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The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research

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  1. ASPIRE Awards

    The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research’s ASPIRE Awards fund innovative, high-risk, high-reward cancer research addressing feasibility and proof-of-concept questions, from basic and translational science to innovative technologies and early-stage clinical research.

    Research ProjectCancer Research

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    $750,000
  2. ASPIRE Awards

    The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research’s ASPIRE Awards fund innovative, high-risk, high-reward cancer research addressing feasibility and proof-of-concept questions across basic, translational, therapeutic, technology, and early-stage clinical research.

    Research ProjectCancer Research

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    $750,000
  3. ASPIRE Awards

    The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research’s ASPIRE Awards fund innovative, high-risk, high-reward cancer research addressing feasibility and proof-of-concept questions, from basic and translational science to therapeutic discovery, technology development, and early-stage clinical research.

    Research ProjectCancer Research

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    $750,000
  4. ASPIRE Awards — The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research

    The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research's ASPIRE Awards fund high‑risk, high‑reward cancer research across basic biology, therapeutic discovery and translational science, innovative technologies, and biomarker‑rich early clinical studies, enabling projects with limited or no preliminary data to achieve feasibility or proof‑of‑concept and accelerate toward clinical impact.

    Research ProjectHealth

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    $750,000
  5. ASPIRE Awards for High-Impact Cancer Research

    The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research offers ASPIRE Awards to support high-risk, high-reward cancer research addressing feasibility and proof-of-concept questions, spanning basic, translational, technology, and early-stage clinical research.

    Research ProjectCancer research

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    $750,000
  6. ASPIRE Awards for High-Risk, High-Reward Cancer Research

    The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research’s ASPIRE Awards fund innovative, high-risk, high-reward cancer research addressing critical feasibility or proof-of-concept questions across basic, translational, technology, and early-stage clinical research.

    Research ProjectCancer Research

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    $750,000
  7. ASPIRE Awards for High-Risk, High-Reward Cancer Research

    The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research’s ASPIRE Awards fund innovative, high-risk, high-reward cancer research addressing feasibility and proof-of-concept questions across basic, translational, therapeutic, technology, and early-stage clinical research.

    Research ProjectHealth

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    $750,000
  8. Drug Discovery Award

    The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research offers the Drug Discovery Award to support academic scientists in their efforts to develop new cancer therapies.

    Research ProjectCancer Research

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    $1,000,000
  9. Drug Discovery Award

    The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research’s Drug Discovery Award supports academic investigators advancing promising cancer targets into new therapeutic agents and preclinical development.

    Research ProjectHealth

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    $1,000,000
  10. Drug Discovery Award

    The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research’s Drug Discovery Award supports academic investigators advancing promising cancer targets toward new therapeutic agents and preclinical development.

    Research ProjectHealth

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    Not listed
  11. Emerging Leader Award

    The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research offers the Emerging Leader Award to support independent researchers pursuing ambitious, nonincremental projects that open new directions in basic, translational, or clinical cancer research, including hypothesis-driven computational studies.

    Research ProjectCancer Research

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    Not listed
  12. Emerging Leader Award (ELA) — $1M per award; global eligibility

    The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research has expanded its Emerging Leader Award to provide $1 million per recipient over four years and has opened the competition globally to support high-risk, high-reward cancer research.

    Research ProjectHealth

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    $1,000,000
  13. Endeavor Awards

    The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research’s Endeavor Awards provide $3 million over three years for collaborative basic, translational, or clinical research addressing urgent questions in cancer prevention, diagnosis, or treatment.

    Research ProjectCancer Research

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    $3,000,000
  14. Endeavor Awards

    The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research’s Endeavor Awards provide $3 million over three years for collaborative, multidisciplinary projects addressing urgent challenges in cancer prevention, diagnosis, or treatment.

    Research ProjectCancer Research

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    $3,000,000
  15. Endeavor Awards for Collaborative Cancer Research

    The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research’s Endeavor Awards provide $3 million over three years for collaborative basic, translational, or clinical cancer research addressing urgent questions in prevention, diagnosis, or treatment.

    Research ProjectCancer Research

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    $3,000,000
1 closed programDeadline passed before Sep 21, 2026
  1. Closed
    Amount
    $500,000

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