ACED Funding Awards
Learn about the ACED Skills Exchange and Development Travel Awards (for ACED researchers and PhD students to visit other ACED Member Centres) and the ACED UCL Centre Conference Travel Fund.
ACED Skills Exchange and Development Travel Awards
These awards enable ACED researchers and PhD students to visit other ACED Member Centres for knowledge exchange to learn or impart a key skill or technique and to nurture future collaborations.
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.
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.
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 guidance 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 d.kelberman@ucl.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.
ACED UCL Centre Conference Travel Fund
Limited funding is available to support UCL research staff and students to attend scientific conferences to present their research, for example, but not limited to the Early Detection of Cancer Conference.
Funding for conference registration fees, travel and accomodation is available.
Applications will only be considered to present research on the early detection of primary cancer. Applicants are also advised to also seek additional support, where possible, to supplement the resources available through this fund.
Requests for support to attend the annual ACED Early Detection Summer School are also eligible from this fund.
Please submit completed applications to d.kelberman@ucl.ac.uk. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis.
For each funding scheme please read the relevant guidelines in the first instance. Applications should align with the ACED strategy on early detection research for primary cancer.
All Pilot and Project Award applications must involve collaboration between at least two different ACED Centres
All applicants must be UCL ACED members. Please contact Dan Kelberman (d.kelberman@ucl.ac.uk) if you or a member of your research team wish to be added to the members list.
ACED Funding FAQs
CRUK only fund direct research costs and all ACED applications are subject to CRUK policy relating to funding the salaries of investigators.
In general, if you are a full or part-time member of academic staff or funded by another research grant as principal investigator you are unlikely to be eligible. CRUK will pay salary costs for early career researchers (as defined here) as named investigators or co-investigators dependent on specific criteria. Salary for NHS staff to dedicate time for research may also be considered.
Where eligible, requests for investigator salaries are considered on a case-by-case basis, please request confirmation from CRUK via Dan Kelberman, d.kelberman@ucl.ac.uk, UCL ACED Programme Manager, or Karolin Kroese, Karolin.Kroese@cancer.org.uk, CRUK ACED Programme Manager, in the first instance.
US Centres are not funded by CRUK and therefore US Investigators may be required to include salary costs to count toward the total amount requested. Please check details with any US collaborators on your application.
Read the guidelines for the scheme that you are applying for.
Complete the short 'Intent to Submit' online form no later than one month before the Application submission deadline.
By the submission deadline you must:
- Liaise with your Departmental Research Administrator to submit your completed finance information on Worktribe for Research Services approval, remembering to attach the application form.
- Submit the completed application form to d.kelberman@ucl.ac.uk. You do not need to have the form signed at this stage.
Note – for Project Award Expressions of Interest only, you do not need UCL Research Services approval, calculate your estimated costs as a Standalone Project on Worktribe. You will need to submit your full costings for Research Services approval if invited to submit a Full Project Award application.
Note - For ACED Pathway Awards, you must have all approvals and signatures in place for your applciation before the submission deadline.
Inform Dan Kelberman d.kelberman@ucl.ac.uk when you receive Research Services approval (this should be within 10 working days). In the UCL Host Institution Approver box in Section 7 of the application form enter the name of the Approver with the following text “Approved electronically by UCL Research Services” and your Worktribe ID number.
If you are Lead Applicant #1, you will need to ensure all co-applicants have added their signatures and Institutional approvals. Once these have been obtained liaise with Dan Kelberman for final approval by Prof Mark Emberton, UCL ACED Centre Director - this is only required where UCL is the Lead Centre.
The Programme Manager of the Lead #1 ACED Member Centre will submit the final signed application form in PDF format to CRUK.
Detailed salary, running expenses and equipment costs for research undertaken at UCL must be submitted via Worktribe for financial approval by UCL Research Services, and according to CRUK costs guidance. Costs for other UK ACED Centres (Cambridge and Manchester) should be included in total on Worktribe as 'Partner Costs.'
If UCL is the submitting Centre (you are Lead Applicant #1) any named Affiliates external to ACED receiving funding for the project will also need to be included as UCL costs. If another Centre is Lead on the application, affiliate costs should be included by them.
You do not need to include costs for US Centres on Worktribe, but they do need to be detailed on the application form.
CRUK are only directly funding research carried out in the UK Centres. There should be no need to calculate currency exchange beyond making sure the total cost of the grant is within the Award funding limit.
You must have Institutional Authorisation from UCL Research Services for your application via Worktribe. This can be submitted at the time of the submission deadline, except for Pathway Awards which must have approval at the time of submission. Other Centres will seek approval for their finances from their own host Institution.
If you are submitting a Project Award Expression of Interest (EoI), you do not need Research Services approval from UCL. If successfully invited, you will need to submit your full UCL finance information for Research Services approval when completing the Full Project Award application. The costs detailed on your full application are expected to be within ±10% of the costs on the EoI.
All Lead Applicants sign in the relevant box in Section 7 of the application form.
For UCL, the relevant “Host Institution Approval” box is to confirm that you have received approval from UCL Research Services via Worktribe. Add the name of the approver and the date together with the following text “Approved electronically by UCL Research Services” and your Worktribe ID number. You do not need a physical signature. Other ACED Centres involved will need to sign their respective Host Institution Approval boxes according to their Centre processes.
The ACED Centre Director for Lead Applicant #1 only will need to sign the application. If Lead Applicant #1 is from UCL then liaise with Dan Kelberman to obtain approval and sign off from Prof Mark Emberton.
You do not need to have the form signed by the submission deadline date; there is a period of time to complete all the signatures before applications are submitted to CRUK. You do not need to collect all the signatures required on the same page.
All applications will be considered for funding by the Alliance Executive Board at their next meeting following submission to CRUK. A decision will be made at the meeting unless the AEB requires further clarification or information on a case-by-case basis. CRUK will then inform all applicants of the outcome of their applications within 6 weeks of the Board meeting with feedback from the AEB.
ACED Funding Acknowledgements
Acknowledgement of funding source
All communication materials about the funded project including, but not limited to media releases, newsletters, publications, websites, brochures, social media, video and radio should include an acknowledgement that funding for the project is provided by ACED.
Presentations or publications
If giving a presentation or submitting a publication, please include the following acknowledgement:
This work was supported by the International Alliance for Cancer Early Detection, an alliance between Cancer Research UK [C ref. /A ref.], Canary Center at Stanford University, the University of Cambridge, OHSU Knight Cancer Institute, University College London and the University of Manchester.
(UK researchers will find the [C ref./A ref.] on their Grant Award letter).
ACED Name and Logo Usage
The Alliance should be referred to on first reference as the Alliance for Cancer Early Detection. After first reference, the Alliance should be referred to as either “the Alliance” or “ACED”. ACED and its member centre logos may not be used without permission. Appropriate logos will be made available upon request via Dan Kelberman (d.kelberman@ucl.ac.uk).
