Congratulations to our latest grant awardees

Meet the latest grant awardees selected by our Discovery Research Committee:

Linda Wooldridge was selected for a new Programme Award, while Peter McHugh, Christopher Schofield, Jussi Taipale and Pascal Meier received renewing Programme Awards.

Luca Magnani, Nicholas McGranahan, Audrey Gerard and Helen Rowe received Programme Foundation Awards, while Campbell Roxburgh, Joanne Edwards and Emiliano Spezi received Multidisciplinary Project Awards. Ricardo Fernandes received a Cancer Immunology Project Award.

Oscar Ces and Charlotte Bevan received a Cancer Research UK & Prostate Cancer UK Innovation Award co-funded by us and Prostate Cancer UK.

The case for protecting research time in the NHS

Thank you to those of you who inputted into our Clinical Research Workforce Survey. We wanted to understand whether it’s become easier or more challenging to deliver clinical research, and what the top priorities for policymakers should be in this space, we received over 600 responses.

Almost three quarters of respondents felt that it’s becoming harder to deliver research in a timely manner. Top barriers reported include the wider NHS pressures, staff vacancies, bureaucracy setting up studies and a weak NHS research culture. Worryingly, nearly one third of surveyed clinical research staff also said they would be more likely to leave UK-based clinical research in the next 5 years based on the recent developments in the sector.

The findings from this report have, and will continue to, inform our policy priorities and activities, including the recommendations in our Longer, Better Lives manifesto and programme for government. We have also published an article which explores the findings of this report, commenting on actions the Goverment could take to re-establish the UK's position as a global leader in clinical research.