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Cancer Research UK: Grand Challenge funding

Posted by Suman Jha on November 23, 2015 in Research Funding

Cancer Research United Kingdom has announced a major new Grand Challenge funding scheme – a series of awards of up to £20M (approx. $40M) for five years, intended to stimulate a focused multinational, interdisciplinary research effort to tackle significant problems in cancer research, bringing in new thinking, innovation and technology from other disciplines and sectors. This opportunity is open to applicants from a number of countries, including Canada.

Each team must have a strong UK component with at least 25% of the award being spent in the UK, and include a Principal Investigator (UK or overseas) and up to seven co-investigators (UK or overseas) from recognized academic institutions or for-profit companies. Teams are expected to be interdisciplinary and include a patient advocate. Applicants are also encouraged to consider the balance of gender and career-stage within their teams. Commercial collaboration is encouraged.

For more information on the new Grand Challenge funding scheme, please click here.

Interested faculty are asked to contact the International Research Facilitator (jennifer.morawiecki@dal.ca) in Dalhousie Research Services, for support in preparing an application.

Expressions of interest are due by 12 February 2016.