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.

2021
Steven Reiner, MD
Predictive Biomarkers for Immunotherapy through the Lens of T-cell Regeneration *The Translational...
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2021
Scott Hiebert, PhD
Toward precision therapy for PAX3-FOXO1-dependent rhabdomyosarcoma
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2021
Irene Ghobrial, MD
Defining The Role of The Immune Microenvironment in Precursor Multiple Myeloma
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2021
Robert Canter, MD
Combining IL-15 with TIGIT Blockade to Stimulate Natural Killer Anti-Tumor Immunity in...
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2021
Tannishtha Reya, PhD
Developing antibody-based therapies for myeloid leukemia
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2021
Justin P. Kline, MD
Immunotherapeutic targeting of macrophages in diffuse large B cell lymphoma
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2021
Adilia Hormigo, MD, PhD
Host tissue determinants of immunity and clinical response in glioblastoma
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2021
J. Silvio Gutkind, PhD
Precision immune-oncology therapy targeting HER3-PI3K/mTOR and PD-1 in HNSCC
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2021
Tullia Carmela Bruno, PhD
Determining the impact of stromal: immune interactions in the ovarian cancer tumor...
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2021
Luisa Cimmino, PhD
Reprogramming the epigenome of malignant hematopoietic stem cells with retinoic acid and...
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2021
Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati, PhD
Optimizing Enrollment of Blacks living in Los Angeles County in Clinical Cancer...
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2021
Nita Lee, MD, MPH
EMPOWERED U: Community-Engaged Action to Enhance Diversity and Inclusion in Cancer Clinical...
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2021
Hanlee Ji, MD
Gastric Cancer Registry and Related Genome Portal
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2021
Stefani Thomas, PhD
Proteome-level mechanisms of PARP inhibitor sensitivity in BRCA1/2-mutated high-grade serous ovarian cancer
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2021
Marcia Tan, PhD
Addressing tobacco use in adults outside of primary care: Developing a tobacco...
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2021
Sorbarikor Piawah, MD
Exploring the Role of Diet, Lifestyle, and the Gut Microbiome in Young...
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