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25 May 2023
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Pre-application webinar: everything you need to know about applying
In March 2023, we launched nine new challenges, with up to £20m funding for global research teams. This webinar features everything you need to know about the Cancer Grand Challenges application process
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In March 2023, we launched nine new challenges, with up to £20m funding for global research teams. This webinar features everything you need to know about the Cancer Grand Challenges application process
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25 May 2023
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Members of our Scientific Committee discuss each of our nine new challenges, their potential impact and what we're looking for from applications
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16 May 2023
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In an ‘In Focus’ commentary article for AACR Cancer Discovery, Dr David Scott and Dr Dinah Singer discuss our nine new Cancer Grand Challenges, for which Expressions of Interest are open until 22 June 2023.
In March at…
12 May 2023
News
Members of the Cancer Grand Challenges PRECISION team have developed a living biobank of 115 patient-derived Mouse-INtraDuctal (MIND) ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) models and used them to identify risk factors…
27 April 2023
News
Cancer is the second leading cause of death among children and adolescents worldwide. Yet, despite progress in understanding the biology of many childhood cancers, treatments, particularly for solid tumours, have…
26 April 2023
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Today we launch Discover: a year of scientific creativity – our annual progress magazine
We are excited to launch our annual progress magazine, Discover: a year of scientific creativity. Discover celebrates how the…
26 April 2023
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In November 2022, Cancer Grand Challenges held its first in-person Future Leaders Conference in Barcelona, providing an opportunity for early-career researchers worldwide to connect, network and spark new scientific…
25 April 2023
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Cancer Grand Challenges research covers a broad spectrum of areas and disciplines, with teams generating novel insights at each stage of the research pipeline.
Here, Gemma Balmer-Kemp, head of research at Cancer Grand…
24 April 2023
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Cancer Grand Challenges awarded grants to four teams –CANCAN, PROMINENT, eDyNAmiC and NexTGen – in its third round of funding in 2022. Charles Swanton, a member of the Cancer Grand Challenges Scientific Committee,…
24 April 2023