DOD Lung Cancer Research Program funding opportunities for FY24

UCLA researchers awarded $2.5M grant from BMS Foundation to increase lung cancer screening in underserved communities

A multidisciplinary team of experts in lung cancer screening and implementation science from the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, and the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, was awarded a $2.5 million grant from the Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation, an independent charitable organization, to spearhead a new initiative aimed at reducing disparities in lung cancer screening across Los Angeles County.

November 08, 2024

Vol.50 No.42

Cancer History Project Conversation with The Cancer Letter

Tom Lynch reflects on discovery of the EGFR mutations’ role in lung cancer

On Nov. 24, 2003, an article in The Boston Globe told the story of a patient’s remarkable response to gefitinib, a drug that had recently been approved by FDA.

October 04, 2024

Vol.50 No.37

By Paul Goldberg and McKenzie Prillaman

In Brief

Qure.ai completes $65M Series D funding round

Qure.ai has announced the completion of a $65 million Series D funding round. The investment will expedite expansion into the U.S. market and other countries, increase investment in foundational AI models, and enable complementary med-tech company acquisitions.

October 04, 2024

Vol.50 No.37

Guest Editorial

Group chairs propose funding strategy to jump-start correlative studies

The National Academy of Medicine recognized the value of correlative science in publicly funded clinical trials in 2010, recommending “the incorporation of innovative science into cancer clinical trials through the support and use of biorepositories.”

September 20, 2024

Vol.50 No.35

By Peter J. O'Dwyer

Funding Opportunities

DOD Glioblastoma Research Program funding opportunities for FY24

The FY24 Defense Appropriations Act provides funding for the Glioblastoma Research Program to support research of high potential impact and exceptional scientific merit to reduce the burden of glioblastoma on service members and their families, veterans, and the American public. The managing agent for the anticipated program announcements/funding opportunities is the CDMRP at the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command.

September 20, 2024

Vol.50 No.35

Conversation with The Cancer Letter

A $150M gift enables City of Hope to establish $1M Stephenson Prize in pancreatic cancer research, build research program focused on the disease

City of Hope has received a $150 million gift from entrepreneurs and philanthropists A. Emmet Stephenson Jr. and his daughter Tessa Stephenson Brand to create a program focused on pancreatic cancer research.

September 17, 2024

Vol.50 No.35

By Paul Goldberg