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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

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, 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 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, 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