Award frequently asked questions

Our annual funding round usually opens at the beginning of October and we may have other funding schemes open throughout the year.  

For information about funding opportunities, please see the Apply for research funding page. 

To find out more, see Information for Applicants and the Research Strategy.

If you need advice, please email research@ycr.org.uk 

Applicants apply through our online Flexi-Grant system. 

As a member of the Association of Medical Research Charities (AMRC), Yorkshire Cancer Research only pays for directly incurred costs. These are costs directly arising from a project, including staff salaries, consumables, equipment and travel.

For more details about what costs can be included in your application, see Information for Applicants. 

The average success rate over the last ten years is 22%, with £10 million available for funding each year. 

The Charity uses Flexi-Grant, an online grants management system, for Award holders to report progress, submit annual data, apply for travel and publication awards, request approval for award variations, and inform us about staff changes and research outputs. 

The Host Organisation must submit invoices quarterly in arrears to the Charity’s Finance Team at accounts@ycr.org.uk  

Invoices must include the Award reference number, period covered and a breakdown into salary and non-salary costs. Salary claims should include names of the staff and full time equivalent (FTE). Backing data must also be provided and invoices that do not include these details will not be accepted. 

Award holders must inform the Charity of any changes to funded staff working on the Award by completing a Flexi-Grant Staff Changes Form. This applies to staff joining or leaving the Award, changes in FTE, contract start or end dates, and any periods of leave (e.g. sickness or parental leave). Failure to keep us informed may result in delayed payment of invoices. 

Award holders are required to submit project progress reports and meet with the Charity to discuss progress. In most cases, these are annual updates but may be more frequent, if necessary. We will get in touch with instructions when these updates are due. 

Award holders must keep the Charity informed about any research outputs resulting from the Award by completing a Flexi-Grant Research Output Form. This includes publications, conference posters, abstracts and presentations, patient information sheets, questionnaires, websites etc.  

External-facing communications must be branded appropriately and approved by the Charity.

Published papers must acknowledge the Charity with the wording ‘This work was funded by Yorkshire Cancer Research (Award reference number XXXX)’.  

For information about applying for publication costs funding, see Travel and Publication Awards. 

Europe PubMed Central is a scientific literature repository where researchers deposit funded, peer-reviewed publications to ensure they are freely accessible to the public and to facilitate open science. All research papers that have been accepted for publication in a peer-reviewed journal and are supported in whole or in part by the Award should be made open access within six months of publication. Yorkshire Cancer Research is a funder of Europe PMC, so there are no additional costs for Award holders depositing a manuscript in the Europe PMC repository.