Stand Up To Cancer Picks 5 Groups for Dream Team Grants

From The Cancer Letter, May 29, 2009:

Stand Up To Cancer has selected five groups of researchers who will receive $73.6 million to fund five three-year research projects.

Though SU2C has become celebrity central in applying media and Hollywood glitz to cancer research, the amount of money committed so far is relatively modest: less than $25 million a year.

A smaller SU2C program will commit another $20.8 million to three-year grants to individual investigators. These grants will be announced in the fall.

However, for the five teams chosen to receive “Dream Team” grants, the amount of money is substantial.

For the rest of the story, and other cancer-related news of the week, click on The Cancer Letter Archive at left to read the May 29 issue (subscription or day pass required). _____
tags: research funding