Dr. McKinley will receive $1.5 million over five years to continue her work in uterine regeneration, focused on establishing an animal model of menstruation.

AWARD AMOUNT
Up to $100,000 for entire project period
Project period not to exceed 2 years

POSTED DATE
Wednesday, February 2, 2022

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION
Friday, March 4,  2022

ANTICIPATED AWARD DATE
April  1, 2022

The Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) Cancer Program invites applications for pilot grants to be awarded for research in 2022. The intent is to provide resources for innovative projects dissecting stem/developmental programs in solid tumors that would help foster collaborations within the HSCI research community. This funding is for innovative, high-impact research projects. Multi-investigator, multi-institution proposals are encouraged; of specific interest to this funding cycle are proposals that dissect mechanisms that enable malignant stem cells to evade the immune system. Additionally, the applications should promote the Program mission: To identify critical genes and pathways that sufficiently distinguish cancer from normal stem cells and hence may serve as candidate targets for therapy.... Read more about Call for Proposals: 2022 HSCI Cancer Program Pilot Grants

HSCI Executive Committee member Carla Kim is a recipient of the Lung Cancer Discovery Award from the American Lung Association. The award recognizes Kim’s innovative lung cancer research that has the potential to improve patient care and help save lives.

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