End of life care and palliative care research

The latest Marie Curie research

Marie Curie is the UK’s largest charitable funder of palliative care research. Learn more about the research we’re currently funding.

See our latest research projects View our research priorities

Where we do our research

As well as funding external research projects, we conduct research internally in our palliative care research centres, in Marie Curie Hospices and in partnership with a wide range of organisations across the UK.

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Featured reports

Better End Of Life Report

Muslim Voices

Improving palliative care in homelessness

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Our research helps us give the best end of life care

We work tirelessly to ensure that the research we fund, support and deliver drives fundamental change in end of life care so that everyone can have the best possible quality of life to the end.

Applying for Marie Curie research funding

Learn more about the different research funding options we have available and how to apply.

Discover our research grant calls

Applying for Marie Curie research funding

Learn more about the different research funding options we have available and how to apply.

Discover our research grant calls

Attend our annual research conference

Taking place the week commencing Monday 23 February 2026. Marie Curie’s free, virtual conference shares the latest research and evidence in palliative and end of life care, to help change practice and shape future research.

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Watch: The impact of our research, public affairs and policy workWatch: The impact of our research, public affairs and policy work

Watch our video to learn more about how our teams are making a difference for people at the end of life, whatever the illness.

Meet the Research team

Our team works across the four UK nations to ensure we have the strongest possible evidence base to improve the end of life experience for all. Learn more about the team and how to get in touch.

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Set up and run a journal club

The palliative care journal club toolkit provides a structured and easy-to-use framework to set up, run and maintain multi-disciplinary journal clubs. It includes downloadable resources as well as suggested articles for journal club discussions.

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Journal club session with people sitting around a meeting table

You could help improve end of life care

Join the Marie Curie Research Voices Group and make sure people with direct experience of life-limiting illness and bereavement get a say, helping us to achieve positive change.

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We’re driving policy change across the UK

Find out how we raise public awareness and influence decision-makers so more people can have a better end of life.

Our policy work

Join a campaign

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It's about speaking out on an important issue that’s affecting tens of thousands of people. I’d always wanted to get into politics, but I always felt it was a bit prohibitive, so campaigning is my way of doing it.

Tammy Prescott, who took part in Marie Curie's Dying in Poverty campaign

Our research

The latest Marie Curie research

Where we do our research

Featured reports

Better End Of Life Report

Muslim Voices

Improving palliative care in homelessness

View all reports

Our research helps us give the best end of life care

Research Impact Report

How can where you live affect access to care?

Improving palliative care within homelessness

"Mental wellbeing is important"

"Music can bring comfort at the end of life"

Managing pain can't wait until opening hours

Applying for Marie Curie research funding

Applying for Marie Curie research funding

Attend our annual research conference

Meet the Research team

Set up and run a journal club

You could help improve end of life care

We’re driving policy change across the UK

Our policy work

Join a campaign

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