Funding Process
The Prostate Cancer Charity funds medical and psychosocial research through an annual, fully competitive and peer-reviewed call for research proposals.
The 'Call for Research Proposals' 2009/10 has now closed
Applicants will be informed of the outcome by email in April 2010. Please do not contact the office to enquire about the progress of your application in the interim, it will not speed up the process! The Charity will correspond only with principal applicants.
The next Call for Research Proposals will commence in early Autumn 2010.
Third 'Call for Proposals' in 2008/09
Applications received
In the third 'Call for Proposals', we processed 57 applications.
The total value of the grant applications was over £7.5 million, the average applied for was £139,831 per application and the range was £12,000 to £249,604. The upper limit for a grant application remained at £250,000.
There were four possible categories of proposal – basic, translational, clinical and psychosocial. Applicants also had the option of linking across categories. The submissions this year are:
- 9 Basic
- 14 Translational
- 6 Clinical
- 12 Psychosocial
Coupled submissions this year are:
- 10 Basic / Translational
- 3 Basic / Clinical
- 3 Clinical / Psychosocial
There are three types of grant for which applications could be made. These are Fellowships, Studentships and Projects.
The submissions this year are:
- 2 Fellowship applications
- 42 Project applications and
- 13 Studentship applications
'Call for Proposals' application success rates
Please see our Funded Projects section to view details of the successful proposals.
2008/09 success rate: 16% Total awarded: £1,053,609
2007/08 success rate: 14% Total awarded: £508,637
2006/07 success rate: 14% Total awarded: £794,013