
Grants Awarded
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New awards will be posted as they are issued.
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Award Type | Project # | RFA # | PI/Project Leader | Institution | Title | Status |
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2019 | R21 | CA240219 | RFA-CA-18-004 | ANDRES-MARTIN, LAURA | NEW YORK STEM CELL FOUNDATION | Establishing efficient technologies for ovarian cancer organoid derivation from fresh tumor resections | Active |
2019 | R43 | CA236103 | PAR-18-303 | KHODAVERDIAN, VARANDT Y. | NUPROBE USA, INC. | Allele selective enrichment for targeted profiling of rare cancer mutations via low-depth sequencing | Complete |
2019 | R21 | CA236561 | RFA-CA-18-002 | WEISSLEDER, RALPH | MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL | Single Circulating Vesicle Analysis for Early Cancer Detection | Active |
2019 | R33 | CA225549 | RFA-CA-18-003 | TAVANA, HOSSEIN | UNIVERSITY OF AKRON | A High Throughput Human Tumor Modeling Technology for Cancer Drug Discovery | Active |
2019 | R33 | CA235326 | RFA-CA-18-005 | LEI, YUGUO | UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN | A Single Conical Tube Device for Precision CAR-T Cells Manufacturing | Active |
2019 | R43 | CA236167 | PAR-18-303 | WARREN, CHRISTOPHER L | PROTEOVISTA, LLC | Development of the High Throughput APT-SNAP Platform for Rapid Identification ofNuclease-Resistant RNA Aptamers against p53 Missense Mutations | NCE |
2019 | R21 | CA236594 | 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 | Active |
2019 | R33 | CA229042 | RFA-CA-18-003 | SCHNECK, JONATHAN P | JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY | A high-throughput nanoparticle assay to characterize cancer neoepitope-specific T cells | Active |
2019 | R43 | CA236177 | PAR-18-303 | KASOJI, SANDEEP | TRIANGLE BIOTECHNOLOGY, INC. | SBIR: Technology for Overcoming Bottlenecks in Chromatin Extraction from Challenging Biological Samples | Complete |
2019 | R21 | CA236640 | RFA-CA-18-002 | BHATNAGAR, PARIJAT | SRI INTERNATIONAL | T-cell Biofactories for targeting interstitial fluid pressure | Active |
2019 | R33 | CA229068 | RFA-CA-18-003 | SCHIAVINATO EBERLIN, LIVIA | UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, AUSTIN | Advanced Development of the MasSpec Pen for Cancer Diagnosis and Surgical Margin Evaluation | Active |
2019 | R43 | CA239967 | PAR-18-303 | BROWN, MARK T | CLAREMONT BIOSOLUTIONS, LLC | Rapid sample preparation method for high molecular weight DNA from tumor tissues suitable for structural variant analysis | Complete |
2019 | R21 | CA236685 | RFA-CA-18-002 | MANALIS, SCOTT R | MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | Building microenvironment-containing organoids from patient samples with single-cell precision | Active |
2019 | R33 | CA235254 | RFA-CA-18-003 | FIOLKA, RETO PAUL | UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER | Multiscale microscope for 3D cancer imaging in model organisms and organoids | Active |
2019 | R21 | CA217662 | RFA-CA-18-002 | IM, HYUNGSOON | MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL | Nano-plasmonic technology for high-throughput single exosome analyses | Active |
2019 | R21 | CA236690 | RFA-CA-18-002 | KIM, HYUN JUNG | UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, AUSTIN | A personalized colorectal cancer-on-a-chip for assessing tumor-microbiome crosstalk | Active |
2019 | R33 | CA235302 | RFA-CA-18-003 | DE VLAMINCK, IWIJN | CORNELL UNIVERSITY | Spatially Resolved Metagenomics to Explore Tumor-Microbiome Interactions in Human Colorectal Cancer | Active |
2019 | R21 | CA223727 | RFA-CA-18-002 | HUANG, XIAOHUA | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO | Technology for measuring telomere length of individual chromosomes of single cancer cells | NCE |
2019 | R21 | CA240148 | 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 | Active |
2019 | R33 | CA235319 | RFA-CA-18-003 | YANG, JENNY J. | GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY | Multi-color Mapping of Cancer Molecular Signatures and Tumor microenvironment | Active |
2019 | R21 | CA229069 | 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 | Active |
2019 | R21 | CA240162 | RFA-CA-18-002 | KEUNG, ALBERT | NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY RALEIGH | Intracellular CRISPR gRNA assembly for massively multiplexed; one pot; (epi)genetic screening | Active |
2019 | R33 | CA235597 | 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 | Active |
2019 | R21 | CA235285 | RFA-CA-18-002 | KENTSIS, ALEX | SLOAN-KETTERING INST CAN RESEARCH | Multi-dimensional targeted mass spectrometry technology for pathway-scale functional proteomics | Active |
2020 | R21 | CA240220 | RFA-CA-19-019 | ALEXANDRAKIS, GEORGIOS | UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS ARLINGTON | Nanotechnology Enabled Selection Of MHC-peptide Ligands To Personalize Cancer Therapy | Active |
2020 | R21 | CA251052 | 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 | R33 | CA240181 | 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 | Active |
2020 | R33 | CA247739 | RFA-CA-19-020 | MATRIX BHATNAGAR, PARIJAT | SRI INTERNATIONAL | T-cell Biofactories For Targeting Extracellular Matrix | Active |
2020 | R21 | CA225493 | 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 | R33 | CA240191 | RFA-CA-19-020 | RECHT, MICHAEL | PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER | High-Throughput Screening Platform for Cancer Drug Discovery | Active |
2020 | R33 | CA240181 | 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 | Active |
2020 | R33 | CA251037 | RFA-CA-19-020 | WANG, SIYUAN | YALE UNIVERSITY | Multiplexed Imaging Of Chromatin Folding And Rna Profiles In Cancer | Active |
2020 | R33 | CA246363 | RFA-CA-19-020 | LEVINSON, NICHOLAS MARK | UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA | Time-resolved FRET-based allostery sensors for any protein kinase drug target | Active |
2020 | R21 | CA251042 | RFA-CA-19-021 | GUPTA, GAUTAM | UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE | Bio Cargos: Capture And Release Gels For Optimized Storage Of Cancer Biospecimens | Active |
2020 | R43 | CA236167 | PAR-18-303 | WARREN, CHRISTOPHER L | PROTEOVISTA, LLC | Development Of The High Throughput Apt-snap Platform For Rapid Identification Ofnuclease-resistant Rna Aptamers Against P53 Missense Mutations | Active |
2020 | R33 | CA246455 | RFA-CA-19-020 | CHEN, FEI | BROAD INSTITUTE, INC. | Clinical implementations of spatial transcriptomics in tumors | Active |
2020 | R44 | CA243990 | PAR-18-303 | GURARD-LEVIN, ZACHARY | SAMDI TECH, INC. | Development Of The First Label-free And High-throughput, Cell-based Assay That Reports On Specific Enzyme Activities | Active |
2020 | R33 | CA236681 | 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 | Active |
2020 | R33 | CA246711 | RFA-CA-19-020 | FAN, RONG | YALE UNIVERSITY | High-throughput single-cell co-sequencing of small and large RNAs to identify molecular circuitry in cancer | Active |
2020 | R21 | CA246457 | RFA-CA-19-019 | HATTORI, TAKAMITSU | NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE | Rational Generation Of High-performance Recombinant Antibodies To Post-translational Modifications | Active |
2020 | R21 | CA229024 | RFA-CA-19-019 | HUR, SOOJUNG CLAIRE | JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY | Development of a microfluidic primary cell editing platform (pCEP) for personal gene therapy | Active |
2020 | R44 | CA250672 | PAR-18-303 | WINTERS, IAN PAUL | D2G ONCOLOGY, INC. | Relating Drugs To Genotypes To Transform Precision Cancer Therapeutics With Tuba-seq - A Novel, Highly Scalable And Quantitative Preclinical Experimental Oncology Platform | Active |
2020 | R21 | CA246359 | RFA-CA-19-021 | SEIBEL, ERIC J | UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON | Rapid Needle Biopsy Assessment at Point of Care to advance personalized cancer therapy | Active |
2020 | R33 | CA236670 | 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 | Active |
2020 | R21 | CA236612 | RFA-CA-19-019 | REVZIN, ALEXANDER | MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER | A microfluidic cell culture platform for personalizing pancreatic cancer therapies | Active |
2020 | R33 | CA246448 | 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 | CA247669 | RFA-CA-19-022 | HASHAM, MUNEER GULAMHUSEIN | JACKSON LABORATORY | Impact of Genetic Diversity on Human Xenograft Tumor Growth | Active |
2020 | R21 | CA240185 | 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 | CA236653 | RFA-CA-19-019 | ISSADORE, DAVID AARON | UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA | High Throughput Digital Droplet ELISA for Ultrasensitive Multiplexed Diagnostics | Active |
2020 | R33 | CA235294 | 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 | Active |