Clinical Research Funding Scheme — B
Supports United Kingdom clinical teams through CRUK grants that progress studies from pilot concepts to trials.
Cancer Research UK's Clinical Research Funding Scheme is a modular instrument supporting investigator-led clinical cancer research across three interconnected components: a Clinical Trial Module covering phase 1a/2 through feasibility and dose-finding studies (guide costs approximately £50,000–£200,000 per year); an Experimental Medicine Module for translational research associated with a trial (a…
Investigator-led clinical cancer trials, experimental medicine studies, and hypothesis-driven sample or image collection, with a 2026 spotlight on gastrointestinal cancers of unmet need.
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