Damon Runyon-Rachleff Innovation Award
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The Damon Runyon-Rachleff Innovation Award is a high-risk, high-reward cancer research funding program from the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation, explicitly designed for early-career faculty who have bold scientific ideas but lack the preliminary data required for conventional grant funding. The Foundation states directly that incremental research will not be funded under this program. Elig…
High-risk, high-reward cancer research ideas from early-career US faculty who lack sufficient preliminary data to pursue conventional funding channels.
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