The Discovery Committee (DC) was established in September 2003, as a joint funding initiative between Cancer Research UK and Cancer Research Technology (CRT). The aim of this funding scheme is to directly develop research for patient benefit.
The Discovery Committee is the sole Cancer Research UK committee which manages the development of projects arising from the Charity's basic research portfolio. Also the Committee is responsible for Intellectual Property arising from outside the Cancer Research UK portfolio, but managed through Cancer Research Technology. The aim of the scheme is to improve the likelihood of research eventually leading to a new preventative, therapeutic or biomarker entity by:
- Assessing the potential value of research findings for developing new preventative, therapeutic or biomarker approaches
- Establishing a project plan, which charts a route to developing research findings
- Funding of the project plan to achieve specific milestones and endpoints
- Management and monitoring of the project by the charity and CRT to achieve goals within agreed timescales.
Other details
To view our terms of reference or our current committee membership, please click on the links at the bottom of this page.
Available scheme
The Discovery Committee currently offers the following scheme:
Committee secretariat:
Email: Dr. Alison John
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7438 5389
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7438 5450
Committee Members
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Terms of Reference
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