Grants Awarded



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New awards will be posted as they are issued.

Year Award Type Project # RFA #sort descending PI/Project Leader Institution Title Status
2019 R21 RFA-CA-18-002 MANALIS, SCOTT R MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Building microenvironment-containing organoids from patient samples with single-cell precision Complete
2019 R21 RFA-CA-18-002 KIM, HYUN JUNG UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, AUSTIN A personalized colorectal cancer-on-a-chip for assessing tumor-microbiome crosstalk Complete
2019 R21 RFA-CA-18-002 ANGEL, PEGGY M MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA Enzymatic Tools for 2D Tissue Localized and Deeper Proteomic Sequencing of Cancer Stromal Proteins Complete
2019 R21 RFA-CA-18-002 KEUNG, ALBERT NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY RALEIGH Intracellular CRISPR gRNA assembly for massively multiplexed; one pot; (epi)genetic screening Complete
2019 R21 RFA-CA-18-002 O'NEILL, RACHEL UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT STORRS Development and Utilization of Splice-specific Antibodies Complete
2019 R21 RFA-CA-18-002 MONTAGNA, CRISTINA ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE Development of a high-resolution mapping platform for HPV DNA integration in premalignant lesions Complete
2019 R21 RFA-CA-18-002 IM, HYUNGSOON MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL Nano-plasmonic technology for high-throughput single exosome analyses Complete
2019 R21 RFA-CA-18-002 HUANG, XIAOHUA UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO Technology for measuring telomere length of individual chromosomes of single cancer cells Complete
2019 R21 RFA-CA-18-002 WARREN, CHRISTOPHER L PROTEOVISTA, LLC SNAP-X: Development of a Mutagenesis Strategy and High Density Protein Array to Comprehensively Display Protein Variants Complete
2019 R21 RFA-CA-18-002 KENTSIS, ALEX SLOAN-KETTERING INST CAN RESEARCH Multi-dimensional targeted mass spectrometry technology for pathway-scale functional proteomics Complete
2019 R21 RFA-CA-18-002 YAMAMOTO, KEITH ROBERT UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO CasCUT&RUN: An in vivo method to analyze locus-specific protein complexes driving transcription of target genes in cancer Complete
2019 R21 RFA-CA-18-002 WU, YUN STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO Exosome-Protein-microRNA-OneStop (Exo-PROS) biosensor: a new liquid biopsy for cancer screening and early detection Complete
2019 R21 RFA-CA-18-002 ZHU, YAZHEN UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES Click Chemistry-Mediated Microfluidic Sorting for HCC CTCs Complete
2019 R21 RFA-CA-18-002 WEISSLEDER, RALPH MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL Single Circulating Vesicle Analysis for Early Cancer Detection Complete
2019 R21 RFA-CA-18-002 GARBER, MANUEL UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER A modular; customizable sequencing system for simultaneous genotyping and transcript analysis in single cells Complete
2019 R21 RFA-CA-18-002 BHATNAGAR, PARIJAT SRI INTERNATIONAL T-cell Biofactories for targeting interstitial fluid pressure Complete
2019 R33 RFA-CA-18-003 KETTENBACH, ARMINJA NADINE DARTMOUTH COLLEGE Activity based profiling of Phosphoprotein phosphatases in cancer using mass spectrometry-based proteomics Complete
2019 R33 RFA-CA-18-003 CHEN, SIDI YALE UNIVERSITY Rapidly scalable platforms for direct in vivo screening of functional drivers in lethal cancers Complete
2019 R33 RFA-CA-18-003 TAVANA, HOSSEIN UNIVERSITY OF AKRON A High Throughput Human Tumor Modeling Technology for Cancer Drug Discovery Complete
2019 R33 RFA-CA-18-003 SCHNECK, JONATHAN P JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY A high-throughput nanoparticle assay to characterize cancer neoepitope-specific T cells Complete
2019 R33 RFA-CA-18-003 SCHIAVINATO EBERLIN, LIVIA UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, AUSTIN Advanced Development of the MasSpec Pen for Cancer Diagnosis and Surgical Margin Evaluation Complete
2019 R33 RFA-CA-18-003 FIOLKA, RETO PAUL UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER Multiscale microscope for 3D cancer imaging in model organisms and organoids Complete
2019 R33 RFA-CA-18-003 DE VLAMINCK, IWIJN CORNELL UNIVERSITY Spatially Resolved Metagenomics to Explore Tumor-Microbiome Interactions in Human Colorectal Cancer Complete
2019 R33 RFA-CA-18-003 YANG, JENNY J. GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY Multi-color Mapping of Cancer Molecular Signatures and Tumor microenvironment Complete
2019 R33 RFA-CA-18-003 SOPER, STEVEN ALLAN UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS LAWRENCE Increased Sensitivity of Minimal Residual Disease Monitoring using Peripheral Blood in Pediatric Patients with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Complete
2019 R33 RFA-CA-18-003 BREUNIG, JOSHUA JOHN CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER GESTALT Barcoding and Single-cell Transcriptomics of Tumor Cell Evolution in Personalized Tumor Models Complete
2019 R33 RFA-CA-18-003 VAN DAM, ROBERT MICHAEL UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES Optimization and validation of integrated microscale technologies for low-cost; automated production of PET molecular imaging tracers for cancer research Complete
2019 R21 RFA-CA-18-004 SINGAMANENI, SRIKANTH WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORK AS PROTECTIVE COATING FOR CANCER BIOSPECIMEN PRESERVATION Complete
2019 R21 RFA-CA-18-004 ANDRES-MARTIN, LAURA NEW YORK STEM CELL FOUNDATION Establishing efficient technologies for ovarian cancer organoid derivation from fresh tumor resections Complete
2019 R33 RFA-CA-18-005 LEI, YUGUO UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN A Single Conical Tube Device for Precision CAR-T Cells Manufacturing Complete
2020 R21 RFA-CA-19-019 ALEXANDRAKIS, GEORGIOS UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS ARLINGTON Nanotechnology Enabled Selection Of MHC-peptide Ligands To Personalize Cancer Therapy Active
2020 R21 RFA-CA-19-019 HATTORI, TAKAMITSU NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE Rational Generation Of High-performance Recombinant Antibodies To Post-translational Modifications Complete
2020 R21 RFA-CA-19-019 LI, WEI TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY Fractionation And Profiling Of Heterogeneous Circulating Tumor Cells Using A Hyperuniform- Structured Microchip Active
2020 R21 RFA-CA-19-019 LIANG, FU-SEN CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY Spatiotemporal Epitranscriptome Editing Technology Active
2020 R21 RFA-CA-19-019 SHVETS, GENNADY CORNELL UNIVERSITY Phenotypic Assay For Drug Discovery And Personalized Medicine Based On Real-time Vibrational Spectroscopy Enhanced By Plasmonic Metasurfaces Active
2020 R21 RFA-CA-19-019 TEWARI, MUNEESH UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR Highly Specific, Amplification-free, Single-molecule Counting Of Rare Methylated Dna Cancer Biomarkers Active
2020 R21 RFA-CA-19-019 HUR, SOOJUNG CLAIRE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY Development of a microfluidic primary cell editing platform (pCEP) for personal gene therapy Complete
2020 R21 RFA-CA-19-019 REVZIN, ALEXANDER MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER A microfluidic cell culture platform for personalizing pancreatic cancer therapies NCE
2020 R21 RFA-CA-19-019 ISSADORE, DAVID AARON UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA High Throughput Digital Droplet ELISA for Ultrasensitive Multiplexed Diagnostics NCE
2020 R21 RFA-CA-19-019 CICERONE, MARCUS T GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Label-Free Cell-Resolved Metabolomics for Tumor Microscopy Complete
2020 R21 RFA-CA-19-019 SEELIG, GEORG UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON High-resolution spatial transcriptomics through light patterning Complete
2020 R21 RFA-CA-19-019 MARTO, JARROD A DANA-FARBER CANCER INST Tools for DUB Drug Discovery Complete
2020 R33 RFA-CA-19-020 MATRIX BHATNAGAR, PARIJAT SRI INTERNATIONAL T-cell Biofactories For Targeting Extracellular Matrix Active
2020 R33 RFA-CA-19-020 HIGGINSON, DANIEL SLOAN-KETTERING INST CAN RESEARCH Comprehensive Breakpoint Analyses For Simultaneous Quantification Of All Dna Double Strand Break Repair Pathways Complete
2020 R33 RFA-CA-19-020 WANG, SIYUAN YALE UNIVERSITY Multiplexed Imaging Of Chromatin Folding And Rna Profiles In Cancer Active
2020 R33 RFA-CA-19-020 WEI, CHIA-LIN JACKSON LABORATORY Advancing Ultra Long-read Sequencing And Chromatin Interaction Analyses For Chromosomal And Extrachromosomal Structural Variation Characterization In Cancer Complete
2020 R33 RFA-CA-19-020 HALL, ADAM ROGER WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES Detecting diverse nucleic acid biomarkers of cancer with solid-state nanopores Active
2020 R33 RFA-CA-19-020 WANG, SHAOPENG ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY-TEMPE CAMPUS A Virion-Display Oscillator Array and Detection Platform for Quantification of Transmembrane Protein Binding Kinetics Complete
2020 R33 RFA-CA-19-020 COOKS, ROBERT GRAHAM PURDUE UNIVERSITY Advanced Development of Desorption Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry for Intraoperative Molecular Diagnosis of Brain Cancer using Pathology Biopsies Complete
2020 R33 RFA-CA-19-020 RECHT, MICHAEL PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER High-Throughput Screening Platform for Cancer Drug Discovery Active

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