Funding Process
The Prostate Cancer Charity funds medical and psychosocial research through an annual, fully competitive and peer-reviewed call for research proposals.
New for 2010
As part of our Call for Research Proposals for the Survivorship Research Initiative, please find further details on how to register for our Researchers' workshop on 17th September.
MRC/The Prostate Cancer Charity Joint Clinical Research Fellowship
We have entered a joint funding collaboration with the Medical Research Council (MRC) and we now invite clinical research training fellowship proposals that aim to improve the lives of men affected by prostate cancer. The fellowships will be offered under the standard MRC terms and conditions. Please refer to the MRC website for further details.
The next Call for Research Proposals will commence in early Autumn 2010.
Research Grant Round 2009/2010
Applications received
For the 2009/2010 Research Grant round we processed 59 applications. From the submissions received 45 were project grants, 10 PhD studentships, and 4 Northern Ireland project grants.
The total value of applications this year was just under £9.4 million, with an average of £162,727 per project grant and £88,876 per studentship.
The 59 applications were dispersed across the following areas of research:
- 18 basic
- 17 basic/translational
- 9 translational
- 2 translational/clinical
- 6 clinical
- 7 psychosocial
Application success rates
This year we funded 9 out of 59 proposals, giving a success rate of 15%.
The total amount awarded was £ 1,790,398.
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