How they are chosen

Every research project funded by the Brain Tumour UK is chosen following a rigorous grant application procedure set up by Samatha Dickson Research Trust, taking approximately 9 months to complete.

Applicants have to submit a detailed 20 page application form,
which is then peer reviewed by experts in the field of neurology
from all over the UK, Europe, Canada and the USA. Once each project has been graded by these external referees they are reviewed by
the Scientific and Medical Advisory Board of the SDRT, before the
top projects are awarded the funding to begin work.

Members of Samantha Dickson Research Trust
Scientific and Medical Advisory Board

Professor P Lantos MD PhD DSc AcadMed.Sci FRCPath
University of Bristol

Professor Geoffrey J Pilkington BSc PhD Cbiol FIBiol FRCPath
University of Portsmouth

Professor Roy Rampling PhD FRCR FRCP 
Western Infirmary

Dr Janice Royds BSc PhD  
University of Sheffield Medical School

Professor Mike Stevens MD FRCP FRCPCh
University of Bristol

Professor V Peter Collins MD FRCPath
Addenbrooke's Hospital

Professor Ian R Whittle MD PhD
Western General Hospital

Dr Antony Michalski MB ChB PhD MRCP
Great Ormond Street Hospital

Dr Jeremy Rees BSc MB BS MRCP PhD
Queen Square Hospital & University College London

Professor Dame Ingrid Allen (Chair) MB Bch BAO DSc
Queen's University, Belfast

Professor Mike Brada BSc FRCP FRCR  
Royal Marsden Hospital

Doctor Steven Clifford MD PhD
University of Newcastle

Professor Hugh Coakham BSc FRCP FRCS
Frenchay Hospital

Doctor Patricia A McKinney BSc PhD
University of Leeds

Doctor David A Walker BmedSci BM BS FRCP FRCPCh
Queen's Medical Centre

Professor John L Darling BSc MSc PhD
University of   Wolverhampton

All of the referees and advisors mentioned above give their time freely in a concerted effort to help promote top quality research and therefore improve the survivability for brain tumour patients, for which we are very grateful.