Conditions of your grant

These grant conditions, together with the grant award letter and the funding policies, set out the terms and conditions on which we make a grant to the host institution and grantholder.

 

1. Terms and conditions of application

1.1  Application submitted and accepted on Terms and Conditions of Application: The Host Institution and Lead Applicant(s) submit, and CRUK accepts, the Application on the terms set out in this section 1. These terms apply to all Applications for funding submitted to CRUK, whether or not they are ultimately successful.

1.2 Data protection: The Grantholder and Host Institution agree and shall procure that all Research Personnel are made aware and, where required, consent that all information (including any personal data) shared with CRUK in connection with the Application (and, if the Application is successful in whole or in part, with the Grant and Grant Activities):

  1. may be received, held and processed by CRUK and its affiliates, experts and advisers for the purposes of administering and evaluating the Application, funding it if it is successful and monitoring and managing the performance of the Grant and Grant Activities in accordance with the Terms and Conditions including carrying out audits and evaluations. CRUK may also use the information for the purposes of knowledge-sharing, training and general business process reviews; and
  2. may be disclosed to, held and processed by CRUK and its affiliates, Host Institutions and other Institutions, external peer reviewers, experts and other appointees, government and relevant regulatory authorities, higher education funding councils and other research organisations, funding bodies or commercial or non-commercial partner organisations and donors or potential donors for purposes connected with the Application and/or the award, administration and funding of the Grant, or commercial activities of CRH in relation to the Grant or Grant Activities; and in the course of inviting or administering donations or partnering commitments to support the Application (in the event that it is successful), or applications of a similar nature;

in each case, some of whom may be based outside the UK and European Economic Area and provided always that each recipient of the personal information shall be required to hold and process any personal data received by it in accordance with the Data Protection Legislation. CRUK will hold all personal information received in accordance with the prevailing version of CRUK's Privacy Policy, available at http://main.int.cruk.org/privacy-statement.

1.3 CRUK’s right to disclose information: CRUK may publish the name, work address and contact details, including the email address of the Lead Applicant(s) or Grantholder(s) and others funded by CRUK and the title and an abstract of the Grant on its website, annual report, promotional material and publications from time to time. CRUK may also disclose this information to prospective and actual collaborators for the purposes of promoting research collaboration. 

1.4 CRUK’s right to contact: CRUK and any other funder contributing to the Grant may contact all Grantholders, Research Personnel, Host Institutions and other Institutions from time to time via post, telephone or email in connection with the administration of the Grant and the Grant Activities or to assist CRUK in its mission in their capacity as CRUK-funded researchers (for example, peer review or research engagement requests as described in section 13).

1.5 Terms and Conditions of Grant will apply to successful Applications: If the Application is successful, in whole or in part, any Grant made will be on the Terms and Conditions of Grant set out in this document, including this section 1, as amended from time to time by CRUK, or on such other terms as CRUK has or will notify to the Lead Applicant(s)/Grantholder and Host Institution.

1.6 No research misconduct or workplace misconduct on part of persons named on Application: The Host Institution and Lead Applicant(s) confirm that, to the best of their knowledge and except as has been notified to CRUK in writing:

  1. No research misconduct investigations or findings: there are no research misconduct allegations currently under investigation involving the Lead Applicant(s) or any other person named on the Application, nor has any allegation of research misconduct in respect of any such person been upheld in the previous five (5) years
  2. No bullying or harassment findings: there have been no upheld findings of bullying, or harassment against the Lead Applicant(s) nor any other employee of the Host Institution who is named on the Application. See further CRUK’s Policy on Dignity at Work in Research.

CRUK reserves the right to reject the Application or require that the relevant individual(s) be removed from it.

2. Terms and conditions of grant

2.1 Terms and Conditions of Grant: Where an application is successful, in whole or in part, CRUK awards the Grant to the Host Institution and Grantholder on the terms set out in the following documents:

  1. the GAL;
  2. these Grant Conditions;
  3. the Funding Policies and any other CRUK policies expressed referenced in these Grant Conditions;
  4. any Special Conditions;
  5. the TTA or, if or until there is no TTA between the Host Institution and CRUK or CRH, the provisions set out in Schedule A to this document; and
  6. where the Grant is identified in the GAL as ‘targeted research’, the provisions set out in Schedule B to this document,

    (together, the Terms and Conditions of Grant).

The Terms and Conditions of Grant may be amended at any time by CRUK and apply to the Grant as amended. To the extent of any inconsistency between the Grant Conditions and the GAL or any Special Conditions, the GAL and Special Conditions prevail.

2.2 Definitions: Definitions used in these Grant Conditions, Schedule A and Schedule B are set out in section 17. All references herein to specific laws, regulations, policies, principles and research practices are to such laws, regulations, policies, principles and research practices as they may be amended, updated and replaced from time to time.

2.3 Acceptance and activation of Grant: To receive the Grant, the Host Institution and Grantholder must agree to the Terms and Conditions of Grant and accept the Grant via CRUK’s electronic grants management System (or in any alternative manner set out in the GAL). The Grantholder must activate the Grant within three (3) months after the Start Date.​

2.4 Adherence to Terms and Conditions of Grant: The Host Institution and Grantholder must ensure that all Research Personnel comply with the Terms and Conditions of Grant.

 

3. Use of grant

3.1 Use of Grant: The Grant may only be used for Grant Activities and only for costs incurred during the Grant Period and in accordance with the terms of this section 3, unless agreed in advance with CRUK.

3.2 Eligible costs on Institute Core Grants: Institute Core Grants may be used to cover all reasonable operational and research costs, consistently with budgets approved from time-to-time with CRUK.

3.3 Eligible costs on all other Grants: For all Grants that are not Institute Core Grants, the Grant may be used to cover Direct Costs and, where specified in the GAL, Directly Allocated Costs. Host Institutions based in the UK may not use the Grant to cover Indirect Costs. Host Institutions based outside the UK may use a portion of the Grant to cover Indirect Costs only if specified in the GAL or otherwise approved in writing by CRUK.

3.4 Salaries: Salary allocation may be used to fund salary and individual employment entitlements for Research Personnel funded by the Grant including, where applicable, annual leave. In the UK, this includes the employer’s national insurance contribution and an employer’s pension contribution, at a rate no higher than that used by the USS or NHS scheme, and outside the UK, at rates no higher than contributions required by statute or available to other employees of the Host Institution at an equivalent level. Salary allocation must not be used:

  1. to offset any prior underfunding of a pension or superannuation scheme;

  2. to pay any bonus or merit awards;

  3. to cover any recruitment costs, including any student recruitment costs.

3.5 Studentship costs: Where the Grant funds a studentship, virement of funds from the amount allocated for the Studentship to other budget allocations is not permitted without prior approval from CRUK. Grants that include funds for a Studentship may be used to cover:

  1. a stipend set by CRUK (which must be paid to the student for the duration of the studentship) and any paid parental or long term sick leave benefits payable in accordance with CRUK’s Funding Policies and paragraph 3.6 below;

  2. the student’s running expenses;

  3. university fees at a rate no higher than the home/EU fees applied to students funded by UK Research Councils unless otherwise specified in the GAL; and

  4. college fees for the University of Oxford and University of Cambridge; and

  5. only those studentships approved as part of the original Application (ie. running expense and salary allocations may not be used to fund additional studentships).

3.6 Paid sick leave, parental leave and other long-term leave: Where the Grant funds an individual’s salary or stipend, and that individual takes parental leave or other long-term leave, the Grantholder must notify CRUK. The individual’s leave and paid leave entitlements are to be funded as follows:

  1. Occupational benefits for clinical trainees who must change employers in the course of their training: In recognition of UK-based clinical academic researchers having to change employers during their training, occupational benefits for all UK-based CRUK-funded Clinical Fellows and Clinical Research Training Fellows (ie. clinical PhD students) must be awarded in accordance with the ‘UK clinical academic training in Medicine and Dentistry: Principles and Obligations 2018’. This means that occupational benefits that have accrued as a result of continuous service of employment must be protected, notwithstanding any changes in employer from an NHS Trust/Board to an academic institution or vice versa. These include as a minimum all family and care-related leave and pay (not limited to gender or sexual orientation) and sick leave and pay (irrespective of disability status or health history). Redundancy benefits are not required to be covered other than in accordance with the new employer's ordinary practices;

  2. Paid leave costs for staff at CRUK Core Funded Institutes: Where the Grant that funds the individual’s salary or stipend is an Institute Core Grant, the Grant may be used to fund the individual’s paid leave entitlements (under paragraph 3.2);

  3. Paid sick leave entitlements for staff whose salaries are grant-funded: Paid sick leave entitlements may be charged to the Grant in accordance with the Host Institution’s usual policy. Where an individual’s salary is part-funded by the Grant, paid sick leave entitlements may be charged to the Grant on a pro-rata basis;

  4. Paid leave costs for non-clinical PhDs and MB PhD students where: the Grant funds a doctoral studentship; the student is not an employee of the Host Institution and not otherwise entitled to paid parental leave or paid long-term sick leave under the Host Institution’s policies, and the student takes sick leave or parental leave in the course of completing a CRUK-funded doctorate and while in receipt of a CRUK-funded stipend, the Grant must be used to fund paid leave entitlements for the doctoral student in accordance with CRUK’s Funding Policies. For the avoidance of doubt, this provision applies to non-clinical PhD students and MB PhD students while they are completing their doctorate and in receipt of a CRUK-funded stipend. (CRUK will not fund paid leave during the course of a student's undergraduate medical studies); and

  5. Paid parental leave for grant staff and all other paid leave entitlements: Except as set out in sections 3.6.2, 3.6.3 and 3.6.4, the Host Institution may not use the salary allocation for that individual (or any other part of the Grant) to fund the individual’s paid leave entitlements and may only use it to pay for cover for the vacant position. The Host Institution must ensure that the individual receives paid parental or other long-term leave entitlements in accordance with its policies for all employees (including without limitation Clinical Research Training Fellows (CRTFs)), and must bear the costs of those paid leave entitlements regardless of the fact that the employee’s salary is paid from the Grant. 

3.7 Research carried out in the NHS: Grantholders carrying out research in the NHS must ensure that all costs are attributed according to the AcoRD (Attributing the costs of heath & social care Research & Development) Guidelines, or equivalent.

3.8 Patient and volunteer costs: The Grant may be used to pay patient or volunteer travel and subsistence costs only as approved by CRUK (either in the Application or subsequently). CRUK will not pay for participation costs, including prizes or gift vouchers, for patients and volunteers. 

3.9 Equipment: Where the Grant includes funds for Equipment, the Host Institution must:

  1. only use those funds to purchase the items specified in the GAL and ensure they are used primarily for the Grant Activities during the Grant Period;

  2. have clearly defined procurement procedures and comply with them in procuring the Equipment funded by the Grant. The Grant may not be used to cover any taxes payable due to the Host Institution’s failure to claim relief on qualifying Equipment;

  3. repair or replace Equipment at the Host Institution’s cost if it is lost, damaged or destroyed during the Grant Period.

3.10 Ownership of Equipment: Any Equipment purchased using the Grant shall be owned by the Host Institution. Where the Host Institution is not a registered charity, at the end of the Grant Period, CRUK may require that the Host Institution pay CRUK an amount equal to the market value of the Equipment at the End Date assessed by an independent valuation expert approved by CRUK.

3.11 Access charges: CRUK will not pay access charges for use of Equipment funded by any Grant.

3.12 Transfer between budget allocations (virement): The Host Institution may freely transfer funds between the salary and running expenses budget allocations set out in the GAL provided that:

  1. transfers are not made without CRUK's prior written agreement:

    • from any amount allocated for the Grantholder’s or Principal Investigator’s salary;

    • to or from any amount allocated for Equipment, 

    • to or from any amount allocated for a Studentship; or

    • from the salary of any post unfilled for six (6) months or more unless the post is vacant due to an individual taking parental or long-term sick leave and the funds are being used to pay for cover for that individual (as per section 3.6.5);

  2. transferred funds are only used to cover:

    • the Direct Research Costs of the Grant Activities; or

    • costs incurred by Research Personnel travelling (via standard class) and attending conferences related to the Grant Activities; and

  3. all transfers between budget allocations are declared at each financial reconciliation.

 

4. Grant staff

4.1 Advertisements for grant staff: All advertisements for staff funded by the Grant must indicate that the research is funded by CRUK. The Host Institution is responsible for advertising posts and recruitment costs.

4.2 CRUK not an employer: CRUK does not employ the Grantholder or Research Personnel. The Host Institution must ensure that any necessary consultancy agreements or contracts of employment are issued in relation to the Grant, noting its obligations under section 12.1. CRUK accepts no responsibility for any costs or claims for which the Host Institution, Research Personnel or any Institution may be liable as an employer or otherwise including, without limitation, redundancy, compensation, dismissal or discrimination claims.

4.3 Grantholders and other Research Personnel on clinical Grants: The Host Institution must ensure all clinical Research Personnel hold honorary NHS clinical contracts (or equivalent, if based outside the UK) or honorary university contracts at the appropriate level. They must also have necessary professional registration, occupational health clearance and professional indemnity insurance. CRUK accepts no liability for any claim arising out of matters relating to fitness to practice.

4.4 Non-research responsibilities of fellowship holders: Unless otherwise agreed with CRUK, Host Institutions should ensure that CRUK fellows are able to dedicate at least 80 per cent of their working hours to the Grant Activities that are the subject of their fellowship Grant. Any other employment responsibilities assigned to a CRUK fellow should be limited to a maximum of 20 per cent of their working hours.  

4.5 Students: Where the Grant funds a studentship:

  1. Unless otherwise agreed with CRUK, students on Grants must be fully funded by the Grant and must be recruited at a time that allows them to complete their Studentship during the Grant Period.

  2. if agreed with their supervisor, students may spend up to 10 per cent of their time on teaching duties;

  3. where the Host Institution is part of a CRUK Centre, the Host Institution must ensure that all students at that Centre have access to the same training and benefits irrespective of whether they are funded through the Centre;

  4. CRUK will consider requests for exceptions for part-time students or students who elect to take parental or other long-term leave during their Studentship, in accordance with CRUK’s Flexible Research Careers Policies.

  5. The Grantholder and Host Institution must report (or ensure that the student reports) to CRUK, in the manner requested by CRUK from time to time, the following information about the Studentship:

    This information will be used to enable CRUK to communicate directly with the students, to provide them with access to training and networking events, to facilitate accurate reporting on their research and its outputs, and to enable CRUK to review and improve its training offering.

    • the student’s name, email address, project title and start date within thirty (30) days after the Start Date plus other information relevant to the Studentship that CRUK may request;
    • subject to applicable laws, equality, diversity and inclusion information regarding the student;
    • on completion of the Studentship, the student’s thesis title, abstract and outcome of the viva voce examination.
    • if a student fails to complete their PhD, the reason;
    • information about the student’s first post after completion of their PhD and, if the first post is twelve (12) months or less, the student’s second post.

  6. Host Institutions must follow CRUK's Non-Clinical Training Guidelines and/or Clinical Training Guidelines, to the extent applicable. These Guidelines can be found on CRUK's Grant Conditions webpage and/or by contacting grants.helpline@cancer.org.uk.

5. Conduct of the grant activities

5.1 Grant Period: The Grantholder must use their best endeavours to ensure the Grant Activities are completed within the Grant Period. Any delay to the Start Date must be approved by CRUK.

5.2 Training, resources, facilities and risk: The Host Institution must ensure that:

  1. all Research Personnel receive training appropriate to their duties;

  2. adequate resources, premises and facilities are provided to support the Grant Activities and their achievement within the timeframe described in the GAL. This includes making any reasonable adjustments for Research Personnel who have a disability, as required under the Equality Act 2010;

  3. all equipment used for the Grant Activities (including, but not limited to, Equipment as defined in section 17) is safe, fully maintained and insured throughout its useful life;

  4. it takes all reasonable steps to provide a safe working environment in which all staff observe appropriate standards of workplace conduct (as described further in section 9.3 and CRUK’s Policy on Dignity at Work in Research); and

  5. it identifies and safely manages any risks which could affect the physical or mental health of the Grantholder, other Research Personnel and any other person who could be affected by the Grant Activities.

5.3 Cell line authentication: Grantholders and Research Personnel using cell cultures must incorporate a best practice cell line authentication protocol into their experimental framework, following the ‘Guidelines for use of cell lines in biomedical research’ as set out by Geraghty et al (British Journal of Cancer (2014) Sep 9; 111(6):1021-46).

5.4 Human Biological Samples: Where the Grant Activities include the removal, use or storage of Human Biological Samples, the Grantholder must:

  1. comply with applicable legislation, standards and codes of practice (see also MRC guidance note, ‘Human Tissue and Biological Samples for Use in Medical Research’ (2014));

  2. where possible, actively seek to establish sample collections that will be made available to and useful for the wider cancer research community (along with the data arising therefrom), including by obtaining appropriate patient consents, and collecting data in a form that may be used by other researchers; and

  3. publicise the purpose, the nature of the content and other appropriate details of any new collections on the UKCRC Tissue Directory (and any other directories indicated by Cancer Research UK) and establish mechanisms to manage access by other researchers to those collections.

5.5 Use of animals: Research Personnel may not carry out any animal research using the Grant unless specifically set out in the Application. In addition to its obligations under section 9.1, the Host Institution must ensure that research involving animals gives due consideration to the refinement, reduction and replacement of animals in research and adhere to:

  1. the principles in the NC3Rs ‘Responsibility in the Use of Animals in Bioscience Research’ available on the NC3Rs website);

  2. the ‘Guidelines for the Welfare and Use of Animals in Cancer Research’ as set out in Workman et al (2010) (British Journal of Cancer 102, 1555-1577); and

  3. the ARRIVE Guidelines (Animal Research: Reporting of In Vivo Experiments) (also available on the NC3Rs website).

5.6 New treatments: The CDD must be notified of any potential new treatment arising from the Grant.

5.7 Scientific milestone reports: Where a Grant is made in more than one instalment, the Grantholder must submit a scientific milestone report in a form and at a time determined by CRUK. Subsequent instalments will only be made if CRUK deems that Grant Activities have progressed satisfactorily.

5.8 Final reports: Any final report required by the GAL must be submitted no later than three (3) months after the End Date or such other date specified in the GAL.

5.9 Additional monitoring obligations: Where the Host Institution is based outside the UK or is not a registered charity, it must provide CRUK with information, at least annually, to enable CRUK to effectively monitor the progress of the Grant Activities consistently with its monitoring and oversight obligations under UK charity law. Such information will include interim and final financial reports with itemised costs and expenses to which the Grant has been applied.

 

6. Payment of grant

6.1 Grant is total amount payable: The Grant is the total aggregate amount payable by CRUK to the Host Institution and is inclusive of all sums (including, among others, all taxes, currency conversions, transfer costs and other charges) that may apply. If any of those sums do apply, they will be borne by the Host Institution. The Host Institution is responsible for any expenditure on Grant Activities in excess of the Grant amount stipulated in the GAL.

6.2 Indexation: Once CRUK has established the amount of the Grant to be paid in the first year, a fixed indexation rate, determined by CRUK in its sole discretion, may be applied to all subsequent years of the award for salaries and running expenses.

6.3 Payments: Unless the GAL provides otherwise, CRUK will generally pay Grant funds quarterly in arrears in pounds sterling to the account nominated by the Host Institution. CRUK will not pay the final quarter of the Grant until it has processed the final reconciliation submitted under section 7.2 and the Grantholder has submitted any final report required by the GAL.

6.4 Joint and collaborative awards: Where two or more institutions hold a Grant jointly, or where a Grant includes funds to be used by more than one institution, CRUK may select one institution as the designated Host Institution. The designated Host Institution only shall receive the Grant payments and must transfer appropriate funds to the other institution(s) without undue delay.

 

7. Financial management of grant

7.1 Financial management: The Host Institution must ensure proper financial management of the Grant and accountability for the use of public funds, including by obtaining and keeping invoices and maintaining proper books and detailed records of costs and expenses incurred in relation to the Grant, and by applying its usual arrangements for monitoring and preventing fraud bribery and any other corrupt practices. The Host Institution must account for all income and expenditure related to the Grant through a separate cost centre or, if it does not use cost centres, it must keep the Grant in a separate bank account used exclusively for the Grant funds.

7.2 Reconciliation of Grant: The Host Institution must submit a final reconciliation at the end of the Grant and, if requested by CRUK, an interim reconciliation. CRUK will process reconciliations as it reasonably sees fit. CRUK may recover any unspent Grant funds or ineligible costs and may offset any amounts owed to CRUK against any other sums (including any grant payments) owed to the Host Institution. The Host Institution must provide copies of invoices for the use of any Equipment funds along with the final reconciliation (or, if requested by CRUK, interim reconciliation).

7.3 Additional reconciliation provisions for Host Institutions based outside the UK: Unless otherwise agreed with CRUK, reconciliations must be submitted in pounds sterling. Where the Host Institution has incurred costs in a currency other than pounds sterling, in submitting its reconciliation, the Host Institution must apply the historical exchange rate quoted on www.xe.com for the date the GAL was issued (or any alternative third party exchange rate calculator or date notified by Cancer Research UK before processing the reconciliation). CRUK is not liable for any losses incurred by the Host Institution through currency fluctuations. Any actual gains made by the Host Institution as a result of currency fluctuations must be used for the purposes of the Grant Activities or paid to CRUK following the financial reconciliation of the Grant.

7.4 Audits and site visits: CRUK may seek confirmation from the Host Institution that the Grant has been used in accordance with the Terms and Conditions. CRUK (or its agents) may also conduct its own audit of the Grant at any time and the Host Institution shall co-operate fully in that regard, including by allowing CRUK to inspect all ledgers, records and facilities related to the Grant, by providing copies of all relevant ledgers, invoices and records on request, and by procuring that any subcontractors provide that assistance as well.

 

8. Consultancies, third party restrictions or arrangements

8.1 Host Institution’s responsibility to manage third party arrangements: The Host Institution shall not enter into, or permit Research Personnel to enter into, consultancies, third party restrictions or arrangements which may give rise to conflicts of interest or affect the Grant Activities or Funded Intellectual Property without the prior agreement of CRUK.

8.2 Conflicts of interest: As set out in CRUK's Conflicts of Interest Policy: CRUK-funded Researchers and Commercial Organisations, the Host Institution and Grantholder must avoid any conflicts of interest in relation to the Grant Activities and notify CRUK if any conflict of interest arises.

 

9. Legal compliance, research practice and governance

9.1 Applicable laws and regulations: The Host Institution must ensure that the Grant Activities are carried out in accordance with all applicable laws, regulations and codes of practice (including, without limitation, those relating to health and safety, ethics, data protection, safeguarding, bribery and modern slavery and  any clinical trials registration and Clinical Practice Standards), and that all licences and approvals necessary for the Grant Activities are obtained in advance. For the avoidance of doubt, Grant funds may be applied toward Grant Activities prior to ethical approval being granted where those Grant Activities are necessary in order to apply for ethical approval being granted where the Grant Application clearly established this need or where CRUK otherwise agrees in writing. Where any Grant Activities are carried out by a subcontractor, the Host Institution must ensure that any such subcontracting is conducted in a way which aligns with the principles set out in CRUK’s Supplier Code of Conduct.

9.2 Public benefit: The Host Institution must ensure that CRUK is not put at risk of breaching UK charity laws or regulations because of any relationship between a third party and the Host Institution, the Grantholder or Research Personnel. The Host Institution must ensure that the Grant, the Grant Activities and the useful Results are applied for public benefit, and that any private benefit is only incidental and is not excessive.

9.3 Dignity at work: The Host Institution and Grantholder(s) must:

  1. take reasonable steps to provide a workplace environment where everyone is treated with consideration, fairness, dignity and respect. This should include not just adopting appropriate policies regarding workplace conduct but also taking reasonable steps to ensure those policies are effectively implemented; and
  2. satisfy the requirements of CRUK’s Policy on Dignity at Work in Research, including by informing CRUK (via email to dignityinresearch@cancer.org.uk) of any investigations of bullying or harassment.  

9.4 Research integrity: The Host Institution and Grantholder must conduct the Grant Activities with the highest standards of research integrity including, where applicable, in accordance with Universities UK’s ‘Concordat to Support Research Integrity'. The Host Institution must also:

  1. make reasonable efforts to mitigate the risk of research misconduct occurring consistently with CRUK’s 'Research Integrity: Guidelines for research conduct';

  2. have in place formal written procedures for the handling of allegations of research misconduct made against its staff, students and/or appointees, ensuring that any investigation into research misconduct is conducted impartially and without bias (or the appearance of bias) and make copies of those procedures available to CRUK on request. Recommendations regarding these procedures are set out in CRUK’s 'Research Integrity: Guidelines for research conduct' referred to above;

  3. As set out in CRUK's Research Integrity: Guidelines for research conduct, notify CRUK in confidence when a decision is made to formally investigate an allegations of research misconduct connected in any way with the Grant or Grant Activities (via email to dignityinresearch@cancer.org.uk), keep CRUK informed during the  investigation, and inform CRUK of the outcome of the investigation into the alleged misconduct as soon as it is known. 

    CRUK also reserves the right for it, or its agents, to investigate any aspect of alleged fraud or research misconduct itself that concern CRUK-funded research. The Host Institution and Grantholder shall co-operate and provide assistance and information in a transparent manner to CRUK for that purpose; and

  4. ensure that any investigations, and appropriate follow up actions from conclusions are completed in a timely manner. Investigations should conclude within one (1) year of receiving the allegation. 

9.5 Conduct of those connected with Grant: CRUK reserves the right to refuse, suspend or terminate funding, or ask that an individual be removed from the Grant, where, in its reasonable opinion, the conduct of any person connected to the Grant may bring CRUK’s reputation into disrepute.

9.6 CRUK Funding Policies and research practices: Host Institutions and Grantholders must comply with all CRUK Funding Policies, including without limitation, CRUK’s policies on Data Sharing & Management, Use of Animals in Research, Open Access, Researchfish, Flexible Research Careers, Dignity at Work in Research, Research Involving the Recruitment of Human Participants, Conflicts of Interest Policy: CRUK-Funded Researchers and Commercial Organisations, Continuing Professional Development, the CRUK Code of Practice on Tobacco Industry Funding to Universities, Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence Tools in Funding Applications, and Sex in Experimental Design, as well as CRUK's Position Statement on the Environmental Sustainability of Research. Host Institutions must also follow appropriate principles, standards and practices for the proper management of research including, in the UK, the principles set out in:

  1. the ‘Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers (2019)’;

  2. the ‘Joint Funders’ Statement of Statement of Expectations for Postgraduate Training (2016)’; (as amended) and

  3. the ‘UK clinical academic training in Medicine and Dentistry: Principles and Obligations (2018) (as amended)’.

9.7 Change in status: The Host Institution and Grantholder must notify CRUK if there is any change their status, or the status of any Research Personnel, that may affect their eligibility to hold the Grant including, without limitation, a change of control or a change in relationship with any person or entity in the tobacco industry.

9.8 Change in Grantholder: If the Host Institution considers that it is untenable for legal, regulatory, ethical, practical or other reasons for one or more of the Grantholder(s) to continue on in their capacity of Grantholder, then it will notify CRUK of such decision, reason(s) and proposed replacement Grantholder(s). The Grant may be transferred to the replacement Grantholder(s) only with the prior written consent of CRUK and if the replacement Grantholder(s) agree in writing to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. The Host Institution will notify, and oversee a managed handover by, the outgoing Grantholder(s). 

9.9 Freedom of information requests: If the Host Institution receives a freedom of information request in relation to any part of the Grant or Grant Activities, it must notify and consult with CRUK on the response to the request.

 

10. Research involving the recruitment of human participants

10.1 Research involving the recruitment of human participants: the Host Institution and Grantholder must satisfy the requirements in the Policy for Research Involving the Recruitment of Human Participants where the research is in the Policy scope, including:

1. Registration of trials: The Grantholder must register any CRUK-funded or endorsed trial on a recognised trials registry such as the ISRCTN registry or the ClinicalTrials.gov register before the first participant receives the first medical intervention in the trial. The Grantholder must notify CRUK of the registration number no later than the time of the subsequent scientific milestone report.

2. CRUK trials database: Grantholders and Research Personnel conducting trials and/or studies will assist the CRUK Patient Information Team by:

  • including the URL for CRUK’s clinical trials database (cruk.org/trials) on the patient information sheet. (Including the CRUK logo is also strongly encouraged);

  • providing CRUK with the study protocol and patient information sheet;

  • assisting CRUK to draft a lay summary of the trial (and findings, as and when Results are available) for inclusion on CRUK’s online clinical trials database and subsequently provide regular updates to the information so that the database can reasonably be kept up to date. 

3. Collection of NHS numbers: The NHS number (or equivalent) should be recorded for all patients or participants entering clinical trials supported by CRUK. The collection of NHS numbers is strongly encouraged in other research projects involving healthy volunteers and any other CRUK-supported study where long-term follow-up is likely. The purpose of this is to enable linkage between routine and clinical data sets. 

4. Reporting of results: Grantholders are required to make summary results (whether positive or negative) of their CRUK-funded or CRUK-endorsed trial publicly available, without unreasonable delay, and generally within 12 months after the end of research project (unless there is a scientifically justified longer time period). The results should be posted on the same registry as the trial was listed and the trials registry identifier should be used in publications to ensure the results are discoverable.

5. Making data sets accessible for further research: By publication of the primary analysis of the research project results, Grantholders are required to make their data sets available to other legitimate access requests for secondary academic research. They must ensure discoverability of the trial data set (for example through a suitable clinical trials data sharing respository) and have processes in place to manage data access requests and to achieve secure transfer of data where requests are granted. Data must be managed in accordance with our Policy on Data Sharing and Management.

 

11. Trials supported by commercial entities

11.1 Where a Clinical Trial is supported in any way by a commercial entity to whom the Host Institution intends to grant rights to the Results of the trial, the Host Institution must:

  1. notify CRUK as soon as practicable of the commercial relationship and any consideration payable by the commercial entity;

  2. regularly consult with CRUK (or, at CRUK’s request, with CRH) and seek to agree with the commercial entity any arrangements that CRUK (or CRH) suggests;

  3. enter into a fair and appropriate revenue sharing agreement with CRUK (or, at CRUK’s request, CRH) in relation to any consideration received by the Host Institution for the rights to the clinical trial Results (which shall at least reimburse CRUK for the funding it provided in support of the trial).

     

12. Intellectual property

12.1 Funded Intellectual Property: Funded Intellectual Property shall, in the first instance, vest in the Host Institution. The Host Institution shall ensure that the contracts of employment or other terms of engagement of its Research Personnel provide for automatic and immediate vesting in the Host Institution of Funded Intellectual Property. The Host Institution shall co-operate fully and procure that its Research Personnel co-operate fully with CRUK and CRH in all matters relating to Funded Intellectual Property.

12.2 Technology Transfer Agreements: Following receipt of a request by CRH or CRUK, the Host Institution will negotiate and enter into a TTA with CRH in relation to Funded Intellectual Property in a timely fashion. In the event that or once there is no TTA in place, or until a TTA is put in place, Schedule A applies. In the event that there is a TTA in place between CRT and the Host Institution, the terms of such TTA shall supersede Schedule A from the date such agreement becomes effective. If the TTA will expire during the term of the Grant, the Host Institution agrees, at CRUK's request made at any time, to extend the term of the TTA (on terms materially similar to the expiring TTA). 

12.3 CDD Projects: Where the Grant Activities involve a CDD Project, the Host Institution will enter into a CDD Agreement. Until the CDD Agreement comes into effect, any Results generated by the Host Institution will be deemed to be Funded Intellectual Property and be subject to this section 12 and Schedule A. In the event that or once there is a CDD Agreement in place, the terms of the CDD Agreement shall supersede this section 11 and Schedule A from the date such CDD Agreement becomes effective. Results arising from CDD Projects are confidential and should not be disclosed without the prior consent of CRUK.
 

13. Engagement, publicity and publication

13.1 Responsibility to act as peer reviewer when requested by CRUK: The Grantholder and Research Personnel will respond positively and punctually to requests from CRUK to peer review CRUK grant applications.

13.2 Participation in fundraising and publicity: CRUK may use data or other material from research it funds for the purposes of fundraising, publicity, public and community education and engagement, health practitioner education, policy advice and lobbying activities. The Grantholder and CRUK-funded Research Personnel will promote CRUK and its charitable aims by complying with all reasonable requests from CRUK to attend or speak at events, and provide help with images and copy for CRUK publications. The Host Institution will also co-operate in relation to publicity, research engagement and fundraising activity for CRUK. Where CRUK is the largest or most significant contributing funder of the research, it reserves the right to lead on publicity.

13.3 Press: The Grantholder and Host Institution must contact the CRUK Press Office before making any public announcements regarding the Grant Activities, results or other research outputs, especially in the case of clinical trials. On request, a copy of any upcoming paper with CRUK funding must be shared with the press team at the time of journal submission or when an abstract has been accepted by a conference. When speaking publicly, the Grantholder and Research Personnel should identify themselves as ‘CRUK-funded researchers’ but be clear that they are not speaking on behalf of CRUK.

13.4 Branding, Communications and Engagement: Grantholders and Host Institutions must comply with any guidelines for branding, communications and engagement that CRUK may issue from time to time. Host Institutions should ensure that prominent CRUK branding is displayed in CRUK-funded Centres, ECMCs, CRUK Core Funded Institutes and any other place where a major programme of work is funded by CRUK.

13.5 Acknowledgment of CRUK support: Grantholders must acknowledge CRUK’s support (and, where possible, include CRUK’s logo) in all research outputs, including publications, oral or written reports, posters, presentations and information posted on websites that relate to the Grant Activities or Results.

13.6 Publishable abstracts: At the time of application, grant applicants must provide publishable information about the proposed research and contact information which, if the application is successful, may be published on CRUK’s website, the website of any partner funder also contributing to the grant scheme, and other public databases including, without limitation, the International Cancer Research Partnership.

13.7 Dissemination of findings: The Grantholder must publish or otherwise disseminate appropriately verified Results to the broader scientific community as soon as possible, although CRUK or the Host Institution may delay dissemination for a reasonable period in order to protect intellectual property (including through compliance with a TTA, or Schedule A, as applicable). 

13.8 Requirements for publications and other outputs: Grantholders must:

  1. provide the CRUK Press Team with a copy of all publications and conference abstracts arising from the Grant Activities at the time of submission for publication via the online manuscript submission form on CRUK’s website or press.office@cancer.org.uk. Any manuscripts and details will be held in the strictest confidence.

  2. acknowledge CRUK’s support in the format ‘This work was supported by Cancer Research UK [C ref./A ref.] or [XXXX\123456]’) and, for trial results, the CRUK trial number; and

  3. comply with the requirements of CRUK's Policy on Open Access including ensuring research is made openly available immediately on publication and that a copy of each paper published in a peer reviewed journal funded wholly or partly by the Grant is deposited in Europe PubMed Central, where an article processing charge has been paid to the journal for deposit, with a CC-BY licence. Requirements on patient data citations and data availability statements must be complied with; 

  4. ensure that appropriate validation of results have been carried out before dissemination;

  5. on request, provide a copy of the presentation, publication or other output to CRH in good time (and in any event at least thirty (30) days) before the presentation, publication or other dissemination in the case of Results, whether patentable or not, which appear to be suitable for commercial exploitation or otherwise worthy of protection; and

  6. liaise with the Cancer Research Horizons Team and/or the CDD where required by sections 12 and 13.9.

13.9 CDD Projects: Subject to any CDD Agreement, Grantholders must not publish or disclose any work relating to a CDD Project without the CDD’s prior written consent. Grantholders should also consult the CDD as to who should be included in the list of authors. Media disclosures regarding CDD Projects and trials must be discussed with and approved by in advance the Director of the CDD (as well as the CRUK Press Office as per section 13.3).

 

14. Transfer, viariation, suspension and termination

14.1 Transfer of Grant: The Grantholder may transfer the Grant to another institution only with the consent of the Host Institution, the new institution and CRUK, and only if the new institution agrees in writing to be bound by the Terms and Conditions as the new Host Institution. CRUK may require that Equipment funded by the Grant is transferred with the Grantholder.

14.2 Variation: CRUK may amend the Terms and Conditions of Application and Grant at any time. It will publish on its website any changes to the Grant Conditions and Funding Policies, and any other policies expressly referenced in these Grant Conditions. Once published, any changes apply to the Grant.

14.3 Early termination of Grant Activities: In the event the Grant Activities are terminated early, the Grantholder and Host Institution must promptly notify CRUK. The Host Institution must then submit a reconciliation in accordance with section 7.2.

14.4 Suspension or termination of Grant: CRUK may suspend or terminate the Grant at any time and for any reason. So far as reasonably practicable, CRUK shall endeavour to give the Grantholder and Host Institution at least thirty (30) days’ prior notice, but shall be entitled to suspend or terminate immediately.

14.5 Survival of terms: The following sections of these Grant Conditions continue to apply after the End Date: sections 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.1, 2.2, 2.4, 3.1, 4.2, 4.5.5, 5.2.3, 5.2.5, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.8, 5.9, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.1.2, 10.1.4, 10.1.5, 11.1, 12, 13, 14.5, 15 and 16, Schedule A and Schedule B. 

 

15. Liability, indemnity and insurance

15.1 Liability: CRUK relies entirely on the Host Institution to ensure that Grant Activities are carried out in accordance with best practice and legal requirements to avoid damage, loss or injury to persons or property. The Host Institution must also ensure Results are appropriately validated before publication. CRUK accepts no responsibility for costs incurred other than those specifically set out in the GAL, nor any liability for any accident, injury or loss sustained by any person in connection with the Grant Activities or publication of Results.

15.2 Indemnity: The Host Institution agrees to indemnify and hold harmless CRUK, CRH and their respective employees, officers and agents against any costs, claims or liabilities (including legal costs) suffered or incurred by any of them as a result of any action, claim or complaint brought against any of them in connection with or arising from any Grant Activities or the negligence or wilful default of the Research Personnel or any failure to accurately report Results or arising out of the use, publication or exploitation of the Results by the Host Institution or Research Personnel in any manner. 

15.3 Insurance: The Host Institution must ensure that it (and, so far as is relevant, the Research Personnel and Institutions) hold appropriate insurances for professional indemnity, public liability and employer’s liability during the Grant Period and for a period of six (6) years following the End Date and during any commercialisation of the Results.

15.4 No-fault compensation for clinical trials: The Host Institution of any CRUK-funded or CRUK-endorsed trial must provide a no-fault compensation scheme for participants. A copy of the scheme terms must be provided to CRUK promptly on request. CRUK will not provide indemnity cover for or accept any liability for harm to participants where CRUK is not the trial sponsor.

 

16. Governing law

16.1 The Terms and Conditions are governed by the laws of England and Wales. The Host Institution and Grantholder irrevocably and unconditionally submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts in respect of disputes arising out of or in connection with the Terms and Conditions.

 

17. Definitions

Application

The formal request for a Grant to be awarded by CRUK including, without limitation, the research proposal and plan, budget request, presentation and interview (if any), the curriculum vitae of the Lead Applicant(s) and proposed Research Personnel, letters of support and any other information provided to CRUK by the Lead Applicant(s), proposed Research Personnel and proposed Host Institution in support of the request for CRUK funding.

ARRIVE Guidelines

Animal Research: Reporting of In Vivo Experiments Guidelines published by the UK National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement & Reduction of Animals in Research.

CDD

CRUK’s centre for drug development.

CDD Agreement

Agreement between CRUK and the Host Institution in relation to a CDD Project. The CDD Agreement will set out, among other things, the studies to be undertaken by the Host Institution in relation to the CDD Project and the ownership of the results of such studies.

CDD Project

A phase 1/2 clinical trial which: (i) is carried out on a novel agent or therapy approved by CRUK’s New Agents Committee; (ii) is managed through CRUK’s centre for drug development; (iii) is sponsored by CRUK; and (iv) may be supported partly by a CRUK Grant.

Centre

The network of cancer-research activity supported by grants described as CRUK centres grants.

Clinical Practice Standards

Guidance relating to medicines and clinical trials in force in the jurisdiction in which the Research Personnel are carrying out Grant Activities or is registered, including the ICH Harmonised Tripartite Guideline for Good Clinical Practice (CPMP/ICH/135/95) and the World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki entitled ‘Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects’ (2013). For the avoidance of doubt, in the UK this includes the MHRA Guidelines on Good Clinical Practice for Clinical Trials

CRH

Cancer Research Technology Limited, a company registered in England & Wales No: 1626049 whose registered address is 2 Redman Place, London, E20 1JQ and wholly owned subsidiary of CRUK. The contact for CRT for all matters relating to these Terms and Conditions is the Cancer Research Horizons team (horizons@cancer.org.uk).

CRUK or Cancer Research UK

Cancer Research UK, a registered charity in England and Wales (1089464), in Scotland (SC041666) and in the Isle of Man (1103) and a company limited by guarantee registered in England & Wales No. 4325234 and the Isle of Man No. 5713F, whose registered address is 2 Redman Place, London, E20 1JQ.

CRUK Core Funded Institute

Each of the following: the CRUK Beatson Institute, the CRUK Cambridge Institute, the CRUK Manchester Institute and the Francis Crick Institute.

Data Protection Legislation

All applicable data protection and privacy laws, and regulations made thereunder, including without limitation the UK GDPR (as defined in section 3(10) (as supplemented by section 205(4)) of the Data Protection Act 2018), the Data Protection Act 2018 and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 (SI 2003 No. 2426) as amended. 

Directly Allocated Costs

Costs of resources used by a project that are shared by other activities and based on estimates rather than actual costs (e.g. principal and co-investigator costs, estates costs).

Direct Costs

The costs explicitly identifiable as arising from the conduct of a project. In determining whether a cost is a Direct Cost, the Host Institution must follow any costs guidance issued by CRUK from time to time.

ECMC

CRUK-funded Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre.

End Date

The date that is the number of months after the Start Date that is equivalent to the duration of the award set out in the GAL, or such earlier date that the Grant is terminated.

Equipment

The equipment required to conduct the Grant Activities which costs £5,000 or more.

Funded Intellectual Property

All Results other than Results of CDD Projects in respect of which a CDD Agreement has been completed.

Funded Materials

Biological and chemical materials comprised in Funded Intellectual Property.

Funding Policies

The policies published on CRUK’s website as being policies that affect CRUK grants, currently located at cancerresearchuk.org/funding-for-researchers/applying-for-funding/policies-that-affect-your-grant, as updated from time to time.

GAL

The grant award letter from CRUK containing the details, and offer, of the Grant.

Grant

The funding made pursuant to and described in the GAL.

Grant Activities

The research and investigation funded by the Grant as described in the GAL.

Grant Conditions

The conditions set out in sections 1 to 17 (inclusive) of this document.

Grant Period

The period starting on the Start Date and ending on End Date.

Grantholder

The Lead Applicant, any Joint Lead Applicant of a successful Application as specified in the GAL and, for Institute Core Grants, CRUK-funded group leaders leaders (or additional or replacement Grantholder appointed from time to time in accordance with these Terms and Conditions).

Host Institution

The university, research institution, company or other entity at which some or all of the Grant Activities will be carried out, as named in the GAL.

Human Biological Samples

Tissue, blood and other biological samples taken from humans.

Institutions

Any university, research institution or other entity at which some or all of the Grant Activities will be carried out other than the Host Institution.

Indirect Costs

Non-specific costs charged across all projects that are based on estimates (eg. human resources, finance, library and departmental services).

Institute Core Grants

A Grant issued to a CRUK Core Funded Institute that is described in the GAL as a ‘core’ award.

Lead Applicant

The individual investigator(s) who propose to lead the work set out in the Application.

NIHR CRN Portfolio

A database of the clinical research studies that are supported by the National Institute of Health Research Clinical Research Network in England.

PIC

CRUK’s Policy, Information and Communications directorate.

Research Personnel

The Grantholder and any person working on the Grant Activities under his/her supervision, including (as applicable), any co-investigator or collaborator, sponsor, supervisor, consultant or sub-contractor.

Results

All inventions, discoveries, materials (including biological and chemical materials with the exception of Human Biological Samples), technologies, products, data, algorithms, software, patents, databases, copyright, and know-how arising from Grant Activities (including those arising from testing, analysis or other Grant Activities carried out on or with Human Biological Samples), and all intellectual property rights therein.

Special Conditions

Any conditions referred to in the GAL (or otherwise notified to the Grantholder and Host Institution) that apply to the Grant in addition to sections 1 to 17 of this document, in light of the nature of the funding scheme and Grant Activities.

Start Date

The date indicated in the GAL, or otherwise agreed with CRUK, on which the Grant Activities commence.

Studentship

A Grant or part of a Grant pertaining to the funding of PhD students or masters students.

TTA

Technology Transfer Agreement being, unless CRH determines otherwise, a framework agreement governing the management and exploitation of Results as well as results of all other research funded by Cancer Research UK at the Host Institution from time to time.

Terms and Conditions 

 The Terms and Conditions of Application and Terms and Conditions of Grant.

Terms and Conditions of Application

The terms set out in section 1.

Terms and Conditions of Grant

See definition in section 2.1.

 

 

Schedule A. Conditions for host institutions with no technology transfer agreement with CRUK or CRH

  1. Non-commercial research: The Host Institution grants CRUK free of charge, the worldwide and non-exclusive right itself, or by granting to recipients of CRUK funding the right, to use Funded Intellectual Property for the purposes of non-commercial research whether alone or in collaboration with third parties and whether sponsored or funded, in whole or in part, by any third party including any commercial entity.

  2. Identifying Funded Intellectual Property: The Host Institution shall allow CRH to visit its premises and to liaise freely and at will with its Research Personnel for the purpose of identifying Funded Intellectual Property. In addition, promptly following the identification by the Host Institution (or its agent) of any Funded Intellectual Property which appears to the Host Institution to have potential to be translated to deliver patient benefit or which can otherwise be exploited commercially, the Host Institution shall notify CRH in writing giving full details of such Funded Intellectual Property.

  3. Prior notification of CRH: CRH must be notified in good time (and in any event at least thirty (30) days) before either presentation or publication of any Results, whether patentable or not, which appear to be suitable for commercial exploitation or that are otherwise worthy of protection. At CRH’s request, the presentation or publication of Results will be delayed to enable the protection of Funded Intellectual Property.

  4. Protection of Funded Intellectual Property: The Host Institution shall, in consultation with CRH, take the steps necessary to protect Funded Intellectual Property as is reasonable to do so with regard to commercial considerations, however it shall not make (or permit others to make) any application for registered protection (including a patent) in connection with Funded Intellectual Property without the prior written consent of CRH.

  5. Assignment to CRH if protection withdrawn or abandoned: If the Host Institution decides to withdraw or abandon patent or similar protection in respect of Funded Intellectual Property, CRH shall be entitled to take an assignment of the property concerned and the Host Institution shall give CRH no less than sixty (60) days’ notice to allow it to do so effectively.

  6. No exploitation without prior consent: The Host Institution may not exploit, or grant any third parties the right to exploit, Funded Intellectual Property without the prior written consent of CRH. Where CRH consents to such exploitation, it may impose such conditions as it sees fit.

  7. Right to call for assignment to CRH: CRUK retains the right to call for an assignment to CRH of all Funded Intellectual Property. Such right is likely only to be exercised rarely. After such an assignment has been completed CRH and the Host Institution shall negotiate in good faith to agree the terms of a revenue share agreement in respect of net income received by CRH arising from the commercial exploitation of such Funded Intellectual Property.

  8. Commercial exploitation without consent: If, notwithstanding the prohibition in section 6 of this Schedule A, Funded Intellectual Property is exploited commercially without CRH’s prior written consent, without affecting any other rights of CRUK or CRH, the Host Institution shall:

    1. pay or transfer (as appropriate) to CRH sixty percent (60%) of all gross income and any other sums (whether in cash or otherwise) received by the Host Institution (or by any third party authorised by the Host Institution) from the exploitation of the Funded Intellectual Property, without any deduction of any costs, taxes or any other sums. However, if: (i) a third party contributes towards the directly incurred costs of the research which led to the creation of the Funded Intellectual Property; or (ii) CRUK provides additional funding (over and above the directly incurred costs), then the foregoing revenue share shall be adjusted as CRH deems appropriate;

    2. account to CRH for its revenue share on a quarterly basis, in pounds sterling;

    3. be solely responsible for rewarding the inventors of Funded Intellectual Property out of its share of gross income;

    4. provide CRH with a quarterly statement summarising all income received and costs incurred; and

    5. ensure that proper books and records are kept (recording all exploitation activities and all income received/costs incurred) and allow CRH access to such books and records as CRH may reasonably request from time to time.

  9. Transfer of samples: CRUK encourages the transfer of samples of Funded Materials to academic and other not-for-profit third parties solely for the purposes of non-commercial research, under the terms of a material transfer agreement. The Host Institution may not transfer Funded Materials to any commercial entity without CRH’s prior written consent.

  10. Retention of agreements: The Host Institution shall retain copies of all agreements (including collaboration agreements, material transfer agreements and confidential disclosure agreements) proposed and/or completed relating to Funded Intellectual Property. The Host Institution shall provide CRH with copies of such agreements as CRH may request from time to time.

  11. CRH contact: For further details contact the Cancer Research Horizons Team: horizons@cancer.org.uk.

  12. Definitions: The definitions set out in section 17 of the Grant Conditions apply to this Schedule A.

 

Schedule B. Conditions for policy, information and communications targeted research projects

  1. Application: The conditions in this Schedule B apply where a Grant is identified in the GAL as ‘targeted research’, in addition to the Grant Conditions and other Terms and Conditions. 

  2. Intellectual property: For PIC targeted research projects, sections 12.2 and 12.3 of and Schedule A to the Grant Conditions shall not apply to the Funded Intellectual Property. Section 12.1 of the Grant Conditions shall apply and in addition the Host Institution hereby grants CRUK the perpetual and irrevocable right to use, and permit others to use, Funded Intellectual Property for:

    1. public policy and public information purposes on an exclusive basis, unless CRUK agrees otherwise (noting that such agreement will not be unreasonably withheld); and

    2. academic research and teaching without restriction on a non-exclusive basis (with, for clarity, the Host Institution being able itself and in collaboration with third parties to undertake academic research and teaching).

    Should the Host Institution receive monetary or non-monetary income directly or indirectly from the commercial exploitation of Funded Intellectual Property, then the Host Institution shall share such income, in a reasonable proportion, with CRUK.

  3. Project manager and key staff: The Host Institution will ensure that the Grant Activities are managed by a named project manager. The project manager and key staff members who will conduct the Grant Activities must be identified to CRUK before the Start Date, and may not be changed without consent from CRUK.

  4. Publications: In addition to the obligations set out in section 13 of the Grant Conditions, the Grantholder or Host Institution must send any publication or presentation of Results to CRUK for review at least four (4) weeks prior to submission for publication, so that CRUK can ensure that dissemination occurs in a manner that maximises public benefit. They must also comply with any publications policy issued by CRUK.

  5. Payments and deliverables: Section 6.3 of the Grant Conditions applies in all respects except, if specified in the GAL, frequency of payments. Instead, Grant payments will be made by CRUK in accordance with key deliverables and dates as set out in the GAL. 

  6. Definitions: The definitions set out in section 17 of the Grant Conditions apply to this Schedule B.

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