Non-smoking Lung Cancer Grants Programme
There are 48,500 new lung cancer cases in the UK each year. That’s around 130 people per day who are diagnosed with the disease (1). Around 15% of lung cancer is in those who are non or never smokers (2) and the overall number of lung cancer in non-smokers is on the rise (3). It is estimated that nearly 6,000 people in the UK who have never smoked die of lung cancer every year (4).
At the Ruth Strauss Foundation, we want to bring people together to influence high-quality research into non-smoking lung cancers. Only then can we identify the causes of the disease so that people with non-smoking lung cancer are diagnosed earlier, have access to evidence-based information and better treatments and live longer and healthier lives.
We are launching our first non-smoking lung cancer grants programme which will award funding of up to £50,000 to promising research/projects that focus on improving the lives of people with non-smoking lung cancers.
View References
- Lung cancer statistics | Cancer Research UK accessed 08/08/23
- Khan, S., Hatton, N., Tough, D. et al. Lung cancer in never smokers (LCINS): development of a UK national research strategy. BJC Rep 2, 1 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44276-023-00006-w
- Cufari ME, Proli C, De Sousa P, Raubenheimer H, Al Sahaf M, Chavan H, Shedden L, Niwaz Z, Leung M, Nicholson AG, Anikin V, Beddow E, McGonigle N, Dusmet ME, Jordan S, Ladas G, Lim E. Increasing frequency of non-smoking lung cancer: Presentation of patients with early disease to a tertiary institution in the UK. Eur J Cancer. 2017 Oct;84:55-59. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2017.06.031. Epub 2017 Aug 4. PMID: 28783541.
- Bhopal A, Peake MD, Gilligan D, Cosford P. Lung cancer in never-smokers: a hidden disease. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. 2019;112(7):269-271. doi:10.1177/0141076819843654
AMRC Membership
The Ruth Strauss Foundation is proud to be an introductory member of the Association of Medical Research Charities (AMRC).
The AMRC supports medical research charities in funding the best research through specialist guidance and training, and through auditing charities’ funding processes. The Association also brings together and champions charities to drive positive change in medical research, with the ultimate mission of saving and improving lives.
Introductory membership of the AMRC demonstrates our commitment to funding and delivering the best research into non-smoking lung cancer. We run the research grants programme according to the Association’s best-practice guidelines.
More details
If you have any questions or would like more information about the Ruth Strauss Foundation grants programme, please contact:
Deepa Doshi
Head of Mission Services
Head of Mission Services
T: 07930 340774
E: Deepa.doshi@ruthstraussfoundation.com
