Following the annual review of our Terms and conditions for research grants and awards there have been some significant changes.
Along with some key content changes the renamed 'Grant conditions' have been reformatted and condensed with the aim of increasing clarity and accessibility.
See the new Terms and conditions web pages for more information and a summary of the changes.
July 2013 sees some updates to the Cancer Research UK grant terms and conditions following a recent review. So what’s new?
The most significant change is a new section on Research Integrity (section 5). Outlining CRUK’s commitment in this area, it identifies steps that could be taken to nurture a similar culture within Host Institutions. It also details methods that may be used to help mitigate the risk of scientific misconduct, as well as requirements regarding legal and ethical frameworks. The section ends with a new condition regarding cell line authentication.
We and other funders take the issue of scientific integrity extremely seriously. The new section reflects this and outlines our expectations. We’ve also written another new document, Guidelines for Scientific Conduct, to accompany the new Research Integrity section.
Branding is increasingly important to us to ensure that our supporters’ hard work and efforts are recognised by the research they enable us to fund. Mirroring this, we’ve added four conditions to ensure CRUK’s support is acknowledged appropriately.
Finally, there are some minor revisions to the section on students to better reflect the way we support PhD students. We can now fund PhD students through our Science Committee Programme Awards. See section 11 of the new Grant Conditions contains all the latest on the changes.
Subsequent to the version of the Cancer Research UK Terms and Conditions and Administrative Guidelines for Research Grants and Awards, launched on 23 March 2010, a revision has been made as of 9 July 2010. This was in order to reference the new ‘Guidelines for the welfare and use of animals in cancer research’, published in the British Journal of Cancer (P Workman et al 2010), which supersede those previously set out by the former UK Coordinating Committee on Cancer Research (UKCCCR).
To view the revised version in full see the Terms & Conditions and Policies section.
