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 (CC).
Since its inception in 2002, AMMF has now awarded over £2m (two 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
- Universities of Madrid and Navarra
- University of Oxford
AMMF welcomes funding applications from research bodies for cholangiocarcinoma work. For more information, click here
The AMMF Cholangiocarcinoma Scholarship
AMMF’s new 3-year PhD scholarship award was announced in November 2017. The first of these AMMF funded PhD scholarships, £103,000 over three years, will be specifically to investigate the role of mutations in cholangiocarcinoma (bile duct cancer).
The first scholarship recipient is Mollie Wilson. Throughout her 3-year PhD scholarship, due to begin in October 2018, Mollie will be based at The Boulter Lab, located in the MRC Human Genetics Unit at the University of Edinburgh, under the supervision of Dr Luke Boulter. The Boulter lab is rapidly establishing itself as one of the UK’s foremost laboratories researching cholangiocarcinoma.
AMMF’s Harry Corrigan presenting the first AMMF Cholangiocarcinoma Scholarship to Mollie Wilson at the charity’s conference 10.05.18
The Boulter Lab is located in the
MRC Human Genetics Unit,
University of Edinburgh
The University of Oxford
Dr Shijie Cai
Award: £90,000
Given to support “An integrated proteomic and metabolomics approach to investigate the role of ubiquitin-specific protease 22 and its responsive pathways in cholangiocarcinoma”
Universities of Edinburgh, Madrid & Navarra
Dr Leonard J Nelson (Edinburgh)
Dr Francisco Javier Cubero (Madrid)
Professor Matías Ávila (Navarra)
Award: £67,000
Given to support work investigating, “A Novel Therapeutic Approach for Cholangiocarcinoma”
Young Investigator Award
Dr Marina Baretti – Johns Hopkins University, USA
Award: $60,000*
This jointly funded award is given to support work on immunotherapy for metastatic cholangiocarcinoma over a period of one year.
The Young Investigator Award (YIA) is a scheme administered by the US Conquer Cancer Foundation of ASCO.
*Funded jointly by AMMF, The Bili Project Foundation, The Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation and TargetCancer Foundation.
The University of Liverpool
Mr Marc Quinn
Award: £24,500
Support funding given for Whole Exome Sequencing for the project “Identification of actionable drug targets in extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma”
The University of Edinburgh
Professor Stuart Forbes
Award: £70,000
To fund work on the potential of Notch and Wnt as therapeutic targets in cholangiocarcinoma.
Institute of Genetics & Molecular Medicine
(The University of Edinburgh)
Dr Luke Boulter
Award: £33,000
For work towards “Discovering driver mutations in cholangiocarcinoma using forward genetics”
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University College London
Dr Hayley Whitaker
Total awards made 2012 -2014: £70,376
Funding Dr Hayley Whitaker’s team in their work on the BI-010 biomarker.
University of East Anglia
(Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital)
Dr Simon Rushbrook
Award: £39,249
To fund work on “The Role of NRF2 in the Pathogenesis of Cholangiocarcinoma”
The University of Manchester
Professor Juan Valle
Award: £21,818
Given towards project management costs for the ABC-06 clinical trial.
Imperial College London
Cholangiocarcinoma Biobank
Dr Shahid Khan
Award: £30,000
To fund the establishment of a cholangiocarcinoma biobank, including technician funding, and equipment ( -80º fridge, an encrypted computer, consumables).
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
March 2019
