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Research We Fund: Extramural Discovery Science
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- Discovery Boost Grants (DBG)
- Arizona (AZ) Discovery Boost Grants (DBG)
- AHEAD (Advancing Health Equity and Addressing Cancer Disparities) Awards
- 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: Extramural Discovery Science Accelerator Award
- HEALED Gold Medal RFA to Support Mind-Body-Spirit Wellness in Cancer Survivors
- RFA: Cancer Health Equity Research Centers
- RFA: Real-World Data Impact Award (RWIA)
- 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
- Clinical Research Professor
- RFA: Metastasis in Melanoma and Other Cancers
- TheoryLab Collaborative (TLC) Grant
- Extramural Grants Department Staff Contacts
- Definition of Research Areas
- FAQs: ACS Extramural Discovery Science and Grant Application Submissions
- Extramural Priority Research Areas
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- Peer Review Committee for Experimental Therapeutics (ET)
- Peer Review Committee for DNA Mechanisms in Cancer (DMC)
- Peer Review Committee for Institutional Research Grants (IRG)
- 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 Healthcare Outcomes, Policy, and Systems Research (HOPS)
- Peer Review Committee for Mission Boost Grants
- Peer Review Committee for Immunology and Blood Cell Development (IBCD)
- Peer Review Committee for Treatment, Palliative Care, and Survivorship Research
- Discovery Scientific Council
- Stakeholder Participation on Grant Peer Review Committees
- Peer Review Committee for Metastasis and Microenvironment (MM)
- Peer Review Committee for Etiology, Screening, and Early Detection (ESED)
- Peer Review Committee for Cancer Prevention and Health Promotion (CPHP)
- ACS Professor Peer Review Committee
- American Cancer Society Professors
Peer Review Committee for Metastasis and Microenvironment (MM)
Areas Reviewed
- Cell-cell interaction, adhesion, cell polarity, and the signaling events responsible for the pre-invasive to invasive transition and metastatic spread
- Cellular and molecular events mediating tumor-stroma interactions, tumor-induced alterations of the extracellular matrix, tumor cell dormancy, tumor angiogenesis and lymphangiogenesis, and the specific niche environment in tumorigenesis
- Stromal components and their mechanism of interactions within a tumor microenvironment
Peer Review Committee Members
Co-chair, Traci Lyons, PhD, University of Colorado Anschutz
Co-chair, Zach Schafer, PhD, University of Notre Dame
Stakeholder, Joanne Wellman
Stakeholder, Edgardo Fabregas
Paula Bos, PhD, Virginia Commonwealth University
Ovijit Chaudhuri, PhD, Stanford University
Lan Coffman, MD, PhD, University of Pittsburgh (UPMC)
Leah Cook, PhD, National Cancer Institute
Rajan Kulkarni, MD, PhD, Oregon Health & Science University
Greg Lesinski, PhD, MPH, Emory University
Srinivas Malladi, PhD, UT Southwestern
Sandra McAllister, PhD, Harvard University
Marina Pasca di Magliano, PhD, University of Michigan
Anirban Mitra, PhD, Indiana University School of Medicine
Sara Pedron-Haba, PhD, University of Illinois
Paolo Provenzano, PhD, University of Minnesota
Lei Xu, MD, Harvard University
Liqin Zhu, PhD, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital