AMMF Grants for Research

Grants for Research
  • 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”.

Mr Marc Quinn

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

September 2023