
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 | 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 |
2019 | R21 | CA240199 | RFA-CA-18-002 | O'NEILL, RACHEL | UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT STORRS | Development and Utilization of Splice-specific Antibodies | Active |
2019 | R33 | CA236687 | 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 | Active |
2019 | R21 | CA235303 | 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 | Active |
2019 | R21 | CA240580 | 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 | Active |
2019 | R33 | CA240201 | 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 | Active |
2019 | R21 | CA235305 | 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 | Active |
2019 | R33 | CA225458 | RFA-CA-18-003 | KETTENBACH, ARMINJA NADINE | DARTMOUTH COLLEGE | Activity based profiling of Phosphoprotein phosphatases in cancer using mass spectrometry-based proteomics | Active |
2019 | R21 | CA236652 | RFA-CA-18-004 | SINGAMANENI, SRIKANTH | WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY | METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORK AS PROTECTIVE COATING FOR CANCER BIOSPECIMEN PRESERVATION | Active |
2019 | R21 | CA235340 | RFA-CA-18-002 | ZHU, YAZHEN | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES | Click Chemistry-Mediated Microfluidic Sorting for HCC CTCs | Active |
2019 | R33 | CA225498 | RFA-CA-18-003 | CHEN, SIDI | YALE UNIVERSITY | Rapidly scalable platforms for direct in vivo screening of functional drivers in lethal cancers | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | R33 | CA235326 | RFA-CA-18-005 | LEI, YUGUO | UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN | A Single Conical Tube Device for Precision CAR-T Cells Manufacturing | Active |
2018 | R21 | CA223887 | RFA-CA-17-010 | SMITH, LLOYD M | UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON | Novel NeuCode Tagging Reagents for Identification and Quantification of Intact Proteoforms in Cancer Tissues | NCE |
2018 | R33 | CA229023 | RFA-CA-17-011 | TEWARI, MUNEESH (contact); WALTER, NILS G | UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR | Optimization and Validation of Single-Molecule Kinetic Fingerprinting Technology for Rapid, Ultra-Specific Detection of Cancer Mutations | Active |
2018 | R21 | CA217735 | RFA-CA-17-010 | ENGLER, ADAM JEFFREY | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO | Developing Adhesome Technology as a Physical Marker of Highly Metastatic Cells | Complete |
2018 | R21 | CA214239 | RFA-CA-17-010 | VAN DEVENTER, JAMES ALLEN | TUFTS UNIVERSITY MEDFORD | Discovering hybrid inhibitors for tumor microenvironment disruption | NCE |
2018 | R21 | CA229037 | RFA-CA-17-012 | GULLEY, MARGARET L | UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL | EndoGenus Toolkit: A Biometric Method for Absolute Quantification of Tumor Markers by Massive Parallel Sequencing | Active |
2018 | R21 | CA223836 | RFA-CA-17-010 | FIELDS, RYAN C | WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY | Advancing Cancer Biology, Diagnostics and Therapeutics Outside of the Patient: Creation of a Novel, Autologous, Ex Vivo, Vascularized Model of the Tumor Microenvironment | NCE |
2018 | R33 | CA223947 | RFA-CA-17-011 | BROWN, BRIAN D | ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI | Pro-Codes: A novel vector and cell barcoding technology | Active |
2018 | R21 | CA225507 | RFA-CA-17-012 | PAULOVICH, AMANDA G | FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER | Validation of a disposable biospecimen collection system with integral refrigeration for preserving the phosphoproteome | NCE |
2018 | R21 | CA229057 | RFA-CA-17-010 | FU, XIAO-AN | UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE | A microreactor chip platform for quantitative analysis of unsaturated aldehydes in exhaled breath | Active |
2018 | R33 | CA223581 | RFA-CA-17-011 | CHENG, JI-XIN | BOSTON UNIVERSITY (CHARLES RIVER CAMPUS) | Quantitative SRS Imaging of Cancer Metabolism at Single Cell Level | Active |
2018 | R21 | CA229027 | RFA-CA-17-012 | SKARDAL, ALEKSANDER (contact); STROWD, ROY ERVIN | WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES | Predicting Tumor Heterogeneity Evolution After Therapy In Patient-Derived Ex Vivo Glioblastoma Organoids | Complete |
2018 | R21 | CA223915 | RFA-CA-17-010 | KARGINOV, ANDREI V | UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO | Optogenetic tools for the dissection of oncogenic signaling mediated by kinases | NCE |
2018 | R33 | CA223904 | RFA-CA-17-011 | CIMA, MICHAEL J | MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | Advanced development and validation of microdevices for high-throughput in situ drug sensitivity testing in tumors | NCE |
2018 | R33 | CA217702 | RFA-CA-17-013 | BORGES, CHAD R | ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY-TEMPE CAMPUS | Validation and Advanced Development of Albumin Oxidizability as a Marker of Plasma/Serum Integrity | Active |
2018 | R21 | CA214285 | RFA-CA-17-010 | MAILLOUX, ADAM WILLIAM | H. LEE MOFFITT CANCER CTR & RES INST | Autohistomagnetic Isolation of Tumor-reactive T-cells | Complete |
2018 | R33 | CA225539 | RFA-CA-17-011 | JIANG, NING | UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, AUSTIN | An integrated therapeutic T cell receptor screening platform for adoptive cell therapy in cancer | Active |
2018 | R33 | CA214310 | RFA-CA-17-013 | INCE, TAN A. | UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE | Live Tumor Culture Core and Tissue Specific Culture (TSC) System for Human Cancers | Complete |
2018 | R21 | CA225474 | RFA-CA-17-010 | MEHTA, ANAND S | MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA | Glyco-typer: an antibody capture glycan imaging methodology | NCE |
2018 | R33 | CA223908 | RFA-CA-17-011 | KONRY, TANIA TALI | NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY | Determining treatment sensitivity in B cell lymphoma by novel microfluidics-based NK cell immunogenicity platform | NCE |