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.

2020/21 Major Awards in Curative Treatment

Movember Funding to Date

GBP 1,601,937

What we seek to achieve

To improve the outcomes for men treated in the curative setting - including research that helps men to select the most appropriate treatment for them, research aims to increase the effectiveness of initial treatment in terms of cancer control, or research focuses on reducing side effects from initial treatment but without reducing cancer control.

Country
United Kingdom
Co-funded
Prostate Cancer UK GBP 1,067,957
Implemented by
Prostate Cancer UK
Project start date
October 2021
Project Status
In progress

About the project

If prostate cancer is caught in time - when it is still localised to the prostate or has spread to the area just outside the prostate - there is an opportunity for 'cure' if it is treated appropriately and effectively. However, there are still too many men who are treated for early prostate cancer only for their cancer to return, where many more men whose quality of life is negatively impacted by the treatments received (urinary incontinence, erectile dysfunction or troublesome bowel symptoms).

This Major Award invited proposals that aim to support clinical (or translational) research to improve initial treatment with curative intent, wither through greater precision of treatment modalities or through better informed treatment decision.

A total of 5 research projects have been funded through this Award:

  1. Professor Emma Hall & Dr Angela Pathmanathan - A randomised trial of 5 SBRT or 5 fraction prostate and pelvic nodal SBRT in patients with high-risk localised prostate cancer
  2. Dr Valentine Macaulay - Investigating IGFs as drivers of treatment failure in localised prostate cancer
  3. Dr Alan McWilliam - Personalisation of the risk-benefit ratio for men with prostate cancer undergoing radical radiotherapy
  4. Professor Bill Nailon & Professor Duncan McLaren - Improving radiotherapy in prostate cancer using electronic population-based healthcare data
  5. Professor Yong-Jie Lu & Mr Greg Shaw - Circulating tumour cells as biomarkers for treatment stratification of localised prostate cancer

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