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
Jonathan Chou, MD, PhD
Overcoming Acquired Resistance to Antibody Drug Conjugate (ADC) Therapy in Bladder Cancer
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2025
Emily Heikamp, MD, PhD
Targeting histone acetyltransferase complexes in oncogenic fusion protein-driven leukemia
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2025
Valerie O’Brien, PhD
A New Metaplastic Cell Type in the Stomach: Elucidating the Triggers and...
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2025
Hannah Garner, PhD
The systemic impact of breast cancer: understanding and reprogramming tumour-driven pro-metastatic evolution...
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2025
Haopeng Xiao, PhD
A Data-Driven Approach to Uncover a Cysteine Sensor Regulating Cancer Ferroptosis
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2025
Thomas Hägglöf, PhD
Tumor-Infiltrating B Cells: Decoding Metabolic and Contact-Mediated Signals to Enhance Cancer Immunity
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2025
Amanda Dann, MD
Targeting Glutamine Metabolism in Soft Tissue Sarcoma
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2025
Maria Figueroa, MD
PRAME, a novel target in CMML
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2025
William Hwang, MD, PhD
Dissecting sensory nerve contributions in pancreatic inflammation and malignancy *The research project...
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2025
Robert Bowman, PhD
Reprogramming Differentiation Trajectories to Overcome FLT3 Inhibitor Resistance in AML *The research...
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2024
Gelareh Zadeh, MD, PhD, FRCS(C)
Building Algorithms to Predict Response to Radiation in Meningiomas using Tumor and...
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2024
Srinivasan Yegnasubramanian, MD, PhD
Targeted Therapy for BRIDGE DC— Addressing Therapeutic Resistance with Cancer Genomics through...
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2024
Marjory Charlot, MD, MPH, MSc
Tailoring Clinical Trial Navigation to Increase Enrollment of Black Patients with Gynecologic...
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2024
Jiong Li, Ph.D.
FOSL1 degradation overcomes cisplatin resistance in HNSCC
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2024
Nadine Barrett, PhD, MA, MS
Understanding and Addressing Cancer Disparities Among American Indians in North Carolina: Gastric...
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2024
Omotomilayo Akinyemiju, PhD
Implementing Evidence-Based Interventions to Enhance Equity in Oncology Clinical Trials
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