The foundation welcomes research proposals which seek to better understand and improve the quality of life of people living with or having survived cancer.

Areas of Research

• Research areas could include, but are not limited to:
  • Biological basis of the side effects of cancer treatments such as understanding those caused by immunotherapies/biological therapeutics
  • Improvement of long-term and late effects of cancer treatment, such as increased risk of secondary cancers, cardiac issues and stroke later in life, particularly in paediatric cancer patients
  • Side effects of cancer treatments such as neurological complications of cancer, mouth ulcers and swallowing issues, fatigue, pain and nausea
  • Identification of risk or predictive factors on cancer therapy efficacy and severity of side effects, such as the role of the microbiome
  • Improvement of the consequences of cancer treatment such as infertility, endocrine deficiencies and organ removal or impacts of major surgery.

Funding Information

• Budget: there will be up to £3,000,000 available.
• Applications are expected to be between £300,000 and £500,000 over a maximum of a 3 to 5 year period.

Eligibility Criteria

• This competition is open to all UK-based researchers, clinical academics and allied health professionals at eligible institutions (UK HEIs, Research Council research institutes, hospitals, and other independent research organisations). Applicants must hold a PhD, DPhil or MD.
• Applications will be considered from researchers at all levels of seniority. Applicants and co-applicants may request a contribution to their salary costs only where they do not have a permanent contract. Established researchers with tenured positions may not request salary costs. Applications are encouraged from clinical researchers and allied health professionals.
• Applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not have their proposal assessed.
• Only one application will be accepted per applicant, though individuals can hold more than one Medical Research Foundation grant at any one time.

For more information, visit Medical Research Foundation.