Children with Cancer UK – 2025 Research Grant Call

Children with Cancer UK – 2025 Research Grant Call

Due Date: 11/04/2025

Funding for UK-based researchers to advance childhood, teenage, and young adult cancer research across discovery, detection, treatment, and impact. Projects may run up to three years, with emphasis on high-impact and first-in-child studies.

Eligibility Criteria:

  • Principal Investigator must be based at a recognised UK university, hospital, or research institute.

  • Eligible applicants: mid-career researchers, established researchers, clinicians, and non-clinical researchers.

  • PI salary not funded; must be secured for the full project.

  • Only one application per PI per round.

  • Collaboration encouraged; international partners allowed if PI is UK-based.

  • Research must address cancers in children, teenagers, or young adults with clear articulation of impact.

  • Not eligible: proposals out of remit, led outside the UK, from commercial organisations, or primarily for equipment/infrastructure.

Funding Details:

  • Typical request around GBP 350,000 total; higher or lower amounts considered with justification.

  • Project duration up to 3 years.

  • Supports fundamental and translational research, proof-of-concept studies, and projects likely to lead to larger grants or clinical trials.

Deadline:

  • Closing date: November 4, 2025 at 12:00 pm.

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