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Future Leaders funding announcement

We’re proud to announce the latest recipients of our Future Leaders grants that’ve been awarded for their innovative new research projects.

graphic showing scientists working at desks for The Brain Tumour Charity Future Leaders programme

We are pleased to share the five new researchers who have been awarded our Future Leaders grant!

Our Future Leaders programme supports excellent researchers just beginning their careers, to establish themselves as leading experts and also inspires more researchers to join our movement, encouraging them to remain working within the field of neuro-oncology.  

This award was designed to provide the right researcher with up to £1.8 million in funding over 12 years, and give them the support needed to set up their own lab.

The following researchers have been awarded the Postdoctoral Fellowship – the first stage of the Future Leaders programme – and will each receive up to £75,000 in funding per year, over three years.


Dr. Mathew Clement, one of The Brain Tumour Charity's Future Leaders

Dr. Mathew Clement

Dr. Bo Sun

Dr. Bo Sun

Dr. Emily Bates, one of The Brain Tumour Charity's Future Leaders

Dr. Emily Bates

Dr. Charlotte Eaton

Dr. Charlotte Eaton of the Future Leaders

Dr. Antonio Fuentes-Fayos

Dr. Antonio Fuentes-Fayos

 


At The Brain Tumour Charity, we are committed to funding excellent research that has the potential to make a real difference to people diagnosed with a brain tumour and their families. We are committed to enabling not only world-class excellence in the brain tumour space, but also long-term inspiration to join the field, through investment in talented early-career researchers. By supporting these Future Leaders, we’re helping to shape the future of research into brain tumours and improve outcomes for people diagnosed.

“We are thrilled to announce a new cohort of researchers funded by our Future Leaders Grant Programme. By providing substantial support to early-career scientists, this programme is helping to transform the research landscape by ensuring that innovative ideas will continue to drive progress in the field of research into brain tumours. It’s initiatives like these that help accelerate breakthroughs, bringing us closer to transforming patient outcomes and, ultimately, finding a cure.”

– Dr Simon Newman, Chief Scientific Officer at The Brain Tumour Charity

We’ll be following the progress of these researchers closely and sharing updates on their work in the coming months and years. We can’t wait to see the impact they’ll have in the field of research into brain tumours!