19 Feb 2024 Research

Leukaemia UK launches new Patient Care Pioneer Award funding initiative

Leukaemia UK is delighted to launch a brand-new funding scheme in 2024, intended specifically for innovative, patient-focussed applied research and targeting UK-based healthcare professionals.  

The first of its kind for the charity, the £50,000 Patient Care Pioneer Award funding is offered for cutting-edge, patient-centred projects that seek to explore new practical approaches to improve treatment, care, and quality of life for leukaemia patients.  

Projects will be of short duration and should provide rapid proof of principle/evidence to address an unmet patient need, develop a proposed practice-changing improvement for the benefit of patient treatment and care, or generate robust preliminary data for a subsequent larger funding application. 

The opportunity is aimed particularly at nurses and other allied healthcare professionals, at any stage of their career working within the UK haematology and associated communities. Alongside the charity’s prestigious John Goldman Fellowships and other research awards, this new funding initiative will continue to support their aim to invest in innovative projects and unlock the possibilities of research to revolutionise diagnosis, treatment and care.  

Leukaemia UK is particularly interested in proposals which seek to address an unmet need or develop new, improved practices for patients in communities that are poorly served or underrepresented in research.  

Fiona Hazell, Chief Executive of Leukaemia UK, said:  

“We are delighted to launch this new award which, alongside our existing funding streams for innovative scientific research, will help to support our mission to accelerate progress in leukaemia diagnosis, treatment and care. Stepping out of the lab, these projects will allow us to explore practical, patient-centred approaches that have the potential to make a tangible difference to the treatment, care and quality of life of those living with leukaemia.”

Applications will open in early March 2024 and close on 3rd May 2024. Find out more about the Patient Care Pioneer Award.