March 2012 - Giant step forward for
men
With the launch of our new Research
Strategy 2012-20 we took a huge step towards becoming a
game-changing investor in prostate cancer research. With help from
the Movember Foundation, we've committed to spend £7 million on
research each year for at least the next three years. This is a
huge increase. We decided to focus on funding projects
aimed at:
- Identifying men at highest risk of developing clinically
significant prostate cancer
- Distinguishing aggressive prostate cancer from indolent
disease
- Finding new, targeted treatments for advanced prostate
cancer
Information on available grant funding can be found on our Information for Researchers
page.
Spring 2011 - Respected
voice
In Spring
2011 we
became the first men's health organisation to gain membership of
the National
Cancer Research Institute (NCRI). The NCRI is a partnership
between the government, charity and industry which promotes
co-operation amongst its members for the benefit of patients, the
public and the scientific community.
2010/11 - Record year
In the last financial year we invested more than ever
before in terms of the number of grants we awarded, the amount of
funding we offered and the areas we reached. We supported:
- Three new projects looking at ways to improve the diagnosis of
prostate cancer
- Ten projects investigating new treatments or ways to improve
current treatments
- Pioneering research into helping men cope with the side effects
of hormone therapy