The Work We Fund

Funded projects
1,250+
Men's Health Partners
20
Countries
20
We work closely with our global men's health partners to ensure collaboration, transparency and accountability for every project we fund. We monitor this through report cards which detail what we seek to achieve, key measures and the impact.
Prostate Cancer
"Together with the brightest minds in research, we aim to achieve significant breakthroughs in the hope of beating prostate cancer. Our disruptive funding approach identifies revolutionary ways to accelerate health outcomes by creating strong, global collaborative teams." Dr. Colleen Nelson, Global Scientific Chair.
Men's Health
"One Mo can help change the face of men’s health through the powerful conversations created globally during Movember. Men have the chance to confidently discuss men’s health with people around them, resulting in men taking action early, helping change and save lives." Paul Villanti, Executive Director, Programs
Mental health and suicide prevention
“The number of men taking their own lives around the world is one of the biggest challenges of our time. Movember is working to ensure all men and boys look after their mental health and are comfortable to seek help when they’re struggling.”
Brendan Maher, Global Director, Mental Health and Suicide Prevention.
Testicular Cancer
“Despite being the 2nd most common cancer in young men, testicular cancer is often a forgotten cancer due to early detection and treatment. Our projects look at underinvested areas such as improving access to healthcare services and treatment options for relapse” Paul Villanti, Executive Director, Programs.

Movember Centres of Excellence

Movember Funding to Date

GBP 10,433,584

What we seek to achieve

To establish Centres of Excellence where scientists and clinicians with different areas of expertise can collaborate to address the big questions in prostate cancer research. Long term and large scale support will ensure that these centres are well placed to deliver breakthrough discoveries and to provide a world-class training ground for the scientists of the future.

Country
United Kingdom
Implemented by
Prostate Cancer UK
Project start date
October 2012
Project Status
In Progress

About the project

The two distinct Centres of Excellence in the UK, will encourage much greater collaboration amongst researchers, nationally and internationally, in order to tackle three crucial areas of prostate cancer research: 

1) Understanding the difference between aggressive and non-aggressive prostate cancer 
2) Identifying men at high risk of aggressive disease, and 
3) Finding better treatments for men with advanced prostate cancer. 

The Centres also aim to train the next generation of top UK-based prostate cancer researchers, ensuring that progress takes place faster and securing the future of prostate cancer research. 

The Belfast-Manchester Centre of Excellence is split across two cities, with a hospital-research lab partnership in each place: - In Manchester, clinicians at the Christie NHS Foundation Trust, a leading cancer treatment centre, will work with scientists from the Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute and The University of Manchester. The Belfast portion of this Centre of Excellence is based at the Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology at Queen’s University Belfast. 

The London Centre of Excellence is based predominantly at the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR), one of the world’s leading cancer research institutes, which works in close partnership with the Royal Marsden Hospital. They are joined by leading prostate cancer researchers at University College London (UCL) and Imperial College. 

Funding awards were made following a competitive two-stage application process consisting of a rigorous international peer review and assessment by a panel of international experts. 

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