Since 1993, the AACR has awarded more than $542 million in grants to fund meritorious research projects across the spectrum of cancer science, including basic, translational, and clinical research. See how the AACR grants program has contributed to the AACR's mission.
Xue-Yan He, PhD, was awarded the AACR-AstraZeneca Breast Cancer Research Fellowship in 2021. During her postdoctoral fellowship, Dr. He uncovered how neutrophils create a pro-metastatic environment in response to chronic stress. The results of this study highlight the potential of stress reduction as a strategy for cancer patients to improve treatment outcome.
Between April 5 – 10, the AACR Annual Meeting 2024 will welcome leading cancer scientists from all over the world to the San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, California. We are thrilled to announce the AACR grantees selected to...
On Monday, April 8, 2024, attendees of the 2024 AACR Annual Meeting are invited to participate in a unique opportunity to interact with two of our research grant reviewers! This year we are thrilled to have reviewers Sandeep Burma, PhD, FNASc and Christine M. Lovly, MD, PhD answer your questions during this session. We offer you an introduction to our speakers and share what attendees can hope to gain from this event.
Jason Northey, PhD, recipient of the 2015 AACR Basic Cancer Research Fellowship and 2017 AACR-Janssen Fellowship in Cancer Interception Research, and his colleagues uncovered how a stiff extracellular matrix, such as that observed in high mammographic density breast tissue, promotes ERK activity, progesterone receptor-dependent RANK signaling, and increased stemness, pointing to a potential benefit of RANK signaling inhibition as an anti-cancer treatment and prevention strategy.
Just over ten years ago, the AACR and the Ocular Melanoma Foundation (OMF) began a partnership dedicated to funding research to find a cure for ocular melanoma. Although a rare disease, uveal melanoma is the most common ocular cancer in adults with a poor long-term prognosis. The ten-year history of the AACR-OMF Grants Program is a clear example of the power of partnership in combating cancer.
Raymond E. Moellering, PhD, a recipient of the 2008 AACR Centennial Predoctoral Fellowship in Cancer Research, shared how the grant given to him by the AACR as a doctoral candidate encouraged him to work at the interface of chemistry, biology, and cancer.
Yuanyuan Fu, PhD, discussed the impact of receiving the 2022 AACR-Merck Cancer Disparities Fellowship on her career and research on colorectal cancer disparities in Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders.
Valerie O’Brien, PhD, recipient of the 2018 Debbie’s Dream Foundation-AACR Gastric Cancer Research Fellowship, in memory of Sally Mandel, and her colleagues discovered a precancerous gastric epithelium cell type whose expansion is driven by the bacterium Helicobacter pylori (Hp), a bacterium that colonizes the stomach of half the world’s population.
We are extremely proud of our past and present grantees who presented and published their findings this past year. Their accomplishments have been made possible through the support of the AACR and its funding partners.
W. Kimryn Rathmell, MD, PhD, formerly of Vanderbilt University Medical Center and now director of the National Cancer Institute, shares the impact on her career and her research of two AACR-supported research grants that she received during her academic career.