Cancer Grand Challenges – Application
Well-being, Health and Biomedical Discovery
Deadlines
Academic Unit: Inquire with unit
Memorial Deadline: Wednesday 15th, October 2025
External Deadline: Wednesday 22nd, October 2025
Description
In March 2025 seven new Cancer Grand Challenges were announced to the global research community. These challenges represent the most urgent, complex problems in cancer research that require collaboration across borders and disciplines.
International teams are now invited to submit an EOI to take on one of these challenges. Awards of up to £20m ($25m) are available and the submission deadline is 18 June. Shortlisted teams will be notified and issued seed funding in July 2025.
- AI-human collaborations in cancer
- Cancer avoidance
- The dark proteome
- Mechanisms driving mutational signatures
- The nervous system and cancer
- Rewiring cancer cells
- TME dynamics
These challenges are now open for EOIs from global, interdisciplinary research teams for awards of up to £20m ($25m). Please note that submissions are due by 23:59 BST, 18 June 2025.
| 23 October 2025 | Full applications from shortlisted teams are due. |