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.

2009
Rameen Beroukhim, M.D., Ph.D.
Developing a robust method for genotyping copy-number alterations in clinical samples of...
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2009
Fernando D. Camargo, Ph.D.
An Emerging Tumor Suppressor Pathway in Human Cancer
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2009
Iona Cheng, Ph.D., M.P.H
Identifying IFF1 Genetic Susceptibility Variants for Prostate Cancer in African Americans
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2009
Andrei Goga, M.D., Ph.D.
Synthetic-Lethal Strategies to Target Embryonic Stem Cells (ESCs) and Tumor Stem Cells...
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2009
Ya-Huei Kuo, Ph.D.
Mechanism of inv(16)-induced acute myeloid leukemia stem cell generation and maintenance: implications...
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2009
Roger Lo, M.D., Ph.D.
Genomic Determinants of Melanoma Sensitivity to V600EB-Raf Targeting
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2009
Minkui Luo, Ph.D.
Protein Arginine Methylation Profiling in Cancer
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2009
Leta K. Nutt, Ph.D.
Metabolic regulation of caspase-2 activation
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2009
Tobias Peikert, M.D.
Measles Virus Mediated Immune Modulation and Anti-tumor Immunity within the Tumor Microenvironment...
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2009
Sandro Santagata, M.D., Ph.D.
Heat Shock Guided Drug Discovery – Identifying Novel Targets for the Treatment...
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2009
Emmanuel Skordalakes, Ph.D.
Molecular Basis for Telomerase Replication
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2009
Shobha Vasudevan, Ph.D.
MicroRNP Regulation of VEGF in Breast Cancer
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2009
Thomas Westbrook, Ph.D.
A New Approach to Therapeutic Discovery in Breast Cancer
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2009
Catherine Yan, Ph.D.
Identification of genetic and epigenomic regulators of malignant transformation in human disease
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2009
Qin Yan, Ph.D.
Roles of Histone Demethylase Retinoblastoma Binding Protein 2 in Cancer
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2009
Steven M. Curley, M.D.
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