UNE receives $100K grant from DOD to study tRCC

Brian Druker, developer of Gleevec, eyes a new feat: Setting the Boston Marathon fundraising record
Current record: $507,000. Proceeds to go to LLS as NIH funding is slashed

Brian J. Druker summits Mt. Hood in 1996The last time Brian J. Druker ran a marathon, his daughter, Julia, was six months old.

In The Headlines: HHS shakeup threatens a legacy of medical breakthroughs

“For the last 50 years every major medical breakthrough can be traced back to investments in the NIH, which houses the National Cancer Institute (NCI),” said Wayne A. I. Frederick, interim chief executive officer of American Cancer Society and the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network.

April 02, 2025

Vol.51 No.12

News Analysis

DOD cancer research programs face 57% funding cut in year-long continuing resolution
Pancreatic, lung, kidney cancer research programs eliminated

The March 15 continuing resolution has gutted the Department of Defense Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program. The program’s funding was cut by 57%, compared to Fiscal Year 2024 levels—from $1.5 billion to $650 million.

Breast cancer activists in the 90s got DOD to fund cancer research—now that program has been gutted

In 1991, the National Breast Cancer Coalition demanded that the federal government spend $300 million more on breast cancer research. This push resulted in the creation of the Department of Defense Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program, which has broadened to 34 other diseases with an FY24 budget of $1.5 billion.

March 28, 2025

Vol.51 No.12

Funding Opportunities

DOD Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program announces anticipated funding opportunities

The FY25 Defense Appropriations Act is anticipated to provide funding for the Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program to support innovative, high-impact cancer research.

February 28, 2025

Vol.51 No.08

Funding Opportunities

DOD Melanoma Research Program announces anticipated funding opportunities

The FY25 Defense Appropriations Act is anticipated to provide funding for the Melanoma Research Program to support innovative, high-impact melanoma research.

February 28, 2025

Vol.51 No.08

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In The Headlines: HHS shakeup threatens a legacy of medical breakthroughs

DOD cancer research programs face 57% funding cut in year-long continuing resolutionPancreatic, lung, kidney cancer research programs eliminated

Breast cancer activists in the 90s got DOD to fund cancer research—now that program has been gutted

DOD Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program announces anticipated funding opportunities

DOD Melanoma Research Program announces anticipated funding opportunities

Brian Druker, developer of Gleevec, eyes a new feat: Setting the Boston Marathon fundraising record
Current record: $507,000. Proceeds to go to LLS as NIH funding is slashed

DOD cancer research programs face 57% funding cut in year-long continuing resolution
Pancreatic, lung, kidney cancer research programs eliminated