CCLG - The Children & Young People's Cancer Association

CCLG - The Children & Young People's Cancer Association is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1182637).

CCLG - The Children & Young People's Cancer Association is a registered charity that exists for the relief of sickness and suffering of children, teenagers and young adults with cancer, and for the advancement of education in that field. It funds and supports research it describes as innovative and world-class, collaborating nationally and internationally to drive improvements in childhood cancer. It has funded 125 research projects in the last ten years with the support of research partners, with previous awards ranging from £40,000 to £250,000 and averaging around £200,000. Its annual giving is £3,897,659, and it runs a number of research grant schemes while also working with other charities and managing research funding programmes on their behalf.

Priority Areas

CCLG funds research projects across the cancer pathway, from diagnosis and treatment to patient experience and survivorship, with a focus on cancer in children, teenagers and young adults. It runs research grant schemes for projects led by researchers and works with partner charities to provide research expertise, infrastructure and grant administration. Its grants go to institutions such as universities and hospitals; one available route is for UK- and Ireland-based research organisations. Proposals are assessed through internal triage and independent written peer review, with the Research Advisory Group considering applications before trustee or partner-charity approval. The Little Princess Trust Project Grants favour research quality and potential impact over cost and support projects rather than programmes.

Themes

• Childhood cancer research

Geographic Focus

UK; Ireland.

For the Little Princess Trust Project Grants, applicants should sign up for an account and submit through the online portal.

Deadlines: Applications must be submitted by each call's stated deadline.

Application windows:

• Little Princess Trust Project Grants: The application deadline is in October; the opening month is not stated.

Who can apply:

• Little Princess Trust Project Grants: Funding is available to UK and Ireland based research organisations, i.e. universities and hospitals.

What the charity says:

• The proposed research should be high quality and have potential impact; cost is not the primary basis for decisions.
• The application should address the research need and scope.
• The application should provide background evidence, preliminary data and a hypothesis.
• The proposed study design is assessed.
• The research team should demonstrate leadership and expertise.
• The resources requested should be justified.