Cancer Research UK is the world’s leading cancer charity and is the largest charitable funder of cancer research in the world, funding around 50% of all publicly-funded cancer research in the UK. The charity’s pioneering work in the last 50 years has helped double cancer survival in the UK alone.
The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) is funded by the UK Department of Health and Social Care to improve the health and wealth of the nation through research. The NIHR is also a funder of research in low- and middle-income countries through UK government international development funding.
The NIHR Imperial Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) is a part of the NIHR and hosted by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust in partnership with Imperial College London. NIHR BRCs are collaborations between NHS organisations and universities. They bring together academics and clinicians to translate scientific discoveries into potential new treatments, diagnostics and technologies. The NIHR Imperial BRC supports research on early diagnosis, precision medicine, digital health, and convergence science.
The Royal Society is the independent scientific academy of the UK, and the oldest scientific academy in continuous existence, dedicated to promoting excellence in science for the benefit of humanity. It provides a range of grant schemes to support the UK scientific community.