Yorkshire Cancer Research - More Life To Live
In the sections below you will find details of the latest round of the scheme, the launch event, and previous rounds of the scheme. If you would like to be kept up to date with the latest information please request to join our mailing list by emailing cancer_research@sheffield.ac.uk
- Round 5 (2026)
Round 5 will open for Stage 1 applications Thursday 9th October [TBC], and will close on Thursday 4th December [TBC]. For applicants passing the first stage, the deadline for full applications is March 2025 [TBC]. Details of the scheme can be found here:
A link to the Round 5 (2026) scheme will be available shortly
Applicants will need to complete an application to the "2026 Funding Round - Title TBC" on the FlexiGrant system found here: https://yorkshirecancerresearch.flexigrant.com/login.aspx. (For ease of preparing your application with collaborators, a Word version of the form can be downloaded from the Summary page on FlexiGrant).
All applications to the ring fenced fund must have undergone internal review.
Internal Review Process key dates:
6th Nov 2025, 5pm Submit a 1 page summary to ycr_schemes@sheffield.ac.uk. This is to allow suitable internal reviewers to be selected. 20th Nov 2025, 5pm Submit completed FlexiGrant form (either Word or .pdf version) to ycr_schemes@sheffield.ac.uk for Internal Review. 27th Nov 2025 Applicants notified of whether they have approval to submit to the ring fenced scheme What happens after submission?
Yorkshire Cancer Research run a two-stage process application process for funding. Preliminary (Stage 1) applications are taken through their Strategic Fit Test. The Strategic Fit Test is assessed by lay stakeholder members of the charity’s Research Advisory Panel (RAP). Projects that best align with their strategy will be invited to submit a full application.
Full applications are peer reviewed by external experts, with relevant expertise and experience, during the second stage of the review process the Excellence Test. The full applications and peer review comments are then discussed and scored at a Research Advisory Meeting. Both lay stakeholders and academic expert RAP members attend this meeting, and their views are treated equally. The recommendations from this meeting are then taken to the Board of Trustees for a final decision on which proposals to fund.
Additional Guidance
Note that applications to the 2026 More Life to Live fund will be eligible to apply for National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) portfolio status.
If you have any queries please contact ycr_schemes@sheffield.ac.uk.
- Launch Event - Round 5
The launch event for Round 5 of Yorkshire Cancer Research Sheffield Pioneers will be on Monday 13th October, 11.30 - 12.30, Seminar Room 1, The Wave. Online attendance is also available.
- Previous Rounds