Funded Grants

The V Foundation’s grant making model ensures the most promising cancer research projects at state-of-the-art facilities around the country are funded. Cancer research grants are awarded to innovative researchers with the most cutting-edge ideas on how to improve cancer diagnosis methods, prevent cancer recurrences or defeat cancer. 100% of direct donations are used to fund projects we identify as the most likely to help those diagnosed with cancer.

2022
Tomi Akinyemiju, PhD
Implementing Evidence-Based Interventions to Enhance Equity in Oncology Genomic Testing
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2022
Carrie Lee, MD & Ashley Leak Bryant, PhD
Mechanisms to Enhance Our Workforce and Accrual of BIPOC Individuals into Clinical...
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2022
Deepali Sachdev, PhD
Novel Immunotherapy Targeting IGF1R/IR in TNBC
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2022
Sameer Agnihotri, PhD
Leveraging novel epigenetic and metabolic based therapies for children with incurable brain...
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2022
Duane Mitchell, MD, PhD
Selective expansion of neoantigen-specific T cells targeting medulloblastoma
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2022
Stephanie Wheeler, PhD, MPH; Ronny Antonio Bell, PhD; Omotomilayo (Tomi) Feyisayo Akinyemiju, PhD
Understanding Cancer Health Disparities Among American Indians in North Carolina
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2022
Katie Campbell, PhD
Delineating T cell-tumor cell interactions mediated by somatic alterations in antigen presentation...
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2022
Coral Omene, MD, PhD
Enhancing Awareness and Participation of Black Breast Cancer Patients in Clinical Trials:...
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2022
Leo Wang, MD, PhD & Nicholas Banovich, PhD
Patient-driven improvement of CAR T cell therapy for pediatric brain tumors
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2022
Evan Weber, PhD
Reprogramming CAR-T cells with enhanced stemness for pediatric cancer
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2022
Jezabel Rodriguez Blanco, PhD
Uncovering the mechanisms facilitating pediatric brain tumor relapse
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2022
Kenneth Chen, MD
Drosha regulation of Igf2 in pineoblastoma
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2022
Grant Rowe, MD, PhD
Mechanisms of retention of stem cell programs during leukemogenesis
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2022
Jason Schwartz, MD, PhD
Identifying the Molecular Interactions and Regulatory Roles of SAMD9 and SAMD9L in...
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2022
Pratiti Bandopadhayay, MBBS, PhD
FGFR alterations as therapeutic targets in pediatric gliomas
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2022
Douglas Grossman, MD, PhD
Non-invasive method for detection of skin cancers *The Translational research project that...
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