MRA Pilot Award
Funds high-risk melanoma proof-of-concept efforts through grants for high-impact experimental ideas.
The Melanoma Research Alliance (MRA) is the world's largest private nonprofit funder of melanoma research, having invested more than $200 million across over 500 grant awards since its founding in 2007. The General RFP is MRA's flagship annual funding cycle, supporting pre-clinical, translational, and early clinical research with the potential to produce high-impact, near-term advances in melanoma…
High-risk, high-reward proof-of-concept melanoma research requiring minimal preliminary data, including acral and uveal melanoma sub-tracks, open to US, UK, and Israel institutions.
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