Articles from Cancer Grand Challenges

Five Global Teams Awarded $125 Million to Take on the Toughest Challenges at the Frontiers of Cancer Science
Cancer Grand Challenges, a global initiative co-founded by the National Cancer Institute in the US and Cancer Research UK, today announced a major $125m commitment to propel cancer research into uncharted territory. Five pioneering international teams will each receive up to $25m over approximately five years to tackle some of the most ambitious and unanswered questions in cancer.
By Cancer Grand Challenges · Via Business Wire · March 4, 2026
Cancer Grand Challenges Announces Seven New Challenges Representing Some of the Toughest Questions Facing Cancer Research Today
Today, Cancer Grand Challenges, the global research initiative, has announced seven new challenges which it deems to be among the biggest questions in cancer, offering international researchers the chance to form teams to apply for up to £20m (~$25m) in funding to take them on.
By Cancer Grand Challenges · Via Business Wire · March 5, 2025
Cancer Grand Challenges announces five new teams taking on cancer’s toughest challenges
Cancer Grand Challenges, a global research funding initiative co-founded by Cancer Research UK and the National Cancer Institute, today announces funding for five new global research teams to take on some of the toughest cancer challenges: cancer inequities, early-onset cancers, solid tumors in children and T-cell receptors.
By Cancer Grand Challenges · Via Business Wire · March 6, 2024
Cancer Research Initiative Announces Funding for Global Research Community to Take on Nine of Cancer’s Toughest Challenges
Cancer Grand Challenges, a research initiative co-founded by Cancer Research UK and the National Cancer Institute (NCI), today announced nine new challenges for the global research community to take on – representing obstacles that continue to impede progress against cancer and, ultimately, benefits for patients.
By Cancer Grand Challenges · Via Business Wire · March 8, 2023
Cancer Grand Challenges Celebrates New Teams Joining World-Class Scientific Community
Cancer Grand Challenges, a global research funding initiative co-founded by Cancer Research UK (CRUK) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI), today announced four new world-leading teams of scientists and patient advocates who will each receive $25M to take on some of cancer’s toughest challenges.
By Cancer Grand Challenges · Via Business Wire · June 16, 2022