For researchers

Last updated 30^th March

Covid-19 will have an undeniable impact on research in cancer across the UK, and we know that the coming weeks and perhaps months will be challenging for prostate cancer researchers.

We want to stay in communication with you as much as possible so we can fully understand disruptions to your research. Keeping us informed will help us do everything we can to support you and our other researchers, so please don’t hesitate to get in touch with the team if you have any concerns, questions or issues relating to your Prostate Cancer UK-funded research. 

Currently, we are closely monitoring the situation and continually reviewing how this could impact our plans for supporting ground-breaking research. We are, of course, anticipating an inevitable drop in our research activity in the short-term, due to the current lock-down and physical distancing measures that mean our researchers are temporarily without access to their laboratories and have had to put lab-based experiments on hold. We will work with you to help you carry out as much of your essential work as possible remotely until the lock-down is lifted. Read our FAQs for more information.

We are in the process of understanding the longer-term impact of the current situation on both our fundraising and our research programme. Until that time, we are putting all new research decisions on hold, but will try to maintain our commitments to ongoing research as far as possible.

We are, as ever, completely committed to funding research to help us stop prostate cancer limiting men’s lives, and are doing everything we can to ensure as little disruption to our research programme as possible as the national situation unfolds. We will update this page as and when our plans develop over the coming weeks.

We're the UK's leading charity dedicated to prostate cancer research. It's our mission to fund the highest quality research, and the most promising individuals, to transform treatment, diagnosis and prevention of prostate cancer. 

But our grant funding is just the start. We're dedicated to supporting the prostate cancer research community, who are making the breakthroughs that are changing men's lives. We can help strengthen your applications by putting you in touch with our Patient Network, support your trial recruitment, and keep you up to date with the latest opportunities in the field, to make sure your research will have the biggest impact possible for men affected by prostate cancer.

New funding opportunity - Major Awards in Curative Treatments

In May 2020 we will be launching a new strategic initiative to fund research which can improve outcomes for men treated in the curative setting.

This can be research that helps men select the most appropriate treatment for them, research aimed at increasing the effectiveness of initial treatment in terms of cancer control, or research focused on reducing side effects from initial treatment.

Annual research networking day

Our flagship Making Progress Day brings together early career prostate cancer researchers for networking, training and development opportunities.

This event is aimed at early career researchers working within the field of prostate cancer research. The 2020 Making Progress Day will take place on Friday 12 June. Registration is now open. For more information about the event please use the link below.