Specialized Programs of Research Excellence (SPOREs) in Human Cancers for Years 2027, 2028, and 2029
Funds translational cancer research programmes — several linked projects on one organ-specific cancer or a related group — reaching a human endpoint.
Basic cancer biology and an actual improvement in prevention, detection or treatment are two different things, and a lot of promising science never crosses that gap.
SPORE funds a translational research programme built around one organ-specific cancer, or a small group of highly related cancers. A related group can share an organ system — gastrointestinal, neuroendocrine, head and neck and others…
State-of-the-art, investigator-initiated translational research programmes on an organ-specific cancer or a highly related group of cancers, sharing an organ system, a common biological mechanism, or a cross-cutting theme such as paediatric cancer or epigenetics, using cellular, molecular, structural, biochemical or genetic methods and aimed at a translational human endpoint within the project period. A clinical trial is required.
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