An in-depth analysis of charity research funding has been published by the UK Clinical Research Collaboration (UKCRC). It provides a national picture of how medium and smaller sized medical research charities contribute to the landscape of health research funding in the UK.

 

The report, From Donation To Innovation: An analysis of health research funded by medium and smaller sized medical research charities, gives a breakdown of spending by 29 members of the Association of Medical Research Charities (AMRC) on all types of health research across all areas of health and disease in the UK. The analysis was carried out by UKCRC, in collaboration with the AMRC.

 

The report builds in the UKCRC's Health Research Analysis, published in 2006, which examined the research portfolios of the 11 largest government and charity funders of health-related research in the UK and included the three largest UK health research charities: Wellcome Trust, Cancer Research UK and the British Heart Foundation. The new analysis broadens the national picture of charities. Collectively, the two analyses give an overview of the distribution of 96% of AMRC members' research funds.