Research funding calls

The aim of our Cancer Discovery Fund is to create collaborative multi-disciplinary partnerships and projects that can change the landscape of cancer research.

Cancer does not discriminate between species. Approximately 1 in 4 dogs, 1 in 3 cats and as many as 1 in 2 humans will develop cancer during their lifetime[1].

Tumour biology, development and prognosis can be remarkably similar between humans and animals for some types of cancer. Humans and companion animals also live in the same environments and may share similar lifestyles. These and other factors open up huge opportunities for cross-discipline knowledge sharing and learning between human and veterinary researchers and clinicians in cancer research.

This call has been designed to harness spontaneous disease and encourage collaborative projects that aim to improve cancer diagnosis and understanding of cancer disease biology; develop new cancer treatments or improve existing treatments; and improve quality of life for humans and animals with cancer.

The Fund is up to £250,000 for a single project.

Are you a human or animal medical professional interested in building cross-sector collaborations, but your day-to-day job makes it hard?

Our Professional Connections Awards aim to support the development of partnerships and collaborations between a wide range of human and animal medical/health professionals in order to grow and deliver impactful projects that benefit both human and veterinary healthcare, and are relevant to One Medicine.

Learning and knowledge exchange is based on shared experience that has the potential to open possibilities for closer working and builds on the realisation of similarities as well as differences.

All proposals must be aligned with the principles of the charity (see https://www.humanimaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are) and support the aim of One Medicine (please note, this is different to One Health, visit https://www.humanimaltrust.org.uk/one-medicine to find out more about One Medicine).