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Northern Counties Kidney Research Fund

NCKRF raises funds and award grants for research into all aspects of kidney disease, kidney transplantation and its treatments in children and adults. Our work spans Northumberland, Cumbria, County Durham, Tyne & Wear, Tees Valley, and North Yorkshire. 

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About NCKRF

Northern Counties Kidney Research Fund (NCKRF) CRN: 700037 is a registered charity working in the North of England (Northumberland, Cumbria, County Durham, Tyne & Wear, Tees Valley and North Yorkshire).

We were established in 1970 as a regional branch of the National Kidney Federation (now Kidney Research UK), and became an independent charity registered with the Charity Commission in 1988.

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Awarded Grants

NCKRF funding is vital for renal research and allows investigators to generate preliminary scientific data to allow highly competitive funding proposals to be submitted to larger funders.

This is often known as 'pump priming'. Without this initial funding, many projects which go on to provide treatments in the future, would not be possible.

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  • Thanks to the pump priming I received from NCKRF, I was awarded three external grants to support my research work.   

    Professor Kevin Marchbank, Newcastle University
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Over £1.7m raised

Between 2010 and 2019, the NCKRF is proud to have raised over £1.7 million towards research into kidney disease and transplantation. We will not stop until we have lives free from kidney disease.