Policies that affect your grant

This section details policies that we expect you and your host institution to follow when applying for or in receipt of funding.

This information should be read in conjunction with our grant conditions and your grant award letter. If you have any queries, please contact Policies@cancer.org.uk.

• Clinical trials policy on medicines for human use — policy on clinical trials in response to the implementation of the Medicines for Human use (clinical trials) Regulations 2004
• Conflicts of interest policy: CRUK-funded researchers and commercial organisations - sets out CRUK's position on conflicts of interest for CRUK-funded researchers and commercial organisations
• Continuing Professional Development (CPD) policy — policy on Continuing Professional Development for Cancer Research UK-funded researchers
• Coronavirus (COVID-19) — information for grant applicants and grantholders
• Data sharing and management — policy on management and sharing of data arising from CRUK funded research
• Dignity at work in research — how we expect host institutions to promote a positive research culture and prevent bullying and harrassment
• Environmental sustainability in research - policy setting out our requirements for all those involved in research we fund to consider, manage and where possible reduce the environmental impact of their work.
• Open access policy — policy on Open Access Publication
• Flexible research careers funding policies — flexible working policies to support the career development needs of a diverse research community
• Recruitment of human participants in research — policy on all research involving the recruitment of human participants (including interventional and observational studies)
• Research  integrity: guidelines for research conduct — guidelines to promote positive research culture and mitigate the risk of research misconduct, to be read in conjunction with our Grant Conditions
• Researchfish policy — policy on our use of Researchfish
• Salaries of investigators — policy relating to the funding of scientists' salaries 
• Salaries of consultant clinicians — policy relating to the payment of consultant clinicians' salaries
• Tobacco industry funding to universities— policy setting out our position on tobacco industry funding to universities 
  • CRUK Position Letter on Vectura Group, 19 November 2021
• Use of animals in research — policy on the use of animals in research
• Use of generative artificial intelligence tools in funding applications — policy setting out our position on the use of these tools in Cancer Research UK funding applications or funding reviews

Requirements

• Position Statement on Environmental Sustainability of Research — to reduce the impact on the environment of the research we fund, we expect everyone involved to consider, manage, and where possible reduce the environmental impact of their work.
• Sex in experimental design — outlining our requirements on the integration of sex in experimental design including why we are making this change, what kind of research the changes apply to and examples of exceptions. 

Guidance

• Costs guidance — We generally only fund direct research costs. This guidance provides examples of what that means, and costs which are not acceptable.