Brain Tumour Research Funding Navigator

How to use the funding navigator 

User notes:

• Please select all categories that apply to you.
• Ensure you tick “Unrestricted or does not specify” in each of the filters.

Explanation of Funding Navigator Filters

1.  Filtering funding by who you are

• Identifies which individuals are eligible for this funding.
• Category notes:
  • “Healthcare professional or clinical” includes medical doctors, clinical scientists, nurses, and allied health professionals.
  • “Other” includes research software engineer and institutions/organisations. 

2. Filtering funding by patient group

• Identifies whether this funding is specifically for research into brain cancer affecting adults, children and young people or both.

3. Filtering funding by research stage 

• Identifies the type of research that is funded by this award.
• Category notes:
  • “Other” includes epidemiological studies, informatics technologies, advanced materials – relating to brain cancer research.

4. Filtering funding by what it is for 

• Identifies what the funding can be used for/any restrictions on how the money awarded is spent.
• Category notes:
  • “Salaries” includes costs of staff e.g. research technicians, not necessarily salary of PI unless specified on the funder’s website.
  • “Other” may include indirect costs, research networks, relocation and visa costs, costs related to impact, publishing, tuitions fees, elective study. 

5. Filtering funding by research location

• Identifies where the research is taking place.
• Category notes:
  • Tick all categories that cover your geographical location – e.g. if in the UK, also tick Europe.
  • “Global”: make sure to click “Global” and the specific location that research will be conducted (e.g., Europe).
  • “UK academic (clinical, university, other research institute)”: When determining eligibility, research organisations as defined by UKRI unless otherwise specified.
  • “UK industry”: some grants are exclusively for SMEs.

6. Filtering funding by type

• Identifies whether funding is mostly dilutive or non-dilutive.
• Category notes
  • “Mostly non-dilutive”:
    • Includes grants, competitions.
    • Non-dilutive funding refers to funding which does not affect ownership percentages, so founders and existing investors retain (without dilution) their ownership percentage and rights to potential profits. 
  • “Mostly dilutive”: 
    • Includes venture capital (VC), angel investors, equity.
    • Dilutive funding refers to capital raised which reduces (dilutes) the ownership percentage and potential profits of existing shareholders.