RESEARCH —
THE BEST HOPE AGAINST CANCER.
We are Cancer Research Venture Philanthropists, making early investments in bold ideas in the fight against cancer. Help us fund tomorrow’s cancer game-changers today.
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Our Mission
IN 2024, an estimated 2,001,140 PEOPLE WILL BE DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER.
WE’RE HERE TO REDUCE CANCER DEATHS TO ZERO
Our mission is to fund early-career cancer scientists and new directions in cancer science research with the goal of contributing to “Transformational Events” in the prevention, treatment and cure for cancer.
CRF Names 2024 Young Investigators
The CRF is Pleased to Announce the 2024 Young Investigator Awards
The CRF YIA was established nearly 30 years ago to address a common problem in the early part of a cancer researcher’s career: to secure funding as a principal investigator, a scientist must present primary data, but to gather that data a scientist must have funding…
Learn More2024 CRF Fletcher Scholars Announced
Since 1989 Cancer Research Foundation Fletcher Scholars Awards have provided mid-career and more senior cancer researchers with funding to pursue novel ideas and innovative hypotheses. Biannually, the CRF names one or more Fletcher Scholars, granting $100,000 to support their original cancer research projects. For 2024, we are pleased to announce four new Fletcher Scholars, representing the largest set of Fletcher Awards yet and providing the original bequest from Dorothy and Eugene Fletcher an ever-growing opportunity to support major discoveries in cancer science.
Meet the 2024 Fletcher Scholars
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WITH EVERY DONATION, PROCEEDS GO DIRECTLY TO support ground breaking discoveries in cancer.
Our Young Investigator Award allows the CRF to invest in early-career cancer science in the pursuit of ground-breaking treatments, preventions and a cure for cancer.
