Campaign's research achievements
Find out what other publications and studies the charity has developedFunding breast cancer research
Breast Cancer Campaign supports the following awards in universities, medical schools/teaching hospitals and research institutes in the UK and Republic of Ireland:
PhD studentships
Project grants
Scientific fellowships
The Scientific Advisory Board will also consider applications for the following:
- Re-funding’ a current grant that is about to end
- Applications that are a ‘follow-on’ from a Campaign-funded small pilot grants
- Applications to extend a current Campaign grant
- Applications for research that will take place within the NHS.
Applications that may fall out of Campaign's funding remit include: animal licence costs, equipment grants, applications from applicants outside the UK and applications from a commercial entity.
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Campaign's grant application process
Campaign's Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) composed of prominent breast cancer experts ensures that the research the charity funds is of the highest calibre and will further our knowledge of breast cancer. Every grant applicant undergoes a rigorous six-month selection procedure, known as the peer review process.
The peer review process starts when an applicant submits a detailed project proposal, including costs, to Campaign. The proposal is then sent for evaluation to two or more SAB members and as many as eight recognised experts in the breast cancer field.
Campaign's SAB members have a wide variety of breast cancer research expertise. This ensures that each application will have an expert on the Board to critically review the work. The evaluations are returned to the charity for consideration by the SAB at its bi-annual meetings (in May and November). The SAB then recommend to the charity's Board of Trustees which projects should receive funding. Only those of the highest quality are chosen.
