THE BRAIN TUMOUR CHARITY — grant history
Latest income
£15.3m
Grants listed (FY2025)
40
Listed grants total
£6.2m
Accounts grants total
£6.2m
listed grants reconcile with the accounts totalextracted from its FY2025 accounts
Application guidance — from the funder’s own website
- How to apply: The funder does not accept unsolicited applications. To partner with them, you must contact their research team on 01252 749044 or [email protected] to explore co-funding opportunities.
What changed: FY2024 → FY2025
| Change | Grantee | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| new | Research and Innovation Centre for Paediatric Low Grade Brain Tumours (Everest) - Dr. David Jones | — | £1.0m |
| new | BRAIN MATRIX - Prof. Colin Watts | — | £611k |
| new | Quest for Cures - Dr. Jun Ishihara | — | £340k |
| new | Quest for Cures - Prof. Juan Pedro Martinez-Barbera | — | £332k |
| new | Quest for Cures - Prof. Marcel Kool | — | £317k |
| new | Quest for Cures - Prof. Barry Pizer | — | £288k |
| new | Quest for Cures - Dr. Rameen Beroukhim | — | £282k |
| new | The Translational Award - Prof. Maya Thanou | — | £275k |
| not listed | DKFZ - Everest Centre | £988k | — |
| not listed | Birmingham | £613k | — |
| not listed | University Edinburgh | £525k | — |
| not listed | Imperial College | £349k | — |
| not listed | Dana-Farber | £315k | — |
| not listed | CRUK Cambridge Cancer Institute | £304k | — |
| not listed | Neural Development Unit | £273k | — |
| not listed | ICR | £266k | — |
Grants made, per its accounts filings
| Recipient | Year | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research and Innovation Centre for Paediatric Low Grade Brain Tumours (Everest) - Dr. David Jones | FY2025 | £1.0m | Research programmes |
| BRAIN MATRIX - Prof. Colin Watts | FY2025 | £611k | Clinical trials |
| Quest for Cures - Dr. Jun Ishihara | FY2025 | £340k | Research programmes |
| Quest for Cures - Prof. Juan Pedro Martinez-Barbera | FY2025 | £332k | Research programmes |
| Quest for Cures - Prof. Marcel Kool | FY2025 | £317k | Research programmes |
| Quest for Cures - Prof. Barry Pizer | FY2025 | £288k | Research programmes |
| Quest for Cures - Dr. Rameen Beroukhim | FY2025 | £282k | Research programmes |
| The Translational Award - Prof. Maya Thanou | FY2025 | £275k | Research projects |
| The Translational Award - Prof. John Anderson | FY2025 | £246k | Research projects |
| Quest for Cures - Prof. Louis Chesler | FY2025 | £239k | Research programmes |
| Future Leaders Junior Fellowship - Dr. Spencer Watson | FY2025 | £150k | Research projects |
| Future Leaders Junior Fellowship - Dr. Tyler Miller | FY2025 | £150k | Research projects |
| Chair of Translational Neuro-oncology - Prof. Petra Hamerlik | FY2025 | £139k | Fellowships |
| ARISTOCRAT - Prof. Susan Short | FY2025 | £107k | Clinical trials |
| Quest for Cures - Dr. Pau Creixell | FY2025 | £105k | Research programmes |
| Future Leaders - Dr. Antonio Carlos Fuentes Fayos | FY2025 | £100k | Research projects |
| High Risk Medulloblastoma - Prof. Simon Bailey | FY2025 | £85k | Clinical trials |
| Future Leaders - Dr. Ángel Álvarez-Prado | FY2025 | £75k | Research projects |
| Future Leaders - Dr. Claire Vinel | FY2025 | £75k | Research projects |
| Future Leaders - Dr. Charlotte Eaton | FY2025 | £75k | Research projects |
| Future Leaders - Dr. Mara De Martino | FY2025 | £75k | Research projects |
| Future Leaders - Dr. Christopher Mount | FY2025 | £75k | Research projects |
| Future Leaders - Mr. Ola Rominiyi | FY2025 | £75k | Research projects |
| Future Leaders - Dr. Emily Bates | FY2025 | £74k | Research projects |
| Expanding Theories - Dr. Youri Hoogstrate | FY2025 | £73k | Research projects |
| Quality of Life - Dr. Debbie Hicks | FY2025 | £73k | Research projects |
| Expanding Theories - Dr. Elizabeth Cooper | FY2025 | £72k | Research projects |
| Quality of Life - Dr. Sarita Depani | FY2025 | £72k | Research projects |
| Future Leaders - Dr. Jessica Taylor | FY2025 | £71k | Research projects |
| Cancer Tech Accelerator - Mr. Richard Mair | FY2025 | £70k | Research projects |
| Expanding Theories - Dr. Lucy Stead | FY2025 | £67k | Research projects |
| Quality of Life - Dr. Faye Didymus | FY2025 | £67k | Research projects |
| Future Leaders - Dr. Bo Sun | FY2025 | £62k | Research projects |
| Expanding Theories - Prof. Khuloud Al-Jamal | FY2025 | £56k | Research projects |
| Future Leaders - Dr. Mathew Clement | FY2025 | £47k | Research projects |
| Quality of Life - Ms. Vicky King | FY2025 | £43k | Research projects |
| Clinical Biomarkers - Dr. Gelareh Zadeh | FY2025 | £41k | Research projects |
| Quality of Life - Prof. Colin Kennedy | FY2025 | £35k | Research projects |
| Centre for Genomic Regulation - Prof. Luciano Di Croce | FY2025 | £28k | Research projects |
| Institute of Biomedical Research - Dr. Maria Alieva | FY2025 | £24k | Research projects |
| DKFZ - Everest Centre | FY2024 | £988k | Programme - Jones - DKFZ - Everest Centre |
| Birmingham | FY2024 | £613k | Clinical Trial - Watts - Birmingham - BRAIN-MATRIX |
| University Edinburgh | FY2024 | £525k | Programme - Carragher - University Edinburgh - Therapeutic combinations in GBM |
| Imperial College | FY2024 | £349k | Programme - Ishihara - Imperial College - Elimination of recurrent Glioblastoma |
| Dana-Farber | FY2024 | £315k | Programme - Quest for Cures 2019 - Beroukhim - Dana-Farber |
| CRUK Cambridge Cancer Institute | FY2024 | £304k | Programme - Gilbertson - CRUK Cambridge Cancer Institute- ST-EP-RELA and CPC |
| Neural Development Unit | FY2024 | £273k | Programme - Barbera - Neural Development Unit TANGENTIAL |
| ICR | FY2024 | £266k | Programme - Quest for Cures 2019 - Chesler ICR |
| Heidelberg | FY2024 | £259k | Programme - Kool & Becker - Heidelberg - COMMAND |
| UCL | FY2024 | £218k | Programme - Parrinello - UCL - Mapping spatio-temporal heterogenity |
| ICR | FY2024 | £200k | Project - Jones - ICR Centre of Excellence |
| St Judes | FY2024 | £184k | Programme - Northcott - St Judes - MERIT |
| UCL | FY2024 | £176k | Programme - Hargrave - UCL -CONNECT TarGeT |
| Lausanne | FY2024 | £150k | Project - Watson - Lausanne |
| Massachusetts | FY2024 | £150k | Project - Miller - Massachusetts |
| Newcastle | FY2024 | £84k | Clinical Trial - HR-MB - Bailey - Newcastle |
| University of California San Francisco | FY2024 | £69k | Project - Aghi - University of California San Francisco |
| University Southampton | FY2024 | £61k | Programme - Kennedy - University Southampton - PNET5 QoL |
| Royal Adelaide Hospital | FY2024 | £59k | Project - Brown - Royal Adelaide Hospital |
| IC London | FY2024 | £46k | Project - Williams - IC London |
| Uni of Cape Town | FY2024 | £26k | Project - Davidson Uni of Cape Town |
| University Birmingham | FY2024 | £22k | Clinical Trial - Kearns - University Birmingham - PNET5 CTU |
| University Colorado | FY2024 | £20k | Programme - Hankinson - University Colorado - Adamantinomous craniopharyngioma |
| CRUK Cambridge Cancer Institute | FY2021 | £945k | Programme - Gilbertson - ST-EP-RELA and CPC |
| Alder Hey | FY2021 | £578k | Clinical Trial - Mallucci - NORDIC |
| University Edinburgh | FY2021 | £387k | Project - Brennan - LG to HG transformation |
| UCL | FY2021 | £339k | Project – Clark – Neurocognitive effects of medullo |
| University Southampton | FY2021 | £338k | Programme - Kennedy - PNET5 QoL |
| SGC Oxford | FY2021 | £338k | Project - Bullock - ALK2/ACVR1 Kinase Inhibitors for DIPG Therapy |
| UCL | FY2021 | £317k | Programme - Parrinello - Mapping Spatio-temporal heterogenity |
| University of Colorado | FY2021 | £300k | Programme - Hankinson - Adamantinomous Craniopharyngioma |
| University Edinburgh | FY2021 | £300k | Project - Edinburgh - Brenan |
| University Southampton | FY2021 | £238k | Project - Kennedy - PROMOTE |
| University Edinburgh | FY2021 | £219k | Project - Rooney - BT LIFE |
| UCL | FY2021 | £216k | Development of a Novel Tumour-Targeting Thermogel activated by Matrix Metalloproteinases |
| VU Amsterdam | FY2021 | £195k | Programme - Wurdinger - WINDOW |
| University Birmingham | FY2021 | £195k | Clinical Trial - Hargrave - BIOMEDE |
| Uni Birmingham | FY2021 | £140k | Project - Hawkins - Combining child and YA data for better monitoring |
| University Edinburgh | FY2021 | £111k | Programme - Pollard - Chromatin targets in GBM |
| Sheffield | FY2021 | £111k | Project - Rominiyi - Ex-vivo 3D models |
| University Leeds | FY2021 | £101k | Clinical Trial - Short - ReoGlio |
| St Judes | FY2021 | £101k | Programme - Northcott - MERIT |
| University Health Network | FY2021 | £96k | Programme - Zadeh - Clinically Aggressive Meningiomas |
| University Glasgow | FY2021 | £96k | Clinical Trial - Chalmers - PARADIGM 2 |
| Dana-Farber | FY2021 | £88k | QfCs 2019 - Beroukhim |
| Lausanne | FY2021 | £60k | Project - Hegi - MGMT methylation |
| UCL | FY2021 | £60k | Programme - Hochhauser - SDBCU |
| University Birmingham | FY2021 | £60k | Clinical Trial - Kearns - PNET5 CTU |
| Newcastle | FY2021 | £60k | Clinical Trial - HR-MB - Bailey |
| St Jude | FY2021 | £60k | Fellowship - Bihannic - Origins of Groups 3 and 4 medullo |
| ICR | FY2021 | £60k | QfCs 2019 - Chesler |
| Massachusetts General Hospital | FY2021 | £56k | Project - Schuemann - Extreme dose rate proton therapy |
| INTREPID Nottingham | FY2021 | £56k | Clinical Trial - Walker - INTREPID Nottingham |
| Cambridge | FY2021 | £54k | Project - Hart |
| DKFZ | FY2021 | £54k | Programme - Jones - Everest Centre |
| ICR | FY2021 | £44k | Programme - Chesler - Medullo Super enhancers |
| Nottingham | FY2021 | £44k | Project - Smith - RNA Methylation |
| University Edinburgh | FY2021 | £43k | Programme - Carragher - Therapeutic Combinations in GBM |
| Leiden University Medical Centre | FY2021 | £43k | Project - Taphoorn - Defining Patient Reported Outcomes |
| Birmingham (9/120) | FY2021 | £36k | Clinical Trial - Michalski |
| Erasmus Medical Centre | FY2021 | £18k | Project - van den Bent - Refining glioma classification in CATNON trial |
| University Basel | FY2021 | amount not stated | Project - Hutter - Microglial drug response in GBM bioreactors |
| University Leeds | FY2021 | amount not stated | Project - Stead - GBM Nanobiopsy |
| Trinity College | FY2021 | amount not stated | Project - Bracken - EZH2 in DIPG |
| The Everest Centre for Research into Paediatric Low Grade Brain Tumours | FY2021 | amount not stated | Research into paediatric low grade brain tumours |
| Cardiff | FY2021 | amount not stated | QoL 2019 - Byrne |
| University Oxford | FY2021 | amount not stated | Project - D'Angiolella - Blocking MTAP in GBM |
| Southampton | FY2021 | amount not stated | Conferences and workshops - Kennedy |
| ReMission Summit | FY2021 | amount not stated | Conferences and workshops - ReMission Summit |
| Other | FY2021 | amount not stated | Other |
| The Oli Hilsdon Foundation | FY2021 | amount not stated | Partnership for research into glioblastoma (GBM) |
| Charite Hospital | FY2021 | amount not stated | CB 2019/2 - Euskirchen |
| Erasmus | FY2021 | amount not stated | ET 2019/2 - French |
| UCL | FY2021 | amount not stated | ET 2019/2 - Brandner |
| Nottingham | FY2021 | amount not stated | FL 2019 - Croal |
| Lausanne | FY2021 | amount not stated | FL 2019 - Watson |
| Massachusetts | FY2021 | amount not stated | FL 2019 - Miller |
| Jackson Laboratory | FY2021 | amount not stated | Project - Verhaak - ecDNA isolation and targeting in GBM |
| St Judes | FY2021 | amount not stated | Project - Northcott - Refining medullo in USA clinical trials |
| Telethon Kids Institute | FY2021 | amount not stated | Project - Johns - Ion channel drugs |
| University Health Network | FY2021 | amount not stated | Project - Diamandis - AI to classify tumours |
| University Nottingham | FY2021 | amount not stated | Project - Serres - STAT3 and hypoxia in GBM |
| Dana-Farber | FY2021 | amount not stated | FL 2019 - Rendo |
| Erasmus Medical Centre | FY2021 | amount not stated | Project - Smits - Mapping biomarkers with MRI |
Write-backs & cancellations
| Recipient | Year | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| UHN | FY2021 | −£85k | CB 2019/2 - Zadeh |
| ICR | FY2021 | −£73k | Project - Jones - Gene editing for DIPG - Billie Butterfly Fund |
| Newcastle University | FY2021 | −£12k | Project - Sharp - Self-supporting management for survivors |