The Kidney Cancer Association Announces $1.3 Million in New Research Opportunities

HOUSTON–April 16, 2019– The Kidney Cancer Association (KCA) is pleased to announce its Board of Directors recently approved $1.3 million in new grant funding to advance early detection and new treatments for kidney cancer. The application process opens on April 17 and closes on May 20. Award winners will be announced in the Fall of 2019.“The KCA Board of Directors is committed to providing research funding with the goal of identifying new treatments and finding new ways to prevent and manage the disease,” said Christopher Wood, Board President.“With these advancements in research and a greater understanding of these cancers, we believe the outcomes of these grants will have substantive impact for kidney cancer patients.”Six grants are divided among two distinct awards– the Advanced Discovery Awards (ADA), two $500,000 grants for established investigators, and four $75,000 Young Investigator Awards (YIA).The purpose of establishing the new ADA is to promote the collaboration between a clinician including a urologic oncologist, medical oncologist or radiation oncologist and a Ph.D., to propose new research that will make an immediate impact in the field of kidney cancer. Research may include biomarker development, development of novel therapeutic targets, correlative studies associated with ongoing or completed clinical trials, or assays that promote the early detection of kidney cancer.The YIA seeks to encourage promising researchers i...
Source: Kidney Cancer Association - Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news