The U.S. Defense Health Agency has awarded a $712,000 Project Grant through the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) to the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (doing business as Dfci) in Boston, MA. The 2-year grant, with a period of performance from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2026, will support a longitudinal study to identify mechanisms of treatment resistance in rhabdomyosarcoma through circulating tumor DNA analysis. As a not-for-profit hospital and cancer research...
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...
The Department of Defense's Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) has awarded a $889,995.00 Project Grant to the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (dba Dfci), a non-profit hospital and cancer research center in Boston, MA. The grant, effective June 1, 2024 through May 31, 2027, supports research to "dissect the interplay of molecular and spatial architectures with clinical states in prostate cancer." This federal funding will enable Dana-Farber to conduct...
The Defense Health Agency has awarded a $657,263 project grant under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) to the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (d.b.a. DFCI) in Boston, MA. The award, effective September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2027, will support DATA-DRIVEN BIOMARKER-INFORMED DECISION ANALYTICS IN MELANOMA: IMPROVING EFFICACY AND REDUCING TOXICITY OF IMMUNE CHECKPOINT BLOCKADE. Through this grant, DFCI will conduct research to develop data-driven...
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 Defense Health Agency awarded Dana-Farber Cancer Institute a $1,046,135 project grant under the Military Medical Research and Development program to conduct research titled "Drugging the Undruggable: Programming Ovarian Cancer Cells as the Next-Generation Immunotherapy." The three-year award runs from May 15, 2023 to May 14, 2026. As the prime recipient, Dana-Farber will leverage its expertise in tumor biology, immunology and drug development to research new therapies for ovarian...
The Defense Health Agency has awarded a $1,483,340 Project Grant under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) to the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (doing business as DFCI) in Boston, MA. The grant, with a performance period from June 1, 2024 to May 31, 2028, will fund research to harness extracellular domain (ECD) cleavage of anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) for immunotherapy against neuroblastoma. As a non-profit hospital and cancer research center, DFCI will...
This federal Project Grant award, totaling $4,991,950.00, was provided by the Defense Health Agency under the Military Medical Research and Development (CFDA 12.420) program. The grant is funding the "INVESTIGATION OF A MULTICANCER EARLY DETECTION TEST IN A HIGH-RISK MILITARY POPULATION" at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (DFCI) in Boston, Massachusetts. The project aims to develop and evaluate a novel multicancer early detection test for use within a high-risk military...
This federal Project Grant award of $1,424,000.00 was provided by the Defense Health Agency under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) to the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (Dfci) in Boston, MA. The grant is supporting research to "EXPANDING THE TARGETABLE TUMOR ANTIGEN REPERTOIRE OF RENAL CELL CARCINOMA" over the performance period from August 1, 2025 to July 31, 2029. Dfci, a renowned non-profit cancer research and treatment center, will leverage...
The Defense Health Agency awarded a $1,290,499.00 Project Grant to the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (DFCI) under the Military Medical Research and Development (CFDA 12.420) federal grant program. The grant, titled "ENHANCING THE ANTITUMOR ACTIVITY OF NATURAL KILLER CELLS IN OVARIAN CANCER," is focused on conducting research to develop innovative approaches to understanding, detecting, and treating ovarian cancer. DFCI, a prestigious non-profit cancer research center, will...