This set of Questions and Answers are designed to provide AMRC members, and others, with useful background information on the sustainability of charity-funded university research in the UK, including the role of the Charity Research Support Fund (CRSF) and support discussions making the case for support with key decision- and policy-makers to ensure charity-funded research in universities is sustainable.   Questions: Background Why is charity funded research vital to the UK’s research base? Why is it important to charities that research in UK universities is sustainable? What are the ..read more

Published: 26 April 2024 Dr Catriona Manville, AMRC Director of Research Policy, and Alice Witt, Research & Policy Fellow at The George Institute for Global Health, discuss the rationale behind the MESSAGE (Medical Science Sex and Gender Equity) project and how charities can get involved. What does the MESSAGE Project do? Alice: The MESSAGE project aims to co-design, with the sector, a policy framework for research funders to ensure that researchers account for sex and gender in their funding applications, so from the very first stages of study design. Over the last year, the project broug ..read more

Published: 25 April 2024 AMRC joins research and innovation (R&I) organisations across the UK to support the Environmental Sustainability of Research and Innovation Practice concordat launched today.  The concordat, co-developed by the R&I sector including the AMRC, presents a common ambition to become more environmentally sustainable. It outlines actions that will reduce and eliminate negative environmental impacts and emissions associated with carrying out research and innovation.   Signatories agree to action six priority areas outlined in the concordat and must publicly s ..read more

Published: 22 April 2024 Research has a high impact on the environment. Laboratory research uses significant amounts of water, an average of 5-10 times more energy per m2 than standard office spaces, and it is responsible for almost 2% of global plastic waste.   All organisations across the R&D system can play a role in reducing emissions and making research more sustainable. Coordinated effort is needed to ensure environmentally sustainable practices are adopted at scale.  As funders, medical research charities can support the research system to become more sustainable by p ..read more

Published: 22 April 2024 Climate change poses a fundamental threat to human health. Warmer temperatures heighten the risk to maternal and neonatal health, mental health, and chronic conditions including asthma, kidney disease, and diabetes.   As temperatures and weather patterns change, infections caused by water-borne and food-borne bacteria like Salmonella will rise and the range and survival of ticks and mosquitoes that transmit diseases will expand. Eggs of mosquitos that carry Dengue Fever and Zika have already been found in the UK.  Worsening air pollution is linked to man ..read more

By Liz Perraudin, Clinical Policy Manager, AMRC Published: 19 April 2024 More and more medical research charities are harnessing the potential of patient data registries to address the needs of their communities.   These databases of patient information are facilitating and accelerating research and building understanding of the progression and prevalence of disease. They play a vital role in improving patient access to new treatments and delivering better care and NHS services.  Six years ago, we spotlighted several charity-supported registries. Last year we decided it was time ..read more

Published: 17 April 2024 We are devastated to hear the news that Lea Milligan, CEO of MQ, and Trustee of AMRC, passed away this week following a sudden illness. Lea's passion and commitment at MQ has done so much to raise the profile of mental health, and he was a highly-respected AMRC member and trustee.  We were lucky to work with Lea more closely when he joined the AMRC Board earlier this year, and are so grateful for his wisdom and insight.  Lea will be greatly missed by all of us at AMRC, and by those across our wider community. We send our love and condolences to Lea's family ..read more

Join us Join AMRC and be part of a network of over 140 medical and health research charities, supporting medical research in the UK. Membership types We have two kinds of membership: full and supporter. Full members are registered charities that fund health and medical research in the UK as one of their principal activities, meet our membership criteria in publishing a research strategy and using peer review in awarding research funding, and support our policy and position statements on the use of animals in medical research and supporting research in universities. Supporter members  ..read more

www.chect.org.uk Twitter: @ChectUK Primary research areas Cancer,  Eye Grant types Postgraduate studentship,  Project (typically <4 years ..read more

https://www.sussexcancerfund.co.uk/ Primary research areas Cancer Grant types Undergraduate studentship, Postgraduate studentship, Fellowship, Project (typically <4 years), Clinical trial, Equipment, Travel and meetings ..read more