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Prevention and Population Research Project Award (UK cancer research)

Cancer Research UK (CRUK)

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Early career researcher

Established independent researcher

Mid-career researcher

Non-clinical researcher

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Research area

Cancer aetiology

Cancer prevention

Epidemiology

Behavioural research

Statistics and methodology

Clinical trials

Final submission

19 June 2025

Committee review

November 2025

Funding period

Flexible; typically up to 3 years*

Funding amount

Flexible; typically up to £500k*

Prevention and Population Project Awards provide support for focused research proposals centred on key questions in prevention and population research.

Scientific remit

Prevention and Population Project Awards can be awarded in one or more of the following areas:

Population-based studies, including classical, clinical and molecular epidemiological approaches, to help understand risk and disease aetiology, and to test and validate strategies to improve the prevention and control of cancer in patients and the public.
Incidence rates of cancer, including changes over time and geographies. Investigation into the changes in cancer survival, driven by risk factors or other relevant factors.
Methodological and statistical research relating to prevention and population sciences.
Population-level epidemiological studies of secondary physical effects of cancer treatment.
Screening as a form of prevention, including population-level trials of screening approaches.
Risk stratification and associated cancer prevention studies, including identification of high-risk groups for whom preventative interventions would be beneficial and in which preventative intervention research could be conducted.
Exploratory and confirmatory clinical trials seeking to test the efficacy and safety of chemopreventive agents.
Behavioural and lifestyle interventions to support prevention of cancer, including cancer recurrence, across a range of risk factors, which may include tobacco, alcohol, physical activity, sedentary behaviour, obesity and UV exposure (individual or population level).
Policy-focused research to help develop Cancer Research UK’s policies and advocacy strategies concerning cancer prevention, including policy research on tobacco control.

What is funded

Funding is flexible for both cost and duration based on the nature of the research questions, and can be used to fund:

Postdoctoral researchers and technical staff
Associated running costs
Equipment where fully justified for the project

The Award cannot be used to fund your own salary, or the salaries of any named co-investigator or collaborator, except as set out in our policy on funding investigator salaries.

*Prevention and Population Project Awards can be shorter or longer than 3 years and the funding request can vary, provided requests are well-justified and based on strong scientific rationale. If you'd like to apply for more than 3 years of funding or more than £500,000 total funding, you must contact us to discuss this before you start an application.

Specialties

Cancer

Others

Eligibility Requirements

You should:

Have some postdoctoral experience or equivalent
Be scientists, clinicians or healthcare workers in UK universities, medical schools, hospitals or research institutes

Sponsor Details

Sponsor Institute/Organizations: Cancer Research UK (CRUK)

Address: 2 Redman Place, London, E20 1JQ.

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