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.

2026
Shariska Harrington, MD
Defining and Targeting Epigenetic Vulnerabilities in Copy Number High Endometrial Cancer
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2026
Natividad Fuentes, Jr., PhD
Harnessing membrane dynamics to enhance antitumor immunity
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2026
Andrea Comba, PhD
Dissecting the Tumor-Brain Astrocyte Paracrine Crosstalk to Overcome Glioblastoma Progression
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2026
Nam Woo Cho, MD, PhD
Breaking down the communication barrier to CAR-T cells using radiation
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2026
Krystle Lang Kuhs, PhD, MPH
Accelerating viral biomarkers of oropharyngeal cancer prognosis
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2026
Carman Li, PhD
Uncovering actionable epigenetic drivers of the early stage of basal-like breast cancer...
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2026
Maralice Conacci-Sorrell, PhD
Harness Nucleolar Hypertrophy as a Therapeutic Vulnerability in HCC
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2026
Juan Osorio, MD
Engineering Functional Immune Hubs in Cold Tumors through Myeloid Reprogramming
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2025
Sita Kugel, PhD
Targeting CDK7 in Patients with Resectable or Borderline Resectable Basal-Like Pancreatic Ductal...
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2025
Erin George, MD
Controlling treatment toxicity in ovarian cancer to prime the patient for tumor...
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2025
Kate Markey, MBBS, PhD
Defining microbial control of immune recovery after cancer treatment
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2025
Giada Bianchi, MD
A novel therapeutic strategy in AL amyloidosis and multiple myeloma: targeting immunoglobulin...
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2025
Alicia Darnell, PhD
Stalling cancer at the ribosome
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2025
Xin Gao, PhD
Mechanisms of mutant ASXL1-driven clonal hematopoiesis and myeloid leukemia
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2025
Prerna Malaney, PhD
Identifying Post-Transcriptional Regulators of Metastasis
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2025
Xin Zhou, PhD
TransTAC Platforms for Targeted Membrane Protein Degradation and Drug Delivery
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