Funder
Cancer Research UK: Early Detection Programme Pump Priming Award 2020-2022
Added date
03/10/2019
Closing date
24/11/2019
Call summary
Funding of up to £50k per year will be available, tenable for either one or two years. Funds will be used for salaries, consumables. The awards are expected to support research that will lay the ground for
future funding from other sources.Funding of up to £50k per year will be available, tenable for either one or two years. Funds
will be used for salaries, consumables.
The awards are expected to support research that will lay the ground for
future funding from other sources.
Scientific scope
The mission of the CRUK Cambridge Centre Early Detection programme, launched in 2016, is to increase survival from cancer and improve quality of life through early detection and intervention. In order to achieve this, the research within the programme focuses on:
- Understanding the earliest steps of cancer development;
- Developing new methods of detecting cancer even prior to any symptoms;
- Understanding the implications of early detection for society as a whole;
- Running clinical studies to evaluate new cancer diagnostics and interventions.
PI eligibility
Applicants should be primary or secondary members of the CRUK Cambridge Centre. If your research is cancer-related and you are not a member of the Cambridge Centre, please check the link.
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