Funding Opportunities

ACED Non-Clinical PhD Studentship

ACED is committed to training the next generation of early detection scientists and providing a supportive and flexible training environment. The ACED Non-Clinical PhD Studentship provides unique support by offering a multi-disciplinary and multi-institutional approach to training. Opportunities are available at Manchester, Cambridge and UCL, and if you are interested, please see their individual websites for further detail.

The first year of the ACED Non-Clinical PhD programme allows you to develop your project with your chosen Manchester supervisor as well as gain training in different disciplines relevant to cancer early detection. This is followed by a three-year research project.

As an ACED Non-Clinical PhD students, you also benefit from:

• Opportunities for rotations in different ACED Centres in the first year
• Dedicated ACED Early Detection of Cancer training programme
• Early Detection Summer School
• Access to an annual Early Detection of Cancer Conference

Find out more about our ACED PhD Studentships and how to apply

ACED Skills Exchange and Development Travel Awards

These awards enable ACED researchers and PhD students to visit another ACED Member Centre(s) for knowledge exchange to learn or impart a key skill or technique, and to sow the seeds of future collaborations. Funding up to £40,000 GBP or $50,000 USD is available to cover a visit of up to 4 months to include travel, accommodation, applicable university and visa fees and necessary research expenses. Salary costs are not covered by this award.

Applications will be accepted from Alliance researchers regardless of career stage including PhD students. Applications for PhD students must be made on their behalf by their principal PhD Supervisor / Advisor.

Applicants must be a researcher at an ACED Member Centre and a current ACED member. ACED researchers may also apply for virtual opportunities to include costs for running training or request funding for related training/career development opportunities. It is the applicant’s responsibility to approach a potential Alliance Member Centre to identify and secure suitable learning and development opportunities.

Applicants are advised to read the guidelines and application form. Applications will be considered in any research area(s) listed in the ACED scientific strategy with a focus on early detection of primary cancer.

Completed applications must be submitted to Martin Bone martin.bone@manchester.ac.uk in MS Word format. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis while the scheme is open.

Funding decisions will be made at quarterly meetings of the Alliance Executive Board.

If you have any questions, please contact Martin Bone (martin.bone@manchester.ac.uk), Manchester ACED Programme Manager.

Contact us

For further information on projects and funding calls, please contact the ACED Manchester team:

Martin Bone, ACED Programme Manager
E: martin.bone@manchester.ac.uk

Stephanie Ng, ACED Project Manager
E: stephanie.ng@manchester.ac.uk

Kate Mavrou, ACED Project Manager
E: kate.mavrou@manchester.ac.uk