Current early detection funding opportunities from the Early Cancer Institute or other relevant funding streams are listed below:
ACED Skills Exchange and Development Travel Awards
These awards enable ACED Researchers and PhD students to visit another ACED Member Centre for knowledge exchange, to learn or impart a key skill or technique, and to sow the seeds for future research collaborations.
Rolling application deadline. Funding decisions will be made at quarterly meetings of the Alliance Executive Board in March, June, October and December.
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CRUK Early Detection and Diagnosis Project Award
Early Detection and Diagnosis Project Awards support exceptional science from discovery through to translational research. Projects should aim to detect and diagnose consequential pre-cancerous changes and cancer at the earliest possible point of intervention, reducing the burden of late-stage disease.
Application deadline: 18th June 2026
Funding period: Up to 4 years
Funding amount: Up to £500k
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Early Detection and Diagnosis Programme Award
Early Detection and Diagnosis Programme Awards fund long-term, integrated and potentially renewable programmes of exceptional science to drive forward a transformational change in how early cancers and pre-cancerous states are detected.
Applications are reviewed twice per year.
Upcoming deadline 21st July 2026
Funding amount: Up to £2.5milion
Funding period: Up to 5 years