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Research We Fund: Extramural Discovery Science
- Discovery Boost Grants (DBG)
- Arizona (AZ) Discovery Boost Grants (DBG)
- Mission Boost Grants (MBG)
- Research Scholar Grants
- Postdoctoral Fellowships
- Clinician Scientist Development Grant (CSDG)
- ASTRO-ACS Clinician Scientist Development Grant (CSDG)
- Institutional Research Grants
- RFA: Leukemia Exploration and Prevention Grant Program (LEAP)
- RFA: ACS IMPACT - Expanding Prostate Cancer Clinical Trials in the Community
- RFA: Extramural Discovery Science Accelerator Award
- RFA: Cancer Health Equity Research Centers
- IMPACT RFA to Support Research to Reduce Prostate Cancer Mortality
- RFA: Real-World Data Impact Award (RWIA)
- TheoryLab Collaborative (TLC) Grant
- RFA: The Role of Health Policy and Health Insurance in Improving Access to and Performance of Cancer Prevention, Early Detection, and Treatment Services
- ACS Professor Award
- Extramural Grants Department Staff Contacts
- Definition of Research Areas
- FAQs: ACS Extramural Discovery Science and Grant Application Submissions
- Extramural Priority Research Areas
- Our Grant Process
- American Cancer Society Research Events
- Peer Review Committee for DNA Mechanisms in Cancer (DMC)
- Peer Review Committee for Immunology and Blood Cell Development (IBCD)
- Peer Review Committee for RNA Mechanisms in Cancer (RMC)
- Peer Review Committee for Tumor Biochemistry and Endocrinology (TBE)
- Peer Review Committee for Cancer Cell Biology (CCB)
- Peer Review Committee for Cancer Detection and Progression (CDP)
- Peer Review Committee for Experimental Therapeutics (ET)
- Peer Review Committee for Metastasis and Microenvironment (MM)
- Peer Review Committee for Cancer Prevention and Health Promotion (CPHP)
- Peer Review Committee for Treatment, Palliative Care, and Survivorship Research
- Peer Review Committee for Etiology, Screening, and Early Detection (ESED)
- Peer Review Committee for Healthcare Outcomes, Policy, and Systems Research (HOPS)
- ACS Professor Peer Review Committee
- Peer Review Committee for Institutional Research Grants (IRG)
- Molecular Biology and Biochemistry (PF-MBB)
- Cell Biology and Immunology (PF-CBI)
- Cancer Detection and Experimental Therapeutics (PF-CDET)
- Clinical and Population Sciences (PF-CPS)
- Peer Review Committee for Mission Boost Grants
- Discovery Scientific Council
- Community Research Partner Participation on Grant Peer Review Committees
- American Cancer Society Professors
- Nobel Laureates and the American Cancer Society
Peer Review Committee for Cancer Cell Biology (CCB)
Areas Reviewed
- Cellular events, mechanisms, structural components, and signaling involved in mitosis and cell fate in vertebrates, invertebrates, and yeast
- Organelle biology involving the nucleus, the cytoskeleton, and membrane-bound organelles; the trafficking of organelles and their constituents
- Biology of developing systems (e.g., cell differentiation, morphogenesis, and genetics) in higher and lower organisms and its relationship to cancer
Peer Review Committee Members
Co-chair, Ronald Chandler, PhD, Michigan State University
Co-chair, Zohar Sachs, MD, PhD, University of Minnesota
Community Research Partner, Mike Brogan
Community Research Partner, Nicole Catavolos
Community Research Partner, Sue Engels
Dhyan Chandra, PhD, Roswell Park
Salvatore Coniglio, PhD, Kean University
Ekaterina Grishchuk, PhD, University of Pennsylvania
David Hockenbery, MD, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Amity Manning, PhD, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Jamy Peng, PhD, St. Jude Children's Research Institute
Malavika Raman, PhD, Tuft's University
Devanand Sarkar, MBBS, PhD, Virginia Commonwealth University
Markus Schober, PhD, NYU Langone Health
Takeshi Shimamura, PhD, University of Illinois Chicago
Monica Venere, PhD, The Ohio State University
Wenqi Wang, PhD, University of California, Irvine
Eric Witze; PhD, University of Pennsylvania: Perelman School of Medicine
Wantong Yao, MD, PhD, The University of Texas: MD Anderson Center