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Cancer Research Horizons Innovation Funding

Status

Status not published

Individual schemes have their own deadlines; the Early Detection and Diagnosis Innovation Award has historically had annual or biannual cut-offs.

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Amount
£350,000

Translation Fund up to GBP 250k (Early Validation Fund up to GBP 80k); Therapeutic Catalyst up to GBP 250k (Early Therapy Award up to GBP 350k); Childhood Cancer Therapeutic Catalyst up to GBP 250k; Data Catalyst up to GBP 100k. Open to non-CRUK-funded researchers.

Funder

Cancer Research UK / Cancer Research Horizons

private · national

Deadline: Fixed cut-off dates — Individual schemes have their own deadlines; the Early Detection and Diagnosis Innovation Award has historically had annual or biannual cut-offs.

Your odds
Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
quick

Quick — mostly identity and bank details.

Who can apply

Cancer Research Horizons is CRUK's innovation arm; it both grant-funds and takes equity in spinouts.

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Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.cancerresearchhorizons.com/researchers/access-funding

"Translation Fund: Up to £250k per project (Early Validation Fund up to £80k). Therapeutic Catalyst: Early Therapy Award up to £350k."

Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026

Source: www.cancerresearchhorizons.com

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