AMMF Grants for Research
One of AMMF’s major objectives is to support specialised research teams in their work to find the causes, methods of earlier diagnosis, and effective treatments for cholangiocarcinoma (CCA).
Since its inception in 2002, AMMF has now awarded over £3m (three million pounds sterling) in grants to support cholangiocarcinoma research at many of the UK’s leading research institutions, and internationally.
AMMF has funded or is currently funding research at:
- Imperial College London
- University College London
- The Institute of Hepatology London
- University of Birmingham
- University of Cambridge
- University of Edinburgh
- University of Nottingham
- University of East Anglia
- University of Manchester
- University of Liverpool
- University of Oxford
- University of Leeds
- Cardiff University
- Universities of Madrid, Navarra and Pamplona, Spain
- John Hopkins University, USA
- Sapienza University of Rome
- University of Copenhagen
- University of Glasgow
AMMF welcomes funding applications from research bodies for cholangiocarcinoma work. For more information, click here
University of Oxford
Dr Shijie Cai
Award £56,002.57
Given to support work investigating “Normal cholangiocyte containment of cholangiocarcinoma through metabolic and transcriptomic regulation”

University of Glasgow
Professor Chiara Braconi
Award £99,464.00
Given to support work investigating “Identifying therapeutic opportunities for Biliary Cancers by investigating the role of Monocytes in drug response”

University of Edinburgh
Dr Ed Jarman and Dr Paula Olaizola
Award £50,000.00
Given to support work investigating “Does retinol from hepatic stellate cells fuel tumour cells during cholangiocarcinoma initiation”

Sapienza University of Rome
Professor Carmine Mancone
Award: £35,00.00
Given to support work investigating “The role of THBS1, THBS2 and PEDF in the lymphatic dissemination of the intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: identification of downstream signalling pathway”

University of Copenhagen
Professor Jesper Andersen
Award: £45,339.00
Given to support work investigating “Tumour phenotypes and sensitivities triggered by IL-6 activation in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma”
University of Manchester
Dr Alicia-Marie Conway
Award: £30,850.00
Given to support work investigating “Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma hidden amongst the Unknown: biomarker discovery and novel diagnostic approach from circulation: Free DNA (cfDNA) in cancers of unknown primary”
Imperial College London
Micol Damiani
Award: £27,625.78
Given to support work investigating “Single-molecule multiplexed detection of biomarkers for HCC and CCA using a novel nanopore – based sensing.”
University of Nottingham
Professor Kevin Gaston
Award: £24,250.00
Given to support work investigating “Ultra high-resolution mapping of spatial patterns of gene and protein expression in cholangiocarcinoma and the cholangiocarcinoma tumour microenvironment”
University of Nottingham
Professor Sheela Jayaraman
Award: £22,000.00
Given to support work investigating “Combination therapies for Cholangiocarcinoma”
University of Nottingham
Dr Isioma Egbuniwe
Award: £28,750.20
Given to support work investigating “The role of Interleukin 17 (IL-17) in tumour lymphangiogenesis in cholangiocarcinoma”

University of Nottingham
Professor Sheela Jayaraman
Award: £19,260
Given to support work investigating, “New strategies for the inhibition of Cholangiocarcinoma tumour growth”

University of Liverpool
Mr Marc Quinn
Award: £25,000
Given to support work investigating, “Unravelling intra-tumoral
heterogeneity in cholangiocarcinoma through single cell RNA sequencing”.

Recently Completed Grants
For information on some of the recently completed AMMF awards for research, click here
AMMF Research Grants – Applications
One of AMMF’s major objectives is to support specialised research teams in their work to find the causes, methods of earlier diagnosis, and effective treatments for cholangiocarcinoma (CC). AMMF welcomes funding applications from research bodies for cholangiocarcinoma work. For more details, and how to apply for funding, please click here