Internal Deadline: Monday, July 21, 2025
The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research — Endeavor Award |
Internal Submission Deadline — 7/21/2025
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The Mark Foundation Endeavor Awards support collaborative research projects that bring together investigators with diverse areas of expertise to tackle challenges in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer. These grants are awarded to teams of three or more investigators to generate and integrate data from diverse lines of research and transform those insights into advances for cancer patients that could not be achieved by individual efforts.
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UCSD can nominate 2 LOI submissions this year.
- 1st submission can be basic, translational, or clinical projects on any cancer type.
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2nd submission can be only translational or clinical stage project that focusses on one of the four cancer types - upper GI, glioblastoma, triple-negative breast cancer, or pancreatic cancer.
- Teams must be composed of one PI and 2-8 co-PIs.
- Inter-institutional collaborations are permitted and encouraged.
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Applicants must have an independent faculty appointment (tenure-track or equivalent) at a non-profit academic/research institution.
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For full eligibility and more information, click here.
Award Amount: $3,000,000 for 3 years
Selected UCSD nominees must submit their LOIs to Mark Foundation by Sept. 3. Full applications, based on Foundation-approved LOIs, are due by Jan 2026.
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If you are interested in being the UCSD nominee, please submit a 1-page Research Statement via InfoReady for review by our grants committee by July 21, 2025.
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