PCR Grant Call Announcements

At Prostate Cancer Research, we believe that real change happens when people come together, sharing ideas, building partnerships, and keeping patients at the heart of research.

To support that, we are proud to launch two new seed funding schemes. These small grants will have a huge impact, creating a research system that is better connected.

Decisions will be made and communicated to applicants once a quarter. You may submit your application at any time.

Our Collaboration Seed Grant will strengthen connection between scientists. Our PPI Seed Grant will deepen connection between research and lived experience of prostate cancer.

Prostate Cancer Research are pleased to be working with Worldwide Cancer Research on a Grant Round, coming soon, which is looking for your best ideas that could help reach a day where no life is cut short by cancer. The Grant Round opens on 23rd February 2026 and will close when the 500 cap is reached or on 2nd April. For more information, top tips about applying and to stay up-to-date with when the Grant Round opens see https://www.worldwidecancerresearch.org/for-researchers/.

Racial Disparities Grant Call 2024

This call was part of our wider commitment to address the key challenges contributing to the health inequalities experienced by the Black community.

We welcomed proposals from UK- and US-based lead host institutions that had the intention and potential to make a meaningful difference towards levelling the playing field for Black men. Proposals from the fields of biomedical and social sciences were encouraged.

Bone Metastasis Collaboration Fund 2024

In 2024, we joined forces with the charity Breast Cancer Now to launch our Bone Metastasis Collaboration Fund. By bringing together experts and taking a collaborative and multi-tumour approach, this exciting new alliance aimed to revolutionise the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and care of bone metastasis in breast and prostate cancer.

We invited proposals from UK-based principal investigators focused on bone metastasis research, including studies of fundamental, cancer-agnostic mechanisms as well as work on prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and care. Proposals could relate to breast cancer, prostate cancer, or both, with particular interest in projects addressing both cancers, combining models across the two, or fostering new collaborations between breast and prostate cancer research teams.

Open Research Grant Call 2023

In addition to our more specific calls, we also run open grant calls to support a wider range of research projects.

We encouraged proposals for early-stage, collaborative research with the potential to lead to larger future awards, with strong interest in applications from early career scientists. Priority areas included research to improve quality of life for people affected by prostate cancer and studies addressing critical knowledge gaps, such as co-morbidities, ARVs, or bone metastasis, with clear justification of their significance.

However, we also considered any medical or social science research avenue relevant to men affected by advanced prostate cancer.