Joint PCUK-PCF Young Investigator Award
Introduction - Call Deadline: 8pm, 1 September 2026
Prostate Cancer UK is committed to supporting innovative research of the highest scientific quality, by providing funding for researchers. We're offering a Young Investigator Award in partnership with the Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF). This award is specifically for early-career clinician-scientists in the UK that have an MBBS, MD, or an equivalent medical degree
The award will be 3 years in duration and will provide $75,000 per year. The award funds may be used innovatively and flexibly to advance the career and research efforts of the awardee. This for example, includes funding ‘protected time’ or direct costs for research.
The award focuses on addressing unmet medical needs in the diagnosis and treatment of potentially lethal prostate cancer.
The details
Incremental proposals, and projects that do not address lethal or potentially-lethal prostate cancer such as diagnostics and treatments for low-risk localised disease, are usually non-competitive. Highly innovative basic science programs will be carefully considered, but priority will be given to “bench to bedside” translational research proposals with the potential to deliver near term benefit to patients.
PCF Young Investigator Award Eligibility:
Applicants must have a professional degree (MBBS, MD, MD-PhD, or equivalent) and be within six years of completion of their terminal degree or subsequent mentored academic or clinical training program including postdoctoral or clinical fellowships.
Applicants can include medical oncologists, pathologists, urologists, radiologists, radiation oncologists, nuclear medicine physicians, or professionals trained in any other medical field that could contribute to the end of potentially lethal prostate cancer.
Applicants must be under the supervision of a mentor(s). At least one mentor at the applicant’s institution is required.
Timeline
LAUNCH: Call opens for applications 3 August 2026
DEADLINE: Call closes 1 September 2026 at 8pm
Contact Info
If you have any questions about eligibility or would like to discuss an application, please email PCF [email protected]
