Information for current grantholders

Our supporters need to feel confident in how their generous donations are being used to start new cures for cancer. It is vital that we monitor the progress and outcomes from your bold ideas, and our team are here to support you in fulfilling your funding expectations. 

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Thank you for being a Curestarter. 

If you have any papers coming out relating to your Worldwide Cancer Research funding, we want to hear about them, please remember our Open Access Policy. Remember to tell us if you are patenting or licensing your idea. 

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Application handbook

Application handbook 2025

Research policies

Research policies

We want to share your stories.

We rely on the support of our Curestarters to sustain our grant funding. Your inspirational stories can offer hope that we are getting closer to a day when no life is cut short by cancer, and help raise more money to fund more crucial discovery research around the world. 

From sharing your research breakthroughs and connecting with you on social media, to setting up lab tours and offering insights into the people behind the science, there are so many ways we can work together. 

Our Research and Science Communications teams are here to support you and would love to here from you - please get in touch today

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Fundraise for Worldwide Cancer Research

The more we raise, the more research we can fund. Join Team Curestarter and sign up to one of our upcoming events, or organise your own fundraising with your team! 

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Our research policies

We have set of research policies that must be adhered to by all grantholders or funding from Worldwide Cancer Research. Find out more here.

Our research projects

Explore the bright ideas we are funding

The projects seeking to answer big questions about any type of cancer, anywhere in the world. 

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News & Press

News and press
Join Ubisoft's Sixth Guardian Hope Fundraiser for Worldwide Cancer Research
Join Ubisoft's Sixth Guardian Hope Fundraiser for Worldwide Cancer Research
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News and press
A new approach to drug dosage could help tackle hard-to-treat cancers
Researchers find a 'less is more' approach to drug dosage could help tackle hard-to-treat cancers
News and press
Researchers make a crucial new lung cancer discovery
Researchers make a crucial new lung cancer discovery