PSC Support

PSC Support is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1175427).

PSC Support is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1175427). Its purposes include the relief of those suffering from liver diseases or disorders, in particular PSC, and the advancement of public awareness and of the treatment and prevention of PSC and other liver diseases. Its activities are to improve the lives of people affected by primary sclerosing cholangitis through support, education, research and advocacy, and its annual giving is £248,468.

Priority Areas

PSC Support funds research into primary sclerosing cholangitis and related disease areas, including recurrent PSC, cholangiocarcinoma in PSC and inflammatory bowel disease in PSC. It supports work to generate fundamental scientific knowledge about PSC, understand disease processes, improve diagnosis and monitoring, develop effective treatments and clinical trials, and improve personalised care, symptoms and quality of life. Its project awards and seed awards are open worldwide, while research training fellowships are UK-only. The calls are for researchers developing PSC-related studies; the foundation encourages multi-centre collaboration and expects results to reach both the public and scientific community. It assesses proposals through scientific and lay review, considering scientific merit, relevance to its research strategy, originality, the quality of methods, research team expertise, patient and public involvement, and realistic, justified costs and value for money.

Themes

• PSC disease understanding
• Treatment development
• Personalised care

Geographic Focus

Worldwide; UK.

Applicants submit a Letter of Intent before the full application stage; those passing initial triage are invited to submit a full grant application.

Deadlines: Each funding round has a final submission date.

Application windows:

• Opens on 1 August and closes on 30 September

What to send:

• A concise Letter of Intent (LOI).

What the charity says:

• Proposals are assessed on scientific merit and clear relevance to the PSC Support Research Strategy.
• The proposal should address an important and valid research question.
• The research team should have the right expertise for the proposed research.
• Budgets should be realistic, justified and value for money.
• The foundation encourages multi-centre, collaborative research.
• Researchers are expected to share results with both the public and scientific community.
• Lay reviewers assess relevance, importance and patient and public involvement and engagement.