Funding Process
The 'Call for Proposals' 2008/09 is now closed
The next grant round will open in September 2009.
The Prostate Cancer Charity is calling for proposals of research that will benefit men affected by prostate cancer. We aim to fund the best quality research wherever it is to be found in the UK on a fully competitive, peer reviewed basis.
We welcome proposals for basic, translational, clinical, and psychosocial research.
We offer Project, PhD Studentship, and Clinical Research Fellowship grants.
It is unlikely that proposals requesting more than £250,000 will be approved.
The deadline for applications is 5pm 11 November 2008.
After a peer review process, our Research Advisory Committee will meet in March 2009 to discuss the applications in light of the external referees’ opinions.
The Committee will then recommend to the Charity's Board of Trustees the projects that should receive funding.
For further information and an example application form, click here.
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