The St Peter’s Trust was established in 1970 to fund the research of the St Peter’s group of hospitals and the postgraduate institute of urology.
When the clinical and research base was moved to University College London and the Royal Free Hospital in 2006, the trust moved with them.
St Peter’s Trust provided initial pump-priming grants for urology and kidney research, supporting both laboratory science and clinical research. Many of the research projects supported by the St Peter’s Trust involved the study of genetic disorders.
These grants enables researchers to test their theories, and generate the preliminary data so that applications can then, be made to government-funded research councils, medical research charities or commercial organisations.
In the last ten years the trust has raised about £3,500,000 for research and more than 60 projects have been funded.
