The U.S. Department of Defense's Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) has awarded a $910,500 Project Grant to The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology in Philadelphia, PA. The grant, awarded on Sep 30, 2023, will support a 3-year research project titled "Deciphering Brain Stroma-Regulated Immune Microenvironment in Melanoma Brain Metastasis." The research aims to investigate the immune microenvironment in melanoma brain metastases, with a focus on how...
The Defense Health Agency awarded a $784,602 Project Grant to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (doing business as Dfci) under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420). The grant will support research from January 2023 to January 2026 to develop next-generation immunotherapy for breast cancer by turning breast cancer cells against themselves. The Military Medical Research and Development program aims to transform military and public health through innovative medical...
The U.S. Defense Health Agency awarded a $999,006 Project Grant to The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology in Philadelphia, PA under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420). The grant, effective September 30, 2023 through September 29, 2026, will fund research on Epstein-Barr virus-driven B-cell inflammation and central nervous system trafficking in multiple sclerosis. The Wistar Institute has previously served as a subcontractor on federal grants, providing...
The Department of Defense's Defense Health Agency awarded a $1,194,425 Project Grant to The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology to support a 3-year research project titled "DEVELOPING RATIONAL APPROACHES FOR ACRAL MELANOMA" under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420). The grant will fund basic, translational, and clinical research aimed at developing new treatments and advancing scientific understanding of acral melanoma, a rare form of skin cancer. As...
The U.S. Defense Health Agency awarded a $1,880,000 Project Grant to The Institute for Cancer Research, a non-profit subsidiary of Temple University, under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420). The funding will support a 3-year research project to study the SRPK1-AKT signaling axis in endometrial cancer. As a prime grantee, The Institute for Cancer Research will conduct preclinical testing and analysis to develop new approaches for cancer prevention and...
The Institute For Cancer Research will receive $1,368,836 under a three-year Project Grant from the Department of the Army Medical Command to investigate the role of the acetyl-CoA pathway in resistance to anti-androgen therapy. Funded through the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420), this research aims to transform health care for service members and the public by investigating medical solutions for the battlefield and innovative biomedical research. The awardee,...
This $1,535,039 federal Project Grant award from the Defense Health Agency's Military Medical Research and Development Program (CFDA 12.420) supports research conducted by Wake Forest University Health Sciences (WFUHS) to study how the breast tissue microbiota regulates immune checkpoint blockade therapy responsiveness in triple-negative breast cancer. The research aims to advance scientific understanding and develop new treatment approaches for this aggressive form of breast cancer that...
The Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded a $846,000 Project Grant under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) to The Institute For Cancer Research, a non-profit research organization, to investigate PALB2 mutant breast cancer. The funding supports a 3-year research project from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2027. As the prime grantee, The Institute For Cancer Research will conduct innovative scientific studies and clinical trials focused on developing new treatments...
The Department of Defense's Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) awarded a $1,191,000 Project Grant to the Baruch S. Blumberg Institute in Doylestown, PA. The grant, which runs from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2027, supports the institute's research into "Novel Mechanisms Governing Human Breast Cancer Chromosomal Instability." The Baruch S. Blumberg Institute, a non-profit biomedical research organization, will use this funding to conduct innovative scientific...
The Defense Health Agency has awarded a $4,954,747 Project Grant to the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (doing business as Dfci) to conduct research under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420). The grant, titled "Novel Immunologic Discovery Platforms to Prevent Metastasis and Recurrence in Breast Cancer," will fund a four-year research project focused on developing new immunology-based approaches to prevent the spread and return of breast cancer. As a...