ANNOUNCEMENT

Five new teams

$25m each over five years to tackle some of cancer's toughest challenges

Team science on a global scale

Meet the five new global teams below, who have been selected to receive up to $25m each over five years to come together and think differently to drive progress against cancer. This $125m investment marks Cancer Grand Challenges' largest funding round to date.

Cancer Grand Challenges brings together diverse international organisations, collaborators and research leaders who share its mission: the Scientific Foundation of the Spanish Association Against Cancer, the Bowelbabe Fund for Cancer Research UK, Institut National Du Cancer, The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research and KiKa (Children Cancer Free Foundation).

Congratulations KOODAC

Meet KOODAC, whose challenge is to develop therapeutics to target oncogenic drivers of solid tumours in children

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Congratulations MATCHMAKERS

Meet MATCHMAKERS, whose challenge is to decipher the T-cell receptor cancer-recognition code

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Congratulations PROSPECT

Meet PROSPECT, whose challenge is to determine why the incidence of early-onset cancers in adults is rising globally

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Congratulations PROTECT

Meet PROTECT, whose challenge is to develop therapeutics to target oncogenic drivers of solid tumours in children

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Congratulations SAMBAI

Meet SAMBAI, whose challenge is to understand the mechanisms through which genetics, biology, and social determinants affect cancer risk and outcomes in diverse populations, to motivate interventions to reduce cancer inequities

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We’re delighted to welcome these new
teams to our growing global community,
now at 1,200+ investigators and collaborators across
16 countries and taking on 13 challenges.

Enquiries

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