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
- University of Oxford
- University of Leeds
- Cardiff University
- Universities of Madrid, Navarra and Pamplona, Spain
- John Hopkins University, USA
AMMF welcomes funding applications from research bodies for cholangiocarcinoma work. For more information, click here
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”.

Donostia University Hospital, Spain
Professor Jesús Bañales
Award: £32,048
Given to support work investigating “The role of the transcription factor KLF5 in the etiopathogenesis of cholangiocarcinoma: new diagnostic, prognostic and therapeutic strategy”.

Cardiff University
Dr Toby Phesse
Award: £25,309.14
Given to fund work “Identifying the therapeutic benefit of targeting Wnt receptors in metatastic cholangiocarcinoma”.

University of Edinburgh, Scotland
AMMF’s Cholangiocarcinoma Scholarship –
awarded to Mollie Wilson
Award: £103,000
Given to fund a 3yr Phd, “Understanding the role of seed cells and epithelian co-option in cholangiocarcinoma”.

AMMF’s Harry Corrigan presenting the first AMMF Cholangiocarcinoma Scholarship to Mollie Wilson at the charity’s conference 10.05.18
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”

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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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

January 2022