Each year, CCLG runs a number of research grant schemes, providing funding for world-leading research projects led by the brightest minds.
We also work in partnership with other charities, sharing our expertise in research and our research infrastructure to help them to fund world-class childhood cancer research, and managing research funding programmes on their behalf.
Funding opportunities will be added to this page when they become available. We'll also announce new grant schemes on X and LinkedIn, so do follow us there.
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Early career researcher VIVO Biobank pilot grants
Our VIVO Biobank Pilot Grants are research grants designed to enable short-term funding for a specific, discrete, childhood cancer research project. This grant is for you if you are an early career researcher with an idea for a pilot biological study which will generate preliminary data for a further, larger research project or will generate useful, publishable data.
Grants of up to £15,000 are available to support a defined research project. Grants are available for specific disease areas, where there is both funding, and samples available from the VIVO Biobank to support a study. Funding is available for discrete projects and not as ‘top up’ funding for existing projects, although funding can be used to support additional specific experiments as part of a wider piece of work (e.g. a PhD study).
The deadline for applications is 5pm, Tuesday 1 July 2025.