engineering, Mathematical and computational modelling, Chemical and molecular sciences, Materials science, Molecular/tissue engineering, Regenerative medicine |
Preliminary submission Final submission Committee Review |
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PhD studentships Find out how to apply for PhD studentships at our Centres, Institutes and research groups around the UK. |
All research areas | |
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Pioneer Award The Pioneer Award funds research into truly innovative ideas with the potential to lead to new discoveries that will help us better understand cancer. |
All research areas |
Preliminary submission Committee Review |
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Population Research Catalyst Award The Catalyst Award supports capacity building and collaboration in population health, enabling groups to deliver impact over and above what they could do alone. |
Behavioural research, Epidemiology, Cancer prevention, Early diagnosis | |
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Population Research Committee (PRC) Programme Awards Programme Awards provide long-term support for broad, multidisciplinary research, led by outstanding individuals with an established scientific track record. |
Cancer aetiology, Early diagnosis, Epidemiology, Behavioural research, Cancer prevention, Statistics and methodology |
Preliminary submission Final submission Committee Review |
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Population Research Committee (PRC) Project Awards Population Research Project Awards provide support for focused research proposals centred on key questions in population research. |
Cancer aetiology, Early diagnosis, Epidemiology, Behavioural research, Cancer prevention, Statistics and methodology |
Final submission Committee Review |
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Population Research Postdoctoral Fellowship The Population Research Postdoctoral Fellowship supports outstanding postdoctoral researchers to develop their careers in the field of population research. |
Cancer aetiology, Early diagnosis, Epidemiology, Behavioural research, Cancer prevention, Statistics and methodology |
Final submission Committee Review |
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Postdoctoral positions Discover postdoc opportunities with our Institutes and research groups around the UK. |
All research areas | |
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Postdoctoral Research Bursary for Clinical Trainees This award offers funding for clinical trainees to undertake a research project after completion of a PhD. |
All research areas |
Final submission Committee Review |
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Pre-doctoral Research Bursary The Research Bursary provides short-term funding to allow clinicians and other health professionals to get involved in research projects early in their career. |
All research areas |
Final submission Committee Review |
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Prospective Sample Collection Awards This scheme provides support for the prospective collection of samples within a clinical trial. |
Clinical trials, Pre-clinical research |
Final submission Committee Review |
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Senior Cancer Research Fellowship Supports group leaders to further develop their own research programme and build their reputation as a world-leader in their cancer research field. |
All research areas |
Preliminary submission Final submission Committee Review |
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SU2C-CRUK Paediatric Cancer New Discoveries Challenge SU2C-CRUK Paediatric Cancer New Discoveries Challenge aims to support novel and innovative trans-Atlantic collaborations in childhood cancer research. |
All research areas |
Preliminary submission Final submission Committee Review |
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Translational accelerator: Deep Science Ventures This partnership with Deep Science Ventures will bring together entrepreneurially minded researchers to explore key questions in cancer and build solutions. |
All research areas |
Final submission |
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Translational accelerator: Oncostars Oncostars provides researchers with training and support to accelerate the translation of their ideas into products that will benefit cancer patients. |
All research areas |
Final submission |