This federal Project Grant award in the amount of $1,605,638.00 was provided by the Defense Health Agency (DHA) under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420). The grant was awarded to The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, doing business as the Clinical Practices of the University of Pennsylvania, a private research university and academic medical center. The grant funding supports research aimed at developing new methods for immune targeting of dormant tumor...
The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania will receive $568,750 under a three-year Project Grant award from the Department of the Army Medical Command's Military Medical Research and Development program. The grant will fund research from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2025 to develop treatment of chondrosarcoma, a type of bone cancer, using YAP siRNA nanoparticles in a novel mouse model of chondrosarcoma. The Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) supports basic, applied,...
The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania received a $568,256 Project Grant award from the Department of the Army Medical Command under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420). The grant will fund research from August 1, 2021 to July 31, 2024 to examine the role of microenvironment mechanics in sarcoma immune evasion. Through the support of basic, applied, and advanced biomedical research, the Military Medical Research and Development program aims to transform...
The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania were awarded a $495,379 Project Grant from the Department of the Army Medical Command under the Military Medical Research and Development program. The grant will fund research from September 2021 through September 2024 to target hepatocyte-derived factors in order to improve the efficacy of immunotherapy for pancreatic cancer. The Military Medical Research and Development program aims to transform health care for service members and the public...
This Project Grant award of $1,625,000 from the U.S. Department of Defense's Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) supports in-vivo mechanistic characterization of the angiogenic immune checkpoint in liver cancer at the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania. The research aims to advance scientific understanding and develop solutions for this important health challenge. The award commenced on September 1, 2023 and is scheduled for completion by August 31, 2027. As a...
The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania will receive $975,000 through a three-year Project Grant from the Defense Health Agency under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420). The grant will support lung cancer research from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2026. Through this funding, the University and its Clinical Practices will conduct biomedical research to transform service member healthcare and investigate medical solutions applicable to battlefield medicine....
This federal Project Grant award from the Defense Health Agency under the Military Medical Research and Development (CFDA 12.420) program is intended to fund a randomized clinical trial titled "DIAGNOSING OVARIAN CANCER EARLIER THROUGH A CLINICIAN NUDGE TO GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGY REFERRAL (GO-DOVER)". The $1,625,006 grant awarded to The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, doing business as the Clinical Practices of the University of Pennsylvania, will support research to develop...
The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania were awarded a $560,870 Project Grant from the Department of the Army Medical Command under the Military Medical Research and Development program. The grant will fund research from September 2021 through September 2024 to target hepatocyte-derived factors in order to improve the efficacy of immunotherapy for pancreatic cancer. The Military Medical Research and Development program supports basic, applied, and advanced biomedical research with the...
The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania received a $296,595 Project Grant award from the Department of the Army Medical Command on September 15, 2022 to complete work by September 14, 2025. The grant supports the "Controlling the Burden of Metastatic Disease in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma" project conducted in Philadelphia, PA under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420). This program aims to transform military and public health through...
The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania were awarded a $1,624,578 Project Grant from the Department of the Army Medical Command under the Military Medical Research and Development federal grant program (CFDA 12.420). The grant will fund research into the mechanisms of mammary tumor recurrence from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2024. Through this funding, the University of Pennsylvania will investigate medical solutions for breast cancer recurrence on the battlefield and for the American public...