Successful applicant case studies
Hear from a selection of our researchers about their research, their career paths, and their experience of applying for funding and of being a part of the CRUK research community.
In addition to discovering more about the breadth of research that we fund across cancer research fields, and the depth of support that we provide to enable investigators to develop their independent research groups, you'll find advice from successful applicants on the application process.
Case studies of research career development
We provide generous funding to support outstanding early- and mid-career research fellows as they build their independent research groups.
In these case studies, our fellows talk about the breadth of support they receive from CRUK, and their experience of applying for funding.
Case studies of senior group leaders
We fund researchers across the breadth of cancer research and career stages.
In these case studies you can read advice on applying for funding from some of the leading researchers we fund, and explore the career path that they have taken.
Case studies of multi-disciplinary collaborations
We know that innovation happens at the interface between disciplines.
In these case studies, we hear from engineers, physicists and immunologists who have used CRUK funding to apply their expertise to cancer problems for the first time.
Featured case studies
A career forged in team science
From clonal evolution to metastasis and cachexia, Mariam Jamal-Hanjani has taken on some serious challenges during her research journey with CRUK funding.
Fostering Black leadership in cancer research
Abena Amponsah, one of the first students enrolled on to our Black Leaders in Cancer PhD Scholarship Programme, talked about the beginning of her academic journey, what inspires her, and why we need programmes like this.
PRIME time: how team science is bringing liquid biopsies into the clinic for prostate cancer
We talked to Professor Francesca Demichelis about assembling an international, multidisciplinary team to change the treatment landscape for the most common type of cancer in men.
Serena Nik-Zainal: Choosing a CRUK Fellowship
We awarded Serena an Advanced Clinician Scientist Fellowship to decipher the mutational signatures that occur in cancer cells. Here she explains why she chose CRUK to further her career.