About Us

Our Research Strategy is based on the core values of: funding innovative and ambitious research; collaboration; promoting the careers of young scientists; and funding research into accessible treatments which will reduce the costs and burden on the NHS.

When selecting projects to fund, we use the expertise of our internal research team and our Scientific Advisory Committee to ensure a project is scientifically world-class. We use our Patient Voice Groups to ensure a project is relevant to people with prostate cancer. We encourage and support innovation with the understanding that the more innovative something is, the more risk comes with it.

Once we make an award to a scientist, the relationship doesn’t stop. We monitor and evaluate that project’s performance the whole way. We help our researchers maximise their impact by connecting them with patients, so that they gain a deeper understanding of patient challenges. We help our scientists build new collaborations and partnerships with other scientists and industry, so they can share ideas, resources, and expertise.

By working in this way, we have the best chance of saving and improving lives.

At Prostate Cancer Research, we have a diverse portfolio of projects at some of the UK’s leading institutions in prostate cancer, ranging from early-stage biological insights to drug development. Our academic research is focused on two core themes: (1) improving the classifications of advanced prostate cancer and our ability to predict which treatments will work best for individual patients based on their particular prostate cancer subtype; and (2) discovering new treatments for advanced prostate cancer by investigating how to contain cancerous cells within the prostate and prevent it from becoming advanced, and finding therapies for when the disease has become advanced.