PANCREATIC CANCER UK — grant history

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Latest income

£14.5m

Grants listed (FY2026)

Listed grants total

£3.1m

Accounts grants total

£3.1m

listed grants reconcile with the accounts totalextracted from its FY2026 accounts

Application guidance — from the funder’s own website

Deadlines: Deadline for application is the 6th August 2026

Summarised from www.pancreaticcancer.org.uk · www.pancreaticcancer.org.uk/research/support-for-researchers/funding-opportunities/ · www.pancreaticcancer.org.uk/get-involved/fundraise/ on 16/08/2026. Always check the funder’s site before applying.

What this funder supports

Based on the register classifications and operating areas of the grant recipients we could match to the charity register (a subset of all grantees).

Causes funded

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives (3 grantees)
Education/training (2 grantees)
Arts/culture/heritage/science (1 grantee)

Where grantees operate

Throughout England And Wales (2 grantees)
Cardiff (1 grantee)
Ireland (1 grantee)
Scotland (1 grantee)

What changed: FY2025 → FY2026

Grantees that appear, disappear or move by 50%+ between the two most recent filings that have counted grants (unverified reads are left out, so a filing whose grants are all unverified is skipped). A grantee “dropped” may simply have received a multi-year grant earlier.

Change	Grantee	FY2025	FY2026
new	University of Liverpool	—	£330k
new	THE FRANCIS CRICK INSTITUTE LIMITED	—	£297k
new	University of Hull	—	£295k
new	Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London	—	£7k
new	University of Greenwich	—	£7k
new	University of Surrey	—	£7k
new	Nottingham Trent University	—	£4k
new	Queen’s University Belfast	—	£4k
up	Imperial College London	£99k	£1.1m
not listed	University of Manchester	£329k	—
not listed	Queen Mary University of London	£100k	—
not listed	University of Glasgow	£100k	—
not listed	Institute of Cancer Research	£100k	—
not listed	The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust	£99k	—
not listed	University of Westminster	£7k	—
not listed	CARDIFF UNIVERSITY	£7k	—

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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Recipient	Year	Amount	Purpose
Imperial College London	FY2026	£1.1m	Developing a breath test for pancreatic cancer to improve early detection
University College London	FY2026	£330k	To support researcher collaboration
University of Liverpool	FY2026	£330k	Predicting and preventing pancreatic cancer spread to the liver
University of Cambridge	FY2026	£330k	Exploring how the protein FOXA1 drives the spread of pancreatic cancer
The Francis Crick Institute	FY2026	£297k	Exploring the role of the peripheral nervous system in pancreatic cancer risk
University of Hull	FY2026	£295k	Testing pancreatic cyst fluid and blood to enable earlier detection of pancreatic cancer
University of Oxford	FY2026	£287k	Targeting immunotherapy on pancreatic cancers and surrounding tissue
University College London	FY2026	£77k	Supplementary funding: reviewing blood, urine and tissue samples to help detect pancreatic cancer earlier
Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London	FY2026	£7k	To support researcher collaboration
University of Greenwich	FY2026	£7k	To support researcher collaboration
University of Surrey	FY2026	£7k	To support researcher collaboration
University of Hull	FY2026	£7k	To support researcher collaboration
Nottingham Trent University	FY2026	£4k	To support researcher collaboration
Queen’s University Belfast	FY2026	£4k	To support researcher collaboration
University of Cambridge	FY2025	£330k	Interdisciplinary Treatment Grants - Dr Giulia Biffi & Professor Richard Gilbertson
University of Manchester	FY2025	£329k	Interdisciplinary Treatment Grants - Professor Claus Jørgensen
University of Oxford	FY2025	£312k	Interdisciplinary Treatment Grants - Dr Keaton Jones & Dr Michael Gray
University College London	FY2025	£299k	Collaboration Catalyst Awards - Dr Zainab Rai
University of Cambridge	FY2025	£299k	Collaboration Catalyst Awards - Dr Thomas Yip
University of Cambridge	FY2025	£251k	Collaboration Catalyst Awards - Dr Shalini Rao
Queen Mary University of London	FY2025	£100k	Career Foundation Fellowships - Dr Audrey Lumeau
University of Glasgow	FY2025	£100k	Career Foundation Fellowships - Dr Mathias Tesson
Institute of Cancer Research	FY2025	£100k	Research Innovation Fund Awards - Dr Anguraj Sadanandam
University of Manchester	FY2025	£99k	Research Innovation Fund Awards - Dr Max Nobis
Imperial College London	FY2025	£99k	Research Innovation Fund Awards - Dr Despoina Chrysostomou
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust	FY2025	£99k	Research Innovation Fund Awards - Dr Katherine Aiken
University of Manchester	FY2025	£94k	Research Innovation Fund Awards - Professor Claus Jørgensen
University of Westminster	FY2025	£7k	Collaboration Catalyst Awards - Dr Pinar Uysal Onganer
University of Cambridge	FY2025	£7k	Collaboration Catalyst Awards - Dr Shalini Rao
Imperial College London	FY2025	£7k	Collaboration Catalyst Awards - Dr Patrick Kierkegaard
University College London	FY2025	£7k	Collaboration Catalyst Awards - Professor Nikolitsa Nomikou
Cardiff University	FY2025	£7k	Collaboration Catalyst Awards - Dr Catherine Hogan
University College London	FY2025	£7k	Collaboration Catalyst Awards - Dr Zainab Rai
Dr Vladimir Teif, University of Essex	FY2024	£500k	Investigating liquid biopsies for the early detection of pancreatic cancer
Prof Nigel Jamieson, University of Glasgow	FY2024	£499k	Improving our understanding of pancreatic cysts to improve the early detection of pancreatic cancer
Dr Shalini V Rao, University of Cambridge	FY2024	£299k	Understanding the causes of tumour growth in early pancreatic cancer
Dr Gianluca Mucciolo, University of Cambridge	FY2024	£260k	Identifying new treatments for advanced pancreatic cancer
Dr Robert Chuter, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust/ University of Manchester	FY2024	£152k	Improving radiotherapy for advanced pancreatic cancer
Prof Nigel Jamieson, University of Glasgow	FY2024	£100k	Understanding resistance to pancreatic cancer treatment
Dr Eui Jung Moon, University of Oxford	FY2024	£100k	Investigating the effect of FLASH radiation on a pancreatic cancer model while protecting normal tissue
Dr Anguraj Sadanandam, The Institute of Cancer Research	FY2024	£100k	Decoding T cell receptor and Developing a vaccine to treat pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms
Dr Beatriz Salvador Barbero, Cardiff University	FY2024	£99k	Identifying cells that initiate pancreatic cancer to support early detection
Dr Kofi Oppong, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust	FY2024	£99k	Do microbes in the gut and pancreas contribute to the development and outcomes of pancreatic cancer?
Dr Beatriz Salvador Barbero, Cardiff University	FY2024	£99k	Identifying early disease cells as potential biomarkers of early pancreatic cancer (continuation funding)
Prof Pawel Swietach, University of Oxford	FY2024	£99k	Targeting pancreatic cancer cells using pH-sensitive technology
Prof Keith Roberts, University of Birmingham	FY2024	£98k	Detecting pancreatic cancer recurrence after surgery
Dr Leandro Castellano, University of Sussex	FY2024	£97k	Identifying microRNA molecules that regulate pancreatic cancer progression
Dr Christopher McConville, University of Birmingham	FY2024	£87k	Developing an implantable device for localised pancreatic cancer treatment
Imperial College London	FY2023	£652k	Developing a breath test to speed up the detection of pancreatic cancer
University College London	FY2023	£300k	Developing a biobank of samples from people with vague symptoms which may or may not be pancreatic cancer, to support the development of new tools for earlier detection and diagnosis
University College London	FY2023	£300k	Investigating blood proteins and microorganisms to detect pancreatic cancer earlier
The Institute of Cancer Research	FY2023	£300k	Using ultrasound and immunotherapy to treat pancreatic cancer
University of Liverpool	FY2023	£200k	Maintaining the Pancreatic Cancer Risk Register to help improve our understanding of inherited pancreatic cancer risk
Institute of Cancer Research	FY2023	£100k	Uncovering signature molecules to detect treatment resistance in pancreatic cancer
University of Oxford	FY2023	£100k	Using a new type of immune cell to improve pancreatic cancer treatment
Cancer Research UK Beatson Institute	FY2023	£98k	Improving pancreatic cancer therapies
University of Glasgow	FY2023	£98k	Understanding how pancreatic lesions become cancerous to support early diagnosis and timely surgery
Imperial College London	FY2023	£96k	Developing a toolkit to assess GPs’ readiness to use new tests to screen and monitor people at high risk of pancreatic cancer
Dr Mathias Tesson, Beatson Institute, Glasgow	FY2022	£200k	Investigating tumour micro environment diversity to refine precision medicine in genomically unstable pancreatic cancer
Dr Nasir Haider, CRUK Manchester Institute	FY2022	£199k	Investigating therapeutic adaptation of the KRAS gene signalling networks in pancreatic cancer
Dr George Williams, University of Birmingham	FY2022	£190k	Boronic acid smart hydrogels (BASH): reducing the side effects of chemotherapy
Dr Beatriz Salvador Barbero, Cardiff University	FY2022	£183k	Identifying early disease cells as potential biomarkers of early pancreatic cancer
Dr Audrey Lumeau, Barts Cancer Institute, London	FY2022	£176k	Tracking genome evolution in pancreatic cancer
Dr Seth Coffelt, Beatson Institute, Glasgow	FY2022	£125k	Understanding the cooperation between immune and stromal (some connective) cells in secondary pancreatic cancer
Professor Eithne Costello, University of Liverpool	FY2022	£100k	Understanding the biology behind pancreatic cancer-associated diabetes
Professor Jason Carroll, University of Cambridge	FY2022	£100k	Discovering new drug targets in pancreatic cancer
Professor Julia Hippisley-Cox, University of Oxford	FY2022	£100k	Using machine learning to develop a risk tool to predict pancreatic cancer in
Dr Anguraj Sadanandam, Institute of Cancer Research, London	FY2022	£99k	Bioengineering-based targeting of immune cells in pancreatic cancer
Mr Sanjay Pandanaboyana, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle	FY2022	£97k	Assessing the impact on carers of patients with pancreatic cancer
Professor Jen Morton, the Beatson Institute, Glasgow	FY2022	£86k	Investigating how pancreatic cancer cells and other cells in local tumour environment react to radiotherapy
Dr Johan Vande Voorde, Beatson Institute, Glasgow	FY2022	£73k	Investigating whether blocking the breakdown of genetic material prevents the progression of pancreatic cancer
Mr Keith Roberts, University Hospital Birmingham	FY2022	£72k	Developing a metabolomic test to diagnose and quantify insufficient pancreatic digestive enzymes
EUROPAC	FY2021	£50k	Screening study for genetic causes of pancreatic cancer
The Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland	FY2021	£3k	Training for trainee surgeons John Moir and John Isherwood
University of Surrey	FY2021	£140	PhD studentship for Mary Phillips
University College London	FY2021	amount not stated	Early Diagnosis Research Alliance / UCL - Early Diagnosis Project
University of Cambridge	FY2021	amount not stated	Future Leaders Academy PhD studentships
University of Liverpool	FY2021	amount not stated	Research collaboration (Professor Paula Ghaneh)
The Christie NHS Foundation Trust	FY2021	amount not stated	Research collaboration (Dr Ganesh Radhakrishna)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council	FY2021	amount not stated	Co-funder of Early Detection Innovation projects
Cancer Research UK	FY2021	amount not stated	Co-funder of Early Detection Innovation projects
Barts Cancer Institute	FY2021	amount not stated	Grand Challenge Award for immunotherapy research (amount not individually stated in grantee list, but part of total research grants)
Genome Institute in Singapore	FY2021	amount not stated	Collaboration on data analysis (Mr Soing Seng Liau)

8 listed grants have no usable amount in the accounts (shown as “amount not stated”); they are left out of the grant counts and totals.

About this data

This grant list is extracted by automated reading of the grant-maker’s own accounts PDFs as filed with the Charity Commission, and cross-checked against the accounts’ stated grant totals (listed sum 3121795 vs reference 3121795 (0.0% diff; ref=stated)). Recipients are linked to register entries only on an exact charity-number or unambiguous exact-name match. If you represent this funder or a recipient and want a correction, email [email protected].