[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On October 9, the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., was filled with scientists, clinicians, entrepreneurs, donors, advocates, patients, and friends for the 2026 NFCR Global Summit for Cancer Research and Entrepreneurship. From an early-morning scientific symposium to an evening dinner honoring a researcher whose curiosity changed...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Rockville, MD — The AIM-HI Accelerator Fund today announces that Laura Esserman, M.D., MBA, Alfred A. de Lorimier Endowed Chair in General Surgery, Director of the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Breast Care Center, and Professor of Surgery and Radiology at the University of...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]Rockville, MD — The National Foundation for Cancer Research (NFCR) is proud to announce that Dr. Michele Carbone of the University of Hawaii Cancer Center is the recipient of the 2026 Szent-Györgyi Prize for Progress in Cancer Research.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text css=""]Dr. Michele Carbone receives the...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]Rockville, MD. (October 6, 2025) – The 2025 NFCR Global Summit and Award Ceremonies for Cancer Research & Entrepreneurship will convene an extraordinary roster of world-renowned scientists, entrepreneurs, investors, and patient advocates on October 24, 2025, at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. This is a signature annual...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]Rockville, MD — The National Foundation for Cancer Research (NFCR) proudly announces that Dr. Tony Hunter of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies has been awarded the 2025 Szent-Györgyi Prize for Progress in Cancer Research for a discovery that forever changed how cancer is...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""] for her Significant Impact in the Fight against Cancer [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text css=""]Rockville, MD (8/8/2024) – The AIM-HI Accelerator Fund today announces Margaret Foti, PhD, MD (hc), Chief Executive Officer of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), is selected unanimously by the 2024 Blue Ribbon...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]ROCKVILLE, Md. -- The National Foundation for Cancer Research (NFCR) is announcing that the blue-ribbon selection committee, composed of world-renowned research leaders and visionaries, has awarded the 2024 Szent-Györgyi Prize for Progress in Cancer Research to Dennis J. Slamon, M.D., Ph. D. from UCLA Health...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="58088" img_size="full" alignment="center"][vc_column_text]ROCKVILLE, Md. -- The National Foundation for Cancer Research (NFCR) announced today that Isaac P. Witz, Ph.D., has been selected to receive the 2023 Szent-Györgyi Prize for Progress in Cancer Research. Renowned cancer research leaders, composed of NFCR’s blue-ribbon Prize selection committee, elected...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="54476" img_size="Large" alignment="center"][vc_column_text] AIM-HI Accelerator Fund, the translational research affiliate of the National Foundation for Cancer Research (NFCR), has introduced a first-of-its-kind award to elevate the impact of women leaders in cancer research. The inaugural recipient of this exciting and unparalleled award is the distinguished Anna...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="52583" img_size="full" alignment="center"][vc_column_text] Recognized for Identifying and Overcoming Barriers in the Tumor Microenvironment To Improve Delivery and Efficacy of Anti-Cancer Medicines [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] ROCKVILLE, MD - The National Foundation for Cancer Research (NFCR) announced today that Rakesh K. Jain, Ph.D., has been selected to receive the 2022 Szent-Györgyi...
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