Together, we’re funding the most promising and innovative research, including fellowship projects led by early-career scientists, and contributing to important advances in cancer prevention and early detection.
The Prevent Cancer Foundation awards research grants and fellowships to promising scientists for innovative projects with the potential to make substantial contributions to cancer prevention and early detection. This funding is critical to the future of cancer prevention as it fosters the next generation of cancer prevention research, creates a strong foundation of preliminary evidence to make scientific advances and provides the necessary support for research to move toward independent research careers.
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Between 2014 and 2023, $8.1 million in research funding was issued to support 83 grants and fellowships. 59 institutions were represented in this funding. The return from this investment was:
“The funding from the Prevent Cancer Foundation has been instrumental in fostering my professional development. I have been able to expand my research endeavors to develop an enhanced pancreatic cancer risk prediction model, leveraging data from a vast network comprising multiple institutions.”
2021 Grantee
“I was awarded an R21 grant from NIOSH-CDC in 2021, a 2-year grant for approximately $500k in total costs. I attribute my success in obtaining the R21 grant to the Foundation, both from the research that the Foundation enabled as well as the Foundation’s grant application process and feedback from the Foundation’s reviewers.”
2020 Grantee
Use the Prevent Cancer Foundation’s Award Database to discover researchers and projects driving these key advancements in cancer prevention and early detection.
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Project: Detection of Molecular Biomarkers for Oral Cancer Prevention
Named Award: Awesome Games Done Quick
Position: Instructor in Clinical Investigation
Institution: Rockefeller University, The Laboratory of Genome Maintenance, New York, N.Y.
Project: Early Cervical Cancer Detection Using a Single Non-invasive Test
Named Award: Monalita & Fansly's Spicy Grant for Cancer Prevention
Position: Professor
Institution: Stony Brook University, New York, N.Y.
Project: Using Technology to Improve Prostate Cancer Screening Information Quality
Named Award: Awesome Games Done Quick
Position: Professor
Institution: Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, N.Y.
Project: Novel AI Imaging Tools for Early Detection and Invasion of Lung Cancer
Named Award: The Shure Family Charitable Foundation in memory of Max Shure
Position: Instructor
Institution: Emory University, Atlanta, Ga.
Project: Racial Differences in Mammography After the 2024 USPSTF Recommendations
Named Award: Congressional Families Program
Position: Associate Professor
Institution: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc., Boston, Mass.
Project: The PTBP2 Splicing Regulator is Essential in Group 3/4 Medulloblastoma
Named Award: Sarah Howard Childhood Cancer Fund (special award)
Position: Professor of Pediatrics
Institution: Children's National Medical Center and Children's Research Institute, Washington, D.C.
Project: Integrating Non-invasive Biomarkers for Early Melanoma Diagnosis
Named Award: Vic Fazio Memorial Fund
Position: Senior Research Scientist
Institution: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, N.Y.
Project: Inpainting for Early Detection of Brain Tumors on MRI
Named Award: Awesome Games Done Quick
Position: Assistant Attending
Institution: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, N.Y.
Project: Development of a ChatBot for Patients Receiving Genetic Testing Results
Named Award: Awesome Games Done Quick
Position: Assistant Professor
Institution: Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pa.
Project: Early Detection of Renal Cancer by a Novel Imaging Platform
Named Award: Awesome Games Done Quick
Position: Postdoctoral Fellow
Institution: The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma, Norman, Okla.
Project: Formative Research to Support FQHC Implementation of HPV Test Self Sampling
Named Award: Monalita & Fansly's Spicy Grant for Cancer Prevention
Position: Director of Research
Institution: Moses-Weitzman Health System Inc., Middletown, Conn.
Project: A High-Risk Pedigree Approach to Identification of Predisposition Variants
Named Award: Vic Fazio Memorial Fund
Position: Professor and Division Chief in the Division of Genetic Epidemiology
Institution: Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah., Salt Lake City, Utah
Project: Dietary Fatty Acid Modulation for the Prevention of Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Named Award: Awesome Games Done Quick
Position: Assistant Professor of Dermatology and Genetics
Institution: The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.
Project: Promoting Vaccine Acceptance in Immigrant Youths and Adults
Named Award: Awesome Games Done Quick
Position: Assistant Professor
Institution: New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, N.Y.
Project: Addressing Low Awareness of the Cancer Harms of Alcohol in the Population
Named Award: Congressional Families Program
Position: Attending Psychologist
Institution: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, N.Y.
Project: IGNITE-TX (Identifying Individuals for Genetic Testing & Treatment)
Named Award: In honor of Bernard Levin, M.D., FACP, professor emeritus of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Position: Associate Professor
Institution: University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Project: We Got Us: Promoting Cancer Family History Sharing Among Black Americans
Named Award: Awesome Games Done Quick
Position: Assistant Professor
Institution: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, N.C.
Project: Early Detection of Ovarian Cancer via Biomarker Discovery in Uterine Lavage
Named Award: Awesome Games Done Quick
Position: Associate Professor of Medicine;
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive, Biology
Institution: Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass.
Project: Immune Determinants of Barrett's Esophagus Progression
Named award: The Shure Family Charitable Foundation in memory of Max Shure
Position: Assistant Professor
Institution: University of California, San Francisco, Calif.
Project: Breast Density and Me: A Pilot Educational Intervention
Named Award: Marcia and Frank Carlucci Charitable Foundation
Position: Associate Professor
Institution: The George Washington University, Washington, D.C.