Sarah Richardson, Group Editor, Research Professional News
Medical research charities have been making headlines for reasons other than the battle against COVID-19, in the form of an ambitious partnership between the US government’s main agency for cancer research and leading British charity Cancer Research UK.
The partnership between the charity and the US National Cancer Institute will offer large grants to multinational teams over the next decade to address “critical roadblocks in research.” A number of possible challenges are being considered, ahead of an announcement on the final set in October.
Announcing the scheme, Cancer Research UK chief executive Michelle Mitchell underscored that “COVID-19 has delayed progress and impacted cancer patients everywhere,” saying this made it “even more important for researchers to come together to tackle problems that are too big for any one institution or country.”
