What we are funding
Explore some of the hundreds of research grants that World Cancer Research Fund and Wereld Kanker Onderzoek Fonds has awarded. You can filter your search by cancer type, location of institution or exposure.
If you need help finding a grant, get in touch with the Research team: research@wcrf.org
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The effect of physical activity on heart health in blood cancer patients
We’re investigating if you can prevent the adverse cardiometabolic consequences of allogeneic stem cell transplant with physical activity
Folic acid intake and breast cancer risk
Our findings, funded by WCRF, support epidemiological studies that suggest a U-shaped relationship between folate and cancer risk
Effect of folic acid and vitamin B12 supplementation on DNA methylation
This study shows that supplementation with folic acid & vitamin B12 does not result in pronounced effects on DNA methylation
The ECHO trial: exercise during chemotherapy for ovarian cancer
A study of ovarian cancer in Australia, and whether exercise during chemotherapy is effective
Does following our Cancer Prevention Recommendations benefit bladder cancer survivors?
A study of the associations of adherence to WCRF’s Cancer Prevention Recommendations with risk of bladder cancer
Does exercise during treatment help patients survive cancer?
Studying the molecular mechanisms underlying the protective effect of preoperative exercise in patients with gastro-oesophageal cancer
Does being a vegetarian lower your risk of cancer?
A study into whether vegetarians have a lower risk of developing certain cancers
Does bariatric surgery increase the risk of colorectal cancer?
Bowel cancer risk is increased in individuals with a hospital episode coded as obesity, research shows
Dietary and genetic factors and risk of nasopharyngeal cancer in south-east Asia
This study looks at nasopharyngeal cancer, which is most common in south-east Asia
Diabetes and cancer: using genomics to probe the biological mechanism
This study looks at the biological processes that may link type 2 diabetes and cancer
Do vegetarian diets lower cancer risk?
This research found that vegetarians had a reduced risk of cancers of the gastrointestinal tract
Dairy and plant foods, and advanced prostate cancer
Calcium, fruit and vegetable intakes were not associated with risk of advanced prostate cancer in this research