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Five new teams

The 2024 teams receiving $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).

Cancer Grand Challenges team KOODAC

KOODAC

Meet KOODAC, whose aim is to develop orally bioavailable drugs that will dramatically improve cure rates for children affected by these cancers.

MATCHMAKERS

MATCHMAKERS

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

PROSPECT

PROSPECT

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

Cancer Grand Challenges team PROTECT

PROTECT

Meet PROTECT, whose aim to establish a platform to develop and test drugs targeting the undrugged drivers of childhood solid tumours.

SAMBAI

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…

Our global community

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

For press enquiries, please contact Rachel Cresswell at rachel.cresswell@cancergrandchallenges.org 

For general enquiries, please contact info@cancergrandchallenges.org