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| | | | We’ve signed a Concordat, co-developed with the UK Research & Innovation sector, agreeing on a common ambition for the UK to continue delivering cutting-edge research in a more environmentally responsible way. As a signatory, we agree to maintain transparency about the environmental impacts of our research outputs and find new climate-conscious, low-carbon approaches to research and innovation.
Alongside this, we’re introducing new requirements coming into place from 2026, for researchers to demonstrate the environmental sustainability of their laboratories by obtaining green lab certifications, as part of our new policy on environmental sustainability in research. Key requirements include reducing reliance on single-use plastics and energy consumption of freezers and improving the way negative results are shared and discussed. This will affect researchers applying to our funding schemes, as well as all labs and facilities associated with our institutes and the institutions hosting our funded researchers.
We know this will take time and effort and don’t expect you to make these changes alone. Read the blog below to hear more on how this might affect you and please share any challenges you face as you transition to more sustainable research practices. Get in touch for support at policies@cancer.org.uk |
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Funding & Research Opportunities |
| Get in touch with our office for confidential advice on eligibility, remit and funding options prior to applying. |
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Reducing the environmental impact of cancer research |
| We need to alter the way we approach cancer research to reduce its environmental impact. In a recent article in Cancer news, Mathew Tata our Funding Policy and Governance Manager takes you through the new requirements in our policy on environmental sustainability in research and how this will affect your research and funding applications.
Mathew also speaks to Martin Farley, Associate Director of Environmental Sustainability Programmes for UK Research and Innovation, laying out the benefits of green lab certification. |
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| | | | Hear from sector leaders who started as cancer research postdocs and went on to build careers both in and outside of academia at our Postdoc Futures event in Manchester this June.
Evgenia Koutsouki discovered a passion for science communications during her time as a postdoc. She is now Head of Editorial at the European Medical Journal, a role that integrates content-focused skills with leadership responsibilities.
After his cancer genetics postdoc, Chris Macdonald left academia for medical research funding, going on to become the Head of Research at Pancreatic Cancer UK where he leans on his academic background to understand research challenges and priorities in order to shape the charity’s research strategies. | | |
| | | | | | A new Lancet Commission led by Charlotte Coles (University of Cambridge and Cancer Research UK RadNet Cambridge Lead) sets out recommendations to tackle urgent global challenges in breast cancer.
The report found that due to inaction on inequities and hidden suffering related to physical symptoms, emotional despair and financial burden, low to middle income countries disproportionately experience cancer related deaths.
The commission explores the hidden cost of breast cancer, how better communication can lead to improved patient outcomes and how the sector can collaborate to improve prevention and early detection. | | |
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Join us in Boston to find out what’s next for prevention research |
| “After spending more than 30 years working on cancer prevention, I’m really looking forward to this inaugural conference fully dedicated to the subject,” says Sir John Burns, professor of Clinical Genetics at Newcastle University and scientific co-chair at our upcoming Cancer Prevention Research Conference.
John will be co-chairing a fireside chat with Tim Rebbeck from Harvard School of Public Health to discuss potential incentives for the future of prevention research in a profit-driven world.
Stay up to date with latest conference information at #PrevConf24 on our social channels. |
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