Educational and Training Opportunities

BACR provide educational and training opportunities for all those involved in the cancer field, particularly the next generation of cancer research professionals

Coronavirus Update:

The British Association for Cancer Research Executive Committee have made the decision, after careful consideration of the current available information relating to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, to postpone the BACR Response and Resistance in Cancer Therapy Meeting which was due to take place on the 15th to 17th June 2020 at the University of Kent. We have rescheduled this meeting to 6th to 8th September 2021 at the same venue and we would therefore ask you to save the date in your diary. Once further information becomes available we will update you accordingly.

The British Association for Cancer Research

Promoting the advance of research in relation to all aspects of cancer

The British Association for Cancer Research (BACR) is a professional membership association for all those working and studying in cancer research within the United Kingdom and beyond.

The BACR aims to promote the advance of research in relation to all aspects of cancer and encourage the exchange of information

We provide educational and training opportunities for all those involved in the cancer field, particularly the next generation of cancer research professionals.

We also organise scientific conferences and workshops, and offer meeting bursaries and fellowships, to enable our membership to attend cancer focused events around the world. Over the past three years, the BACR has provided over £150,000 in bursaries, fellowships and awards.

“The BACR Conference on The Challenges Preventing Cancer Cure was absolutely fantastic; it was an amazing experience to be completely immersed in the key oncology topics for the three days. To be surrounded by such brilliant minds, and listening to the debates and experiences was a real privilege. A real positive for me was seeing lots of people from all backgrounds and countries coming together under one roof to learn from each other; I have never experienced something like this as I feel normally different industries can be quite siloed. I think I left the conference with more questions than answers given the amount of information absorbed in a short time period; which is a good thing!!!”

Dominic Carver, Close Brothers Asset Management