Welcome to the Michigan Cancer Research Fund (MCRF)
The MCRF was established in 2008 by a group of cancer-concerned philanthropists to fund approved critical cancer research projects that would otherwise remain unfunded.
Welcome to the Michigan Cancer Research Fund (MCRF)
The MCRF was established in 2008 by a group of cancer-concerned philanthropists to fund approved critical cancer research projects that would otherwise remain unfunded.
Welcome to the Michigan Cancer Research Fund (MCRF)
The MCRF was established in 2008 by a group of cancer-concerned philanthropists to fund approved critical cancer research projects that would otherwise remain unfunded.
Welcome to the Michigan Cancer Research Fund (MCRF)
The MCRF was established in 2008 by a group of cancer-concerned philanthropists to fund approved critical cancer research projects that would otherwise remain unfunded.
Welcome to the Michigan Cancer Research Fund (MCRF)
The MCRF was established in 2008 by a group of cancer-concerned philanthropists to fund approved critical cancer research projects that would otherwise remain unfunded.
Impact Through Research We Conduct
Cancer Prevention Studies for a Cancer-free tomorrow
The American Cancer Society conducts long-term studies that help us better understand the causes of cancer and how to prevent the disease. These studies have shown how lifestyle, environmental, genetic and other factors relate to cancer risk and how they ultimately played a role in the 29% drop in cancer death rates between 1991 and 2017.
How do we conduct cancer prevention studies?
What are some of our studies findings and their impact?
addressing health equity through research
Funding scientists who conduct research
The American Cancer Society funds scientists who conduct research about cancer at medical schools, universities, research institutes, and hospitals throughout the United States. We use a rigorous and independent peer review process to select the most innovative research projects proposals to fund. To-date, the Society has invested more than $300 million, funding 550 grants. Initial investigations focused on gathering data to document that health inequities exist; then studies moved to identifying the multi-factorial causes; since 2013, the focus has been on solution-based strategies.
current funding totals as of August 1, 2021
Establishing Cancer Health Equity Research Centers at Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs)
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The American Cancer Society awarded over $16 million in grants to establish Cancer Health Equity Research Centers (CHERC) at Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) in 2022.
The inaugural cohort of institutions includes the Arizona Board of Regents – University of Arizona; the University of Illinois at Chicago; Morehouse School of Medicine and Howard University. Each institution received a four-year grant of $4.08 million.
The institutions selected in the initial cohort will implement solution-based research addressing cancer health disparities that will contribute to achieving health equity and reducing cancer mortality.
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Paving the way to a future of more diverse cancer researchers
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University of Kentucky Diversity in Cancer Research Internship Recipients from 2021. |
Diverse perspectives in research are an essential component of driving innovative problem-solving that accelerates new approaches to the prevention and treatment of cancer. To improve diversity in the field of cancer research, the American Cancer Society launched a new grant program awarding funding to universities to implement its Diversity in Cancer Research (DICR) Internship program.
Made possible by a $5 million grant from the Elizabeth and Phil Gross Family, the American Cancer Society DICR pilot launched in 2021 with 32 interns at Emory University, Georgetown University, the University of Chicago, the University of Colorado, the University of Kentucky, the University of Maryland, the University of New Mexico, and Washington University. The goal of the DICR Internship program is to enroll 100 interns per year over ten years.
In 2022, 12 universities are receiving DICR Internship grants, including: Yale University School of Medicine; Emory University; Case Western Reserve University; the University of Chicago; Indiana University; University of Kentucky Research Foundation; University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus; University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center; Georgetown University; Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center; University of Maryland, Baltimore; and Washington University in St. Louis. |
Impact through research we fund
Ten of the countless cancer advances supported by the American Cancer Society:
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The success of the American Cancer Society grant program is exemplified by the fact that 50 American Cancer Society-funded researchers have received a Nobel Prize for their work. |
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Carolyn Bertozzi, PhD, was one of three scientists to be awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the development of click chemistry and bio-orthogonal chemistry. She is the 50th American Cancer Society-funded researcher and the first woman researcher funded by ACS to win the prestigious honor. Learn more about her work. |
research informs advocacy and policy actions
The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) is the nonprofit, nonpartisan advocacy affiliate of the American Cancer Society. Its role is to support evidence-based policy and legislative solutions designed to eliminate cancer as a major health problem. American Cancer Society (ACS) researchers collaborate with ACS CAN staff to explore how and why certain groups of people in the US are not benefitting from health care services such as cancer prevention, early detection, and treatment.
ACS CAN is attacking disparities by changing or adding new evidence-based public health policies at the local, state, and federal levels. The goal of ACS CAN is to reduce these disparities and improve health outcomes for all US population groups regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, age, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, or zip code.
Reducing barriers to patient enrollment in cancer clinical trials
Welcome to the Michigan Cancer Research Fund (MCRF)
The MCRF was established in 2008 by a group of cancer-concerned philanthropists to fund approved critical cancer research projects that would otherwise remain unfunded.
Welcome to the Michigan Cancer Research Fund (MCRF)
The MCRF was established in 2008 by a group of cancer-concerned philanthropists to fund approved critical cancer research projects that would otherwise remain unfunded.