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.

2014
Mohit Jain, M.D., Ph.D.
Systematic Discovery of Metabolic Vulnerabilities in Cancer
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2014
Randall J. Kimple,. M.D., Ph.D.
Unmasking the Role of HPV in Modulating Tumor Behavior and Therapy Response
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2014
Andrew A. Lane, M.D., Ph.D.
Defining the Contribution of Chromosome X to Gender-specific Cancer Presdisposition
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2014
Megan McNerney, M.D., Ph.D.
Transcriptional Misregulation in High-risk Myeloid Neoplasms
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2014
Chad V. Pecot, M.D.
Tumor Angiogenesis Regulation by the miR-200 Family
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2014
Karen Sandell Sfanos, Ph.D.
Alterations in Urinary Tract Microbiome as a Risk Factor for Prostate Cancer
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2014
Agnel Sfeir, Ph.D.
Targeting Polymerase Theta Mediated Double-Strand Break (DSB)
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2014
Ruoning Wang, Ph.D.
Metabolic Reprogramming and modulation of Adaptive Immunity in Tumour Microenvironment
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2014
John S. Welch, M.D., Ph.D.
STAG2 Mutations in Leukemia, Hematopoietic Differentiation and Chromatin Structure
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2014
Omer Yilmaz, M.D., Ph.D.
The Mammalian Stem Cell Niche in Cancer
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2014
Weizhou Zhang, Ph.D.
Metformin and Nlrc4-inflammasome in obesity-associated cancer progression
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2014
Jessie Villanueva, Ph.D.
Interrogating the Role of S6K as a Molecular Target in Melanoma
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2014
Judy Villablanca, M.D.
New approaches to neuroblastoma Therapy (NANT) Consortium
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2014
Pepper Schedin, Ph.D.
NSAIDS to prevent metastasis of young women’s breast cancer
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2014
Damon Reed, M.D.
Rapid Screening of FDA Approved Chemotherapy Agents to Develop Combinatorial Treatment Regimens...
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2014
Hyman B. Muss, M.D.
Impact of Physical Activity on Biomarkers of Aging and Body Composition among...
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