Research funder · United States
American Association for Cancer Research
Scientific society
- Grants since 2016
- 484
- Awarded, last 5 years (where amounts are published)
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- Funded works, last 5 years
- 1 233
- Funded works, all time
- 3 462
Grants
2026 · research · AACR-Lobular Breast Cancer Alliance Invasive Lobular Carcinoma Innovation and Discovery Grants
A Multimodal AI Approach for Detecting Invasive Lobular Carcinoma and Lymph Node Involvement
Carla R. Zeballos Torrez · University of Pennsylvania
2026 · research · AACR Trailblazer Cancer Research Grants for Mid-career Investigators
Real-time Profiling of Tumor Microenvironment Dynamics to Decode Immunotherapy Response in Melanoma
Aaron Matthew Newman · Stanford University
2026 · research · AACR Trailblazer Cancer Research Grants for Early-stage Investigators
Therapeutic Alteration of Androgen Receptor Chromatin Dynamics
Jonathan Tsai · Brigham and Women's Hospital
2026 · research · AACR Trailblazer Cancer Research Grants for Early-stage Investigators
Exercise Prehabilitation to Improve Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-cell (CAR-T) Therapy Outcomes
Nathan H. Parker · Moffitt Cancer Center
2026 · fellowship · AACR-Lobular Breast Cancer Alliance Invasive Lobular Carcinoma Research Fellowship
E-Cadherin Loss Reprograms the Endoplasmic Reticulum to Remodel the Membrane Proteome in ILC
Stephen Connor Purdy · University of Pittsburgh
2026 · research · AACR Trailblazer Cancer Research Grants for Early-stage Investigators
Dissecting Mechanisms of Therapeutic Resistance and Vulnerabilities in CDKN2A/MTAP-deleted Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Natalie Vokes · The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
2026 · research · AACR Trailblazer Cancer Research Grants for Mid-career Investigators
Interrogating epithelial injury-associated tissue programs in cancer plasticity
Tuomas Tammela · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
2026 · research · AACR Trailblazer Cancer Research Grants for Mid-career Investigators
Induced SUMOylation as a Novel Approach for Cancer Treatment
Yifat Merbl · Weizmann Institute of Science
2026 · research · AACR Trailblazer Cancer Research Grants for Early-stage Investigators
Engineering Synthetic T Cell States to Treat Solid Cancers
Justin Milner · North Carolina
2026 · research · AACR Trailblazer Cancer Research Grants for Early-stage Investigators
Neuro-immune Regulation of Metastatic Breast Cancer Dormancy
Ana L. Correia · Champalimaud Foundation
2026 · research · AACR Trailblazer Cancer Research Grants for Early-stage Investigators
Inducing Lipid Peroxidation in Lymph Node Cancer Cells to Promote Systemic Immunogenicity
Jessalyn Ubellacker · Harvard University
2026 · research · AACR Trailblazer Cancer Research Grants for Early-stage Investigators
Universal Discovery of Patient Specific Cellular Immunotherapies
Theodore L. Roth · Stanford University And Arc Institute
2026 · research · AACR Trailblazer Cancer Research Grants for Mid-career Investigators
Cancer Communication Across Blood-Brain-Barriers
Adrienne A Boire · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
2026 · research · AACR Trailblazer Cancer Research Grants for Early-stage Investigators
Mechanisms of Cellular Plasticity in Neuroendocrine Prostate Cancer Initiation
Samir Zaidi · Yale University
2026 · fellowship · AACR-Lobular Breast Cancer Alliance Invasive Lobular Carcinoma Research Fellowship
Leveraging AI for ILC Histobiological Classification, Prognostic Modeling, and Target Discovery
Lounes Djerroudi · Institut Curie
2026 · research · AACR Trailblazer Cancer Research Grants for Mid-career Investigators
Targeting Three Dimensional Regulatory Nodes to Rewire Cancer Programs
Eftychia Apostolou · Weill Cornell Medicine
2026 · research · AACR Trailblazer Cancer Research Grants for Mid-career Investigators
Improving Cervical Precancer Treatment Outcomes in Women with HIV
Carla Chibwesha · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2026 · research · AACR-Lobular Breast Cancer Alliance Invasive Lobular Carcinoma Innovation and Discovery Grants
Epigenetic Mechanisms Modulated by Adipocyte Signaling to Promote Invasive Lobular Breast Cancer
Karmella A. Haynes · Emory University
2026 · research · AACR Trailblazer Cancer Research Grants for Early-stage Investigators
Identifying and Disrupting Neuro-Immune Circuits in Lung Cancer
Karen Dixon · University of Basel
2025 · research · AACR Gertrude B. Elion Cancer Research Award
Harness insights from chromatin priming for early interception of basal-like breast cancer
Carman M. Li · University of Pennsylvania
2025 · research · Victoria’s Secret Global Fund for Women’s Cancers Career Development Award, in Partnership with Pelotonia and AACR
Targeting RNA Splicing to Improve Therapies for Ovarian HGSC
Anke Nijhuis · Imperial College London
2025 · fellowship · AACR-Johnson & Johnson Lung Cancer Initiative Stimulating Therapeutic Advances Through Research Training Grants
Adjuvant-Enhanced ‘Off-the-Shelf’ mKRAS-TCR γδ T Cells to Overcome Resistance in Lung Carcinoma
Ángel Ramírez-Fernández · University of Pennsylvania
2025 · research · Victoria’s Secret Global Fund for Women’s Cancers Rising Innovator Research Grant, in Partnership with Pelotonia & AACR
Investigating How TLR5 Signaling in Myeloid Cells Contributes to Immune Therapy Failure for Ovarian Cancer
Melanie R. Rutkowski · University of Virginia
2025 · research · AACR-Novocure Career Development Awards for TTFields Research
Overcoming Resistance in IDH-Mutant Gliomas with TTFields and Vorasidenib
Zhaohui Wang · Terasaki Foundation
2025 · research · AACR Grant For Innovative Bladder Cancer Research
Enhancing Nectin-4 Targeting Therapy in Urothelial Carcinoma with Retinoic Acid
Carissa Chu · Regent University
2025 · research · BCRF-AACR CDA to Promote Diversity and Inclusion
Developing a Multi-Modal Breast Cancer Stigma Mitigating Intervention in Rwanda
Temidayo A Fadelu · Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
2025 · research · AACR-Hope Scarves Metastatic Breast Cancer Innovation and Discovery Grant
In Vivo Delivery of Polycistronic mRNA-LNPs Reprograms CAR-T Cells for Metastatic TNBC Therapy
Gloria B. Kim · Mayo Clinic
2025 · research · The AACR-KidneyCAN Kidney Cancer Innovation and Discovery Grants
Phenotypic Screening for Small Molecule Inhibitors of Oncogenic TFE3 Fusions
Srinivas R. Viswanathan · Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
2025 · research · BCRF-AACR CDA to Promote Diversity and Inclusion
Precision Strategies for ADC-based Therapeutics in Lobular Breast Cancer
Fresia G. Pareja · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
2025 · research · BCRF-AACR CDA to Promote Diversity and Inclusion
Defining the Role of LRRC17+ CAFs in the Breast Tumor Microenvironment
Fernanda G. Kugeratski · The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
2025 · research · Beginning Investigator Grant for Catalytic Research (BIG Cat)
Developing strategies for implementing oncofertility services for pediatric and AYA cancer survivors
Anthony Kayiira · Uganda Cancer Institute
2025 · research · The AACR-KidneyCAN Kidney Cancer Innovation and Discovery Grants
Inhibiting & Imaging Mitochondrial Enablers of Kidney Cancer Progression
Ralph J. Deberardinis · The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
2025 · research · AACR-Ocular Melanoma Foundation Miriam Counts Innovation and Discovery Grants
Leveraging the Sialic Acid-Siglec Axis to defining actionable targets for uveal melanoma
Nicholas M. Riley · University of Washington
2025 · research · AACR-Novocure Tumor Treating Fields Research Grants
Enhancing Tumor Treating Field Efficacy with Oncolytic Therapy
Milan G. Chheda · Washington University in St. Louis
2025 · research · AACR-Ocular Melanoma Foundation Miriam Counts Innovation and Discovery Grants
Targeting SF3B1-mutant uveal melanoma with MISIL
William Brian Dalton · Johns Hopkins University
2025 · fellowship · AACR-Sontag Foundation Brain Cancer Research Fellowship
Elucidating the Oncogenic Role of Itaconate in Aggressive, ZFTA-RELA Fusion-Driven Ependymomas
Siva Kumar Natarajan · University of Michigan
2025 · fellowship · AACR-John and Elizabeth Leonard Family Foundation Basic Cancer Research Fellowship
Regulation of Ribosomal RNA Synthesis in Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Putzer J. Hung · University of Pennsylvania
2025 · research · AACR-St. Baldrick's Foundation Pediatric Cancer Research Grant
AACR-St. Baldrick's Foundation Pediatric Cancer Research Grant 2025: Nicole Michmerhuizen
Nicole Michmerhuizen · University of Rochester
2025 · fellowship · AACR-AstraZeneca Endometrial Cancer Research Fellowship
Therapeutic Targeting of Deficient Mismatch Repair Endometrial Cancers Beyond Immune Checkpoints
Farhia Kabeer · University of British Columbia
2025 · research · Beginning Investigator Grant for Catalytic Research (BIG Cat)
Strengthening breast cancer awareness, education and early diagnosis capacity in Southwest Nigeria
Adeleye Dorcas Omisore · Obafemi Awolowo University