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.

2016
Terry Badger, Ph.D.
Psychosocial Intervention to Improve Quality of Life in Latinas with Breast Cancer...
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2016
Jeffrey Clarke, M.D.
Identification of Genetic Determinates for Disparities in African American Patients with Non-Small...
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2016
John Cole, M.D.
Optimizing Minority Participation in Cancer Clinical Trial through Coordinated Multidisciplinary Community Education
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2016
Emily Dykhuizen, Ph.D.
The role of the bromodomains of PBRM1, a tumor suppressive subunit of...
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2016
Angela Fleischman, M.D., Ph.D.
Pathogenesis of calreticulin-mutated myeloproliferative neoplasm
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2016
James Ford, M.D.
Gastric Cancer Registry
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2016
Luigi Franchi, M.D., Ph.D.
Rationale design of immunotherapy for DIPG
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2016
Robert Gatenby, M.D.
Combining targeted therapy and immunotherapy as an evolutionary double bind to optimize...
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2016
Jean Gatewood
Multidisciplinary Outreach & Education to Diverse Breast Cancer Patients
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2016
Steven Grant, M.D.
UVA-Collaborative Grant with VCU-Co-Targeting B-Cell Receptor Signaling and Resistance Responses
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2016
Wenjun Guo, Ph.D.
The role of novel breast cancer mutations in oncogenesis
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2016
Michael Kastan, M.D., Ph.D.
Program grant for the Consortium for Canine Comparative Oncology (C3O)
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2016
Randy Kimple, M.D., Ph.D.
The role of head and neck cancer initiating cells in tumor behavior...
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2016
Andrew Lane, M.D., Ph.D.
Defining the contribution of chromosome X to gender-specific cancer predisposition
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2016
Corinne Linardic, M.D., Ph.D.
A novel Hippo-Notch axis controlling embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma tumorigenesis
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2016
Tao Lu, Ph.D.
Facing the challenge, a novel approach to combat carboplatin resistance in ovarian...
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