Worldwide Cancer Research - Research Grants 2018 (£ 250,000)

Worldwide Cancer Research (WCR) invites applications for its Research Grants. Deadline for submissions is April 27, 2018. Grants are awarded to support fundamental or translational research into the causes, mechanisms, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of cancer. This remit is usually interpreted conservatively. Funding is up to £ 250,000, but it should be noted that most of the 3-year grants have a budget of less than £ 200,000.

WCR awards project grants from 12 to 36 months in length to principal investigators based at any not-for-profit research institute in the world. The principal investigator must be a suitably qualified researcher (minimum of PhD followed by three years research experience, or equivalent qualification or research experience). Grants cover the direct costs of the project including research consumables and reagents, the salaries of research staff working directly on the project, travel to conferences or to visit collaborators, and any essential services or small pieces of specialist or unusual equipment. The host institution must cover all indirect and overhead costs. 

The goal of Worldwide Cancer Research is to fund scientific research that may, in future, help reduce the incidence of cancer or improve cancer survival.