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.

2025
Brian Czerniecki, MD, PhD
ImmuneHERGAL for Breast Cancer Prevention
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2025
Andras Heczey, MD
In vivo engineered CAR T/NK cells to cure pediatric GPC3+ solid tumors
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2025
Evan Weber, PhD
Uncovering mechanisms of durable CAR-T cell persistence in the bone marrow niche
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2025
Markus Müschen, MD, PhD
Targeting β-catenin protein degradation in high-risk pediatric ALL
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2025
Lillian Guenther, MD
Targeting DDX19A to Initiate Transcriptional Overload in Ewing Sarcoma
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2025
S. John Liu, MD, PhD
Systematic temporally resolved dissection of genetic vulnerabilities to increase the efficacy of...
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2025
Augusto Faria Andrade, PhD
Exploiting the challenging tumour microenvironment of H3-mutant gliomas for therapeutic development
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2025
Sima Ehsani Chimeh, MD
PET-Guided Development of HER2-Targeted Radiopharmaceuticals: From 18F-Labeled Radioligands to 212Pb Radioligand Therapy...
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2025
John Mullinax, MD
Biomarkers of Response in Pediatric Patients Following Adoptive Cell Therapy with Tumor...
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2025
Corinne Linardic, MD, PhD
Identification and targeting of essential regions of driver fusion oncoproteins in rhabdomyosarcoma
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2025
Kenneth Westover, MD, PhD
Targeting FGFR N546K in Childhood Cancer
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2025
Anirban Das, MBBS, MD, DM
Leveraging the Glioma Immunogenomic Landscape to design Novel, Biomarker-guided, Precision Clinical Trials...
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2025
Alison Ringel, PhD
Targeting CD226 loss on aged T cells to improve cancer immunotherapy
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2025
Reshma Mahtani, DO
Helping Young Women Diagnosed with Breast Cancer Access Clinal Trials
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2025
William Gwin III, MD
Expansion of a Phase II Study of Concurrent WOKVAC Vaccination with Neoadjuvant...
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2025
Uri Tabori, MD
Towards prevention of replication repair deficient childhood cancers using neoantigen LNP-mRNA Vaccine
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