Career Establishment Awards provide five years of funding to enable new, non-clinical investigators who have just taken up their first Higher Education Funding Council funded post at a UK university to establish their own research group.
Research Areas
The purpose of this award is to encourage the best new investigators to develop a career in cancer research, and to provide the core support required to enable successful applicants to establish their own research groups. Applications are invited from those with interests in any area of basic and biomedical science (including biology, chemistry, physics and maths), providing the applicant is able to explain the relevance of their proposal to cancer research.
Applications are judged on the basis of scientific excellence, innovation and relevance to cancer research.
Eligibility
- Applicants seeking funding must be in a full time post at a UK university which is fully funded by the relevant National Higher Education Funding Council at the time of application. Please note, Career Establishment Awards cannot be used to fund part of an applicant's salary.
- Applicants must be within 3 years of the start of their first academic post at the time of application.
- Applicants must be the sole Principal Investigator.
- Please note that the Biological Sciences Committee does not accept resubmissions.
Period of Funding
Funding is provided for up to 60 months.
Funding Value
Career Establishment Awards supply funds for one junior post-doctoral position and one research assistant or technician, as well as running expenses which may include a supplement for the applicant's own bench costs. A separate amount can be requested for equipment (up to £25,000).
How to apply
Applicants are required to contact Cancer Research UK to discuss eligibility and the application process before being given access to the on-line application system.
For further information or to register an interest, please email Dr Jamie Meredith or Dr Joslyn Taylor.
All applications must be made online. Please see the Application Management System (AMS) section for more details.
Submission deadlines
Forthcoming deadlines for applications are as follows:
There are no upcoming deadlines
Additional Information
Review Committee: Biological Sciences Committee
All applicants must complete the Career Ambitions section of the online form in the Application Management System (AMS) describing their career ambitions.
Please note that deadlines are final and we cannot accept applications after 5 p.m. on these dates. Applications will be processed in the order they are received up to the maximum quota for any one meeting. If the pre-set quota is reached before 5 p.m. on the deadline date applications will be accepted on a first come first served basis.
Contact Details
For enquiries about this scheme, please contact:
Dr Jamie Meredith
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7438 5351
Email: jamie.meredith@cancer.org.uk
Dr Ben Onwuegbusi
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7438 5341
Email: ben.onwuegbusi@cancer.org.uk
