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Jul 21, 2020Grants will support interdisciplinary teams who participate in the ACS’s online platformThe American Cancer Society and Emerson Collective have launched a partnership to support innovative, collaborative research projects using TheoryLab®, the American Cancer Society’s online...
Jul 1, 2020Grants will fund the study of quality and equity in cancer care and outcomesThree American Cancer Society researchers will receive the Real-World Data Impact Award to advance patient-centric research, the ACS and Flatiron Health announced today. The researchers, already...
- Jun 19, 2020
Four leading cancer investigators are recipients of the American Cancer Society research professorship, a lifelong designation accompanied by a five-year award totaling $400,000. The awards are...
May 18, 2020Commentary says fighting effects of fossil fuels consistent with goal of eradicating cancerClimate change threatens prospects for further progress in cancer prevention and control, increasing exposure to cancer risk factors and impacting access to cancer care, according to a new...
May 8, 2020A survey of American Cancer Society grantees finds more than half report their cancer research has been halted as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The American Cancer Society reached out to all...
- Apr 6, 2020Peer review council met virtually to keep cancer research funding moving in first of two cycles for 2020
The American Cancer Society, the largest non-government, not-for-profit funding source of cancer research in the United States, has approved funding for 79 research and training grants totaling...
Jan 8, 2020Drop of 2.2% from 2016 to 2017 is largest ever reportedThe cancer death rate declined by 29% from 1991 to 2017, including a 2.2% drop from 2016 to 2017, the largest single-year drop in cancer mortality ever reported. The news comes from Cancer...
- Dec 4, 2019Grant seeks to support patient-centric research through funding and access to real-world oncology datasets
The American Cancer Society (ACS) and Flatiron Health today announced the launch of the American Cancer Society & Flatiron Health Real-World Data Impact Award. This joint grant-making program...
- Oct 10, 2019Second round of American Cancer Society/Melanoma Research Alliance partnership
The American Cancer Society (ACS) and Melanoma Research Alliance (MRA) have selected two new promising projects to fund under a second partnership between ACS & MRA. The first grants funded...
Oct 7, 2019Honor brings number of Society funded Nobel Laureates to 49Two American Cancer Society grantees are among three recipients of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. William G. Kaelin Jr and Gregg L. Semenza were awarded along with Sir Peter J....