Success stories
We help thousands of people every year. Discover how we are making a difference in the words of people whose lives have been changed.
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Centre for the Prevention of Stroke and Dementia
In 2020, Aubretia McColl received funding to carry out research into the cognitive effects of cerebrovascular disease.
Diabetes UK – Communicating with Kidney Cells
In 2018, Beth Williams received funding to carry out research into Kidney cells at the University of Lincoln.
Royal College of Psychiatrists
In 2019, Dr Donncha Mullins received funding to research how to better identify people who are at high risk of dementia.
Versus Arthritis
In 2018, Michele Fresneda Alarcon received funding to research new ways to tackle chronic pain in arthritis…
British Lung Foundation
In 2019, Liam Read received funding to study idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis at the University of Nottingham.
Alzheimer’s Research UK
In 2018, Tabitha Broadbelt received funding to study how optogenetics can be used to control memory cells at the University of Edinburgh.
Kidney Research UK
In 2018, Corinna Brockhaus received funding to research the BK virus in kidney transplant patients at Newcastle University.
Institute of Cancer Research
In 2018, Iona Black received funding to carry out research into the molecule Tankyrase which plays a role in the growth of cancer cells.
Bowel Research UK
In 2018, the MCF began funding its first PhD studentship through Bowel and Cancer Research (now Bowel Research UK).
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