Our strategy

Yorkshire is one of the regions hardest hit by cancer. Sadly, people in the region are more likely to have their lives cut short by cancer than almost anywhere else in England. 

Yorkshire Cancer Research is dedicated to changing this. 

• Our vision is that people in Yorkshire live longer healthier lives, free of cancer.
• Our mission is to take action today to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer more effectively in Yorkshire.

The charity believes in research-led innovation and all our charitable activities focus on delivering solutions and real benefits for people in Yorkshire. 

We are committed to investing in groundbreaking research and our annual research funding call invites applications in the following topics: 

1. Reducing the risk of developing cancer
2. Improving early diagnosis and cancer screening
3. Improving cancer treatments
4. Reducing cancer-related health inequalities

The goal for any project submitted to the round must be to save or extend lives and, where possible, most recruitment should be from within the region. All projects must be testing an intervention, with the emphasis on solving problems rather than describing them and all interventions under investigation must be sufficiently developed or evidence-based to support testing in the population. Applicants must consider and provide details of how they will seek to recruit populations that are representative of the Yorkshire population with the condition under investigation.

Involvement of people affected by cancer is core to all work across the charity and is also a vital component of high-quality clinical research. People affected by cancer must be involved in the design and delivery of the research and all applications will need a named lay representative as part of their application.

Stakeholders (lay) members of our Research Advisory Panel (RAP) are involved in assessment of all research applications that are submitted for funding. They sit alongside expert panel members and their views are regarded equally when considering whether projects should be funded or not. 

It is important that we monitor the progress of all our Awards. Successful applicants are asked to provide data throughout their study to allow us to monitor progress and impact against our strategic aims.

To read in full please download the Research Strategy document.