Funding call 2022

Could you be our new Centre of Excellence?

Brain Tumour Research Centres of Excellence support long-term research, build the ‘critical mass’ of expertise needed to accelerate the journey to find a cure, and as the teams’ research progresses, attract increased research investment from other sources allowing game-changing progress and collaborations to take place.

A Centre of Excellence will:

Grow capacity in the UK, bringing together, or continuing to build a critical mass of staff, infrastructure and collaborations
Create an environment for innovative, collaborative research
Provide leadership and support
Develop skills and expertise
Provide a rich training ground for junior researchers
Be a partner with the host institution
Establish and raise the visibility and focus of brain tumour research within the host institution
Transform research into brain tumours
Deliver insights that will lead to translational impact, accelerate treatments and improve outcomes for people affected by this disease
Leverage additional funding - for every £1 we commit, secure a further £3 from other sources

Scheme details

Eligibility

Applicants must be based at and the research undertaken in a UK research institution.

Duration and award value

Funding will be for an initial period of five years followed by quinquennial reviews providing a further five years of funding.

The budget will be up to £2.5m initially over five years.

Remit

We are open to any proposals addressing high-grade and/or low-grade, adult and/or paediatric primary brain tumours.

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Application process

Key dates and deadlines

Application process for new centre of excellence

Our review criteria

Scientific excellence
Brain tumour research relevance
Track record
Team and collaborative environment
Resources and infrastructure in place to deliver the proposed research
Training programme
University partnership and commitment
Resources requested
Plans to leverage Brain Tumour Research funding

FAQs

Find all the answers to your questions here.

Registration form

Please complete this short form to access the downloadable application form.

Please note the deadline for applying is the 26^th August 2022.

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