Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation

Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1046854).

The foundation began as the Lung Cancer Fund, set up with the mission of understanding how lung cancer develops and eventually eliminating it through research, patient support and smoking prevention. It exists to promote and fund research into the causes, prevention and treatment of lung cancer, to develop health promotion programmes aimed at preventing lung cancer, and to offer practical support to improve the quality of life of patients and their relatives. Its most recent annual report shows £234,647 given. It has funded lung cancer research fellowships to help develop the next generation of lung cancer researchers.

Priority Areas

Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation funds research directed at improving earlier lung cancer diagnosis and patient experience, and supports clinical research fellowships to develop the next generation of lung cancer researchers. The fellowships invite clinically qualified healthcare professionals in the UK and Ireland to undertake research aimed at improving clinical outcomes for people at risk of lung cancer and patients with lung cancer. They are primarily medical appointments and are also open to nurses and other allied health professionals. The foundation says scientific excellence and relevance to lung cancer guide its research. Its objectives include encouraging scientific innovation, enabling scientists to communicate and collaborate, and ensuring research translates into benefits for patients as quickly and effectively as possible.

Themes

• Early diagnosis
• Patient experience
• Researcher development

Geographic Focus

The UK; Ireland.

Applications are reviewed and discussed by the grants committee before being passed for external peer review.

What to send:

• Clinical research fellowship: Complete the CRF Application Form, including all sections and the relevant sections completed by the lead applicant, supervisor, collaborators, Head of Department and the University/Institution Research Grants office (or Finance office if not applicable).

What the charity says:

• Scientific excellence and relevance to lung cancer guide the foundation's research.
• The foundation seeks to encourage scientific innovation.
• Fellowship projects should demonstrate advances in understanding or treatment of lung cancer and clear potential benefit to patients.
• The foundation aims for research to translate into patient benefits as quickly and effectively as possible.