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2021

The Mark Foundation Welcomes the 2021 Momentum Fellows

September 23, 2021

SpecifiCancer Team Keeps its Momentum in Tackling Fundamental Questions

September 17, 2021

The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research funds Jackson Laboratory scientists

July 20, 2021

Mark Foundation Partners with Prostate Cancer Research

July 1, 2021

Credit: Seyoun Park, Ph.D.

Mark Foundation Center at JHU Uses the Tools of Astronomy to Map Tumor Biomarkers

June 10, 2021

The Mark Foundation Welcomes Rob Magin as Associate Scientific Director

June 2, 2021

Irena Ivanovska Joins The Mark Foundation as Senior Scientific Director

June 2, 2021

Finalists for Endeavor Awards Announced

May 13, 2021

Rebecca Liu Named Director, Grants Administration

April 8, 2021

Becky Bish Named Head of Discovery and Preclinical Research

April 7, 2021

The Mark Foundation and AACR Announce Five Grants to Support the “Science of the Patient”

February 24, 2021

Ryan Schoenfeld Named Chief Scientific Officer

February 23, 2021

More Than 100 Cancer Research Leaders Call for Biden Administration to Not Make Cancer Research a Casualty of COVID

February 9, 2021

2021 Emerging Leader Awards Announced

February 1, 2021

Dan Nomura of UC Berkeley Joins Scientific Advisory Committee

January 26, 2021

Inaugural Endeavor Award Recipients Announced

January 6, 2021

2020

Five Grants Awarded to Accelerate a New Class of Cancer Drugs Based on Induced Proximity

December 17, 2020

The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research Launches Drug Discovery Partnerships

September 30, 2020

The Mark Foundation Launches Inaugural Industry Advisory Committee

September 17, 2020

Over $1 Million Awarded to MD Anderson Cancer Center for Transformative Translational Research

August 10, 2020

Collaboration Launched with Cancer Research Institute to Evaluate Liquid Biopsy

July 29, 2020

New Blood Discoveries Grant Program Supported by Novel Three-Way Collaboration

July 1, 2020

Liquid Biopsy ASPIRE Awards Announced

June 17, 2020

Novel Grant Opportunity Focused on the Science of the Patient Announced with AACR

June 1, 2020

A Note on COVID-19/Novel Coronavirus

March 19, 2020

Partnership with Chordoma Foundation Announced to Fund Open-Source Research to Accelerate Drug Discovery

February 28, 2020

New Cancer Center Established at Johns Hopkins University

January 27, 2020

2020 Emerging Leader Awards Announced

January 6, 2020

2019

$2.5 Million to JAX for Breakthrough Cancer Immunotherapy Project

December 18, 2019

Four Projects Funded That Will Pave the Way For Novel Anti-Cancer Therapies

December 12, 2019

With Additions, Commitment Bolstered to Investing in Innovation

December 3, 2019

Funding Announced for Eight Projects at the Intersection of Artificial Intelligence and Cancer Research

November 19, 2019

Funding Announced for the EXTOL Project

August 14, 2019

New Blood Cancer Discoveries Grant Program Launched

July 3, 2019

New Center at University of Pennsylvania Launched

June 3, 2019

Three New Innovation Projects Funded

May 14, 2019

Strategic Collaboration with Evotec in Immuno-oncology Announced

March 26, 2019

Fourteen New Cancer Innovation Projects Funded

February 19, 2019

Partnership with Cancer Research UK to Fund a Grand Challenge Team Announced

January 23, 2019

Announcing the Inaugural Cohort of the Emerging Leader Awards

January 3, 2019

2018

Therapeutic Innovation Awards Announced

November 29, 2018

New ASPIRE Award to Enable Adoptive Cell Therapy

October 18, 2018

Grant to New York Genome Center Announced

July 25, 2018

Making Sense of Cancer’s ‘Big Data’ Problem to Revolutionize Patient Care

July 10, 2018

First ASPIRE Award to Provide Funding for Early Cancer Detection Project

June 29, 2018

Inaugural Board of Directors Announced

June 7, 2018

Pershing Square Sohn Prize-Mark Foundation Fellow Announced

May 22, 2018

Momentum Fellowship Awards Announced

May 1, 2018

Spring 2018 Postdoctoral Fellowships from The Mark Foundation

March 14, 2018

Inaugural Scientific Advisory Committee Announced

March 7, 2018

Award Announced in Partnership with Chordoma Foundation

February 28, 2018

2017

Collaborative Grant Awarded to Johns Hopkins University

December 22, 2017

The Mark Foundation Announces Its First Postdoctoral Fellowships in Cancer Research

December 18, 2017

The Mark Foundation Awards First Grant to Seattle Biotech Company

September 25, 2017