Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation
Supports high-risk cancer science by funding early-career investigators through researcher fellowships and project grants.
United States
Annual funding-
Programs7
Active grants2
Total grants7
About
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation is a U.S. nonprofit founded in 1946 to back early-career scientists pursuing high-risk, high-reward cancer research. The foundation’s model is to identify promising postdoctoral fellows, physician-scientists, and junior faculty before they have long publication records, while requiring that the research be carried out at U.S. institutions.
Its seven award p…