Breast Cancer Funding Research, Grants for Cancer Research

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Breast Cancer Funding Research and Grant Information

Friends For An Earlier Breast Cancer Test awards funding and grants for cancer research that demonstrates the potential for discovering earlier methods of breast cancer detection, such as a biological test. Through breast cancer funding research with specifically focused seed money grants, money directed from Friends is leveraged to help researchers pursue promising ideas. As a result of this preliminary work, it can be determined if research projects should be continued, ended, or altered. Our Medical Advisory Board annually selects the most worthy projects to receive funding. Without the opportunity for exploration worthy of new ideas, the disease of breast cancer can only change incrementally. Please see the grant guidelines and application form below.

Since Friends' founding in 1995, fifty-two (52) seed money grants have been funded, totaling $1,973,772. Numerous projects have won continued breast cancer funding research, increased funding and/or publication. Following is the most recent list of the seed money grants that have been awarded by Friends For An Earlier Breast Cancer Test through the diligent and careful work of our esteemed Medical Advisory Board:

Click here to download the Grant Application (PDF).

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2007	Total Grants: $470,550
University of California (San Francisco, CA) "Developing Tumor-Specific Uptake of MR Contrast Agents in Breast Cancers" Dr. Heike E. Daldrup-Link	$39,977
Washington University School of Medicine (St. Louis, MO) “A Serum Assay for the Detection of Breast Cancer” Dr. Timothy Fleming	$40,000
Indiana University (Indianapolis, IN) “Targeting Telomere Dysfunction for Early Detection of Breast Cancer" Dr. David P. Gilley	$37,000
Indiana University (Indianapolis, IN) “A Cancer Associated Isoform of PCNA in Breast Cancer has Implications as a Potential Biomarker for Disease” Dr. Robert J. Hickey	$39,300
Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN) "Serum Biomarkers for Early Detection of Basal-Like Cancer of the Breast" Dr. Eric W. Klee	$34,300
Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center Northwestern University (Chicago, IL) "A Composite DNA Methylation Biomarker for Detection of Breast Cancer" Dr. Victor V. Levenson	$40,000
Purdue University (West Lafayette, IN) "Breast Cancer-Specific tNOX Isoform for Early Detection and Diagnosis" Dr. D. James Morre	$40,000
Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN) "Comparison of Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Molecular Breast Imaging in Breast Diagnostic Evaluation" Dr. Michael K. O'Connor	$40,000
The Ohio State University College of Medicine (Columbus, OH) "Proteomic Detection and Validation of Proteins Produced Human Breast Tumors at the Earliest Time for Detection" Dr. Fredika Robertson	$40,000
Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center (Jacksonville, FL) "Defining Protein Kinase D1 As An Early Marker for Breast Cancer" Dr. Peter Storz	$40,000
Russian Academy of Medical Sciences (Moscow, Russia) "Development and Validation of a Differential Methylation Screening Technology Applicable for the Identification of Early Breast Cancer Diagnostic Markers" Dr. Vladimir Strelnikov	$40,000 (over 2 years)
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine (Rochester, MN) "Candidate Gene Approach for Identification of Novel Breast Cancer Susceptibility Genes" Dr. Csilla Szabo	$39,973