The new Sussex Cancer Research Centre, SCRC aims to expand translational research and to facilitate interactions between individuals across our supporting Institutions.
We aim to support research across the translational pipeline from bench to bedside, with a focus on improving patient outcomes.
This studentship is kindly supported by both The University of Sussex (UoS) School of Life Sciences, and Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS).
Projects should be a collaboration between either UoS School of Life Sciences and BSMS, UoS School of Life Sciences and an NHS trust, or BSMS and an NHS trust. The goal of these projects is to establish and sustain new collaborative research networks for patient benefit.
Funds will be provided for full-time PhD projects of a 3.5-year duration. This will cover home fees, a stipend at the UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) rate and £5k/year contribution to running costs.
Projects will be scored on the feasibility, relevance and the scientific excellence of the project proposal. In addition, the training the student will receive, the potential contribution to knowledge/potential for impact, the quality of the research environment, and the likely contribution the studentship will make to the development of new networks across the SCRC will also be considered. Applications will be scored by a diverse panel of researchers comprised of non-conflicted representatives from multiple institutions and departments within the SCRC.
The aim of the SCRC Pump-Priming fund is to provide short-term funds to support innovative, proof-of-concept cancer research. Projects we support may be too preliminary for competitive major research support but have the potential to be so with this investment (≤ £15,000). Priority is given to projects with a clear translational trajectory, clear trajectory towards sustainable funding, involvement of early career researchers, for new collaborations between investigators across two or more of our institutions (University of Sussex, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, The University of Brighton, and the University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust and neighbouring hospitals).
Applications to the SCRC Pump-Priming Fund are reviewed by a multidisciplinary Research Committee. The projects are ranked on criteria including scientific quality, strategic relevance, translational potential, inter-institutional collaboration and feasibility.
The SCRC Pump-Priming Fund has been made possible through support from the University of Sussex School of Life Sciences, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, The University of Brighton, and the Sussex Cancer Fund. Through this scheme the SCRC aims to expand translational research and to facilitate interactions between individuals across our supporting Institutions.
