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
David J. Tweardy, M.D., Michael T. Lewis, Ph.D., Mothaffar F. Rimawi, M.D.
Oral small Molecular Stat3 Inhibitor to Treat Breast Cancer
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2014
Wendy Stock, M.A., M.D., Yusuke Nakamura, M.D., Ph.D., Olatoyosi Odenike, M.D.
TOPK (T-LAK cell-originated protein Kinase): A new target for FLT3 mutated AML
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2014
Michael B. Major, Ph.D., D. Neil Hayes, M.D., MPH, Gary Johnson, Ph.D.
Global Kinase Activity Profiling for Improved Patient Stratification and Response to Targeted...
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2014
Darrell J. Irvine, Ph.D.
Lymph Node Targeted Patient-Specific Vaccines
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2014
Michael C. Heinrich, M.D.
Combinaytion Therapy for KIT-mutant Cancer: an Integrated Systems Biology Approach
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2014
Andrew Feinberg, M.D., MPH, Philip Cole, M.D., Ph.D.
Epigenetic Detection and Chemoprevention of Skin Cancer
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2014
Michael Deininger, M.D., Ph.D., Thomas O’Hare, Ph.D.
Pathway-Informed Targeted Therapy in Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia
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2014
Selina Chen-Kiang, Ph.D., Lewis C. Cantley, Ph.D., John Leonard, M.D., Peter Martin, M.D., Maurizio DiLiberto, Ph.D.
Cell Cycle Sensitization to PI3K therapy in Lymphoma
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2014
Julie E. Bauman, M.D., Ph.D., Jennifer Grandis, M.D., Michelle Ozbun, Ph.D.
Genetic Alterations of PIK3CA Identify Actionable Targets for HPV-Associated Head and Neck...
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2014
Nabeel Bardeesy, Ph.D., Cyril Benes, Ph.D., Andrew Zhu, M.D., Ph.D.
Novel Therapies for Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma
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2014
Scott Antonia, M.D., Ph.D., Amer Berg, Ph.D., Dung-Tsa Chen, Ph.D.
A Randomized Phase II Study of a Mesothelin Vaccine in Combination with...
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2013
Bjoern Schwer, M.D., Ph.D.
Neural Genome Rearrangements and Alternative end Joining Processes in Initiation and Maintenance...
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2013
Maximilian Diehn, M.D., Ph.D.
Investigating the KEAP1-NRF2 Pathway in Lung Stem Cells and Lung Cancer
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2013
Rafael Bejar, M.D., Ph.D.
Pathogenic Mechanisms of Splicing Factor Mutations in Myelodysplastic Syndromes
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2013
Timothy F. Burns, M.D., Ph.D.
Targeting KRAS Mutant Lung Adenocarcinoma through Inhibition of TWIST 1
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2013
Luis Carvajal-Carmona, Ph.D.
Identification of Novel Breast Cancer Genes in a Hispanic Isolate
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