ASPIRE Award RFP: Breaking Ground in Targeting Gastric and Esophageal Tumors

The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research ASPIRE Awards (Accelerating Scientific Platforms and Innovative REsearch) are designed to enable innovative approaches to solving high-impact problems in cancer research that tend to fall outside the scope of other funding opportunities. The Foundation is holding a request for proposals for Projects focused on tumors of the upper GI tract.

Proposals should cover topics such as understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying tumor initiation and progression, resistance, and metastasis; identifying novel biomarkers for early detection; and developing innovative treatment strategies including identifying and characterizing novel targets. 

Funding: $250,000 total 

Duration: 1 year

Research Authority due date: 21.5.24

Concept Letter (required) due date: 28.5.24

Full proposal due date: TBD