Melanoma Focus

Registered charity 1124716 · since 2008melanomafocus.org·United Kingdom·Updated 31 October 2026

At a glance

Up to £20,000

Grant range

From the funder's website

Open to applications

Fixed application deadlines · unsolicited applications welcome

Key takeaways

Melanoma Focus funds melanoma research for patient and public benefit, so a small nonprofit fits best if its project is melanoma research led by a clinician, scientist, nurse or allied health professional working in the field.
Anyone outside those roles should not apply to its Application for Research Funding call.
Potential funding is up to £20,000, and higher requests will be considered if properly justified, but the annual report gives no grants figure, so a typical award size cannot be read from it.
Register your interest first, since the funder then sends an application form to be returned with a two-page CV, and check the proposal deadline set for the current research call, as each call sets its own.

Overview

Melanoma Focus is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1124716).

Melanoma Focus was founded in memory of, and in recognition of, the achievements of its founder. It exists to promote research into the causes and treatment of melanoma for public benefit, and to raise awareness of melanoma and its prevention and advance education about it. Its activities are grouped into three main areas: patient support and information; professional education, resources and research; and public awareness of melanoma and advocacy.

What they fund

Priority Areas

Melanoma Focus commissions, funds, supports and promotes research across the wide field of melanoma for patient and public benefit. It regularly invites proposals from UK melanoma researchers; the call is directed to clinicians, scientists, nurses and AHPs working in the melanoma field. Its funded investigators have included melanoma clinicians, advanced non-medical practitioners, scientists, pathologists, nurses and health economists. The Medical Advisory Group evaluates proposals and makes recommendations for research awards. The research the foundation describes includes studies to improve public knowledge of melanoma, its risks and prevention, and observational work on aspects of care, patient wellbeing and holistic care. Its stated focus is patient and public benefit.

Themes

Melanoma research

Geographic Focus

UK.

What they don't fund

Application for Research Funding 2026 only: Applicants must be clinicians, scientists, nurses or AHPs in the field of melanoma

How to apply

Researchers in the melanoma field first register their interest; Melanoma Focus sends an application form, which applicants return with a two-page CV.

Deadlines: Each research call sets a proposal submission deadline.

Who can apply:

Application for Research Funding: Research proposals for patient and public benefit from clinicians/scientists/nurses/AHPs in the field of melanoma

What to send:

Application for Research Funding
- An application form
- A two-page CV

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

United Kingdom

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to Melanoma Focus.

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Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 January 2021	£263,000	£245,000	—	Accounts for year to 31 January 2021
year to 31 January 2022	£386,012	£352,383	—	Accounts for year to 31 January 2022
year to 31 January 2023	£352,216	£355,481	—	Accounts for year to 31 January 2023
year to 31 January 2024	£546,265	£498,850	—	Accounts for year to 31 January 2024
year to 31 January 2025	£502,198	£537,511	—	Accounts for year to 31 January 2025

— No grants figure for those years.

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.