Ruth Strauss Foundation
At a glance
Key takeaways
- Its research grants are open only to applicants who work at a university, NHS hospital, hospice or research institution in the UK, so a small charity outside those settings should not apply to the small grants programme.
- Where an applicant does fit, that programme gives grants of up to £50,000, but the annual report gave no grants figure and no grant range is stated, so the typical size of award is unknown and a request should be sized with that in mind.
- Submit a research proposal by the deadline set for each non-smoking lung cancer research round, and check that deadline before planning, because no dates are given.
- Proposals are judged by a Grants Allocation Committee against a comprehensive set of criteria, with external experts and lay reviewers living with ALK+ and EGFR+ lung cancer, and nothing published about the process suggests it is relationship-led.
Overview
Ruth Strauss Foundation is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1183221).
Ruth Strauss Foundation is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Its purpose is the prevention or relief of sickness through research into the diagnosis, treatment and cure of rare forms of lung cancer, particularly adenocarcinoma, and the publication of useful results. It also aims to relieve need among sufferers of lung cancer and other terminal illnesses and their families, particularly young children. Its work has two themes, family support and non-smoking lung cancer research, and its grants are of up to £50,000 each.
What they fund
Priority Areas
The foundation’s stated work combines support for families facing a parent’s incurable cancer with research into non-smoking lung cancers. Its family programme offers professional emotional support and guidance to parents and caregivers preparing children for a parent’s death. Its non-smoking lung cancer grants focus on research projects to improve people’s lives, raise awareness, improve treatment access and options, meet patients’ needs, and strengthen evidence-based information. The research call was open to applicants working at a university, NHS hospital, hospice or research institution in the UK, for standalone projects or research contributing to a wider project. Proposals were assessed by a Grants Allocation Committee, with external expert and lay reviewers, bringing specialist and lived experience to the assessment.
Themes
- Family support
- Non-smoking lung cancer research
Geographic Focus
UK.
What they don't fund
- small grants programme only: Applicants must work at a university, NHS hospital, hospice or research institution in the UK
How to apply
For the NSLC research grants, applicants submitted research proposals by the round deadline for consideration by the Grants Allocation Committee.
Deadlines: By the deadline set for each NSLC research-grant round.
Application success factors
What the charity says:
- The Grants Allocation Committee assesses proposals against a comprehensive set of criteria.
- The committee includes external experts and lay reviewers living with ALK+ and EGFR+ lung cancer.
Where they fund
Where it says it funds
- United Kingdom
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Five years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 31 March 2021 | £1,162,689 | £450,692 | — | Accounts for year to 31 March 2021 |
| year to 31 March 2022 | £2,223,008 | £939,507 | — | Accounts for year to 31 March 2022 |
| year to 31 March 2023 | £2,566,560 | £1,912,263 | — | Accounts for year to 31 March 2023 |
| year to 31 March 2024 | £2,338,278 | £2,197,085 | — | Accounts for year to 31 March 2024 |
| year to 31 March 2025 | £2,305,840 | £2,448,800 | — | Accounts for year to 31 March 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.
Sources
Registers and filings
Other sources
- ruthstraussfoundation.com
- ruthstraussfoundation.com/about · read on 30 October 2026
- ruthstraussfoundation.com/info-and-support/support · read on 30 October 2026
- ruthstraussfoundation.com/rsf-launches-non-smoking-lung-cancer-research-grants · read on 30 October 2026
- ruthstraussfoundation.com/contact · read on 30 October 2026
This profile draws on the funder’s own website as well as its filed accounts.
Sources last checked on 30 October 2026.
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