Funding opportunities
Here you can find our research funding opportunities and when they open for application. Click on the individual funding initiatives for more information. To keep up to date with the latest funding opportunities, follow us on X (Twitter) or sign up to our newsletter.
Career Acceleration Fellowships
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Funding for outstanding early career prostate cancer researchers to pursue their own independent research goals and accelerate their career trajectories.
Transformational Impact Awards
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Funding support large-scale research investments covering high quality discovery science, through to translational and clinical research, focussed on tackling the biggest challenges in prostate cancer.
Research Innovation Awards
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Funding for bold, innovative research projects that have the real potential to impact the way prostate cancer is diagnosed and treated.
Joint MRC Clinical Research Training Fellowships
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We’re offering clinical research training fellowships in partnership with the Medical Research Council (MRC) to researchers with a clinical background, who wish to undertake a PhD or reacquire skills after time away from research.
Starter Grants for Clinical Lecturers
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A partnership funding scheme for clinical lecturers, designed to enable talented early-career researchers to lay the foundations for a productive research career, alongside maintaining their clinical skills and training.
Frequently Asked Questions
Find answers to some frequently asked questions. We hope that these will help if you're thinking about applying, or are already applying to one of our grant schemes.
Finance guidance
Find out more about the costs that can and can’t be included in your application!
External funding opportunities
Looking to involve patient representatives in your research?
Association of Medical Research Charities
Our research funding processes have been certified by the Association of Medical Research Charities as providing best practice in medical and health research peer review.
Research position statement: Using animals and stem cells in medical research
In common with most medical research charities, we acknowledge that, despite developments in areas such as cell culture and computer modelling, there will be times when research still depends on the use of animals and stem cells in order to develop new treatments and tests for life threatening diseases such as prostate cancer. Following guidance from the Association of Medical Research Charities and the Home Office, we will only fund the use of animals and stem cells in research where it is absolutely essential, where there are no alternative options, and where it is carried out according to best practice as laid down in legislation.
Please refer to our Position Statement on the use of animals and stem cells in research for full details on Prostate Cancer UK's stance on these topics.
