Project Cure CRC
Request for Proposals
Project Cure CRC has announced a rolling Request for Proposals (RFP), making available tens of millions of dollars to academic and industry researchers whose work aims to expedite colorectal cancer research to a curable science. Download the RFP for details and submit your proposal at ProposalCentral.
Hope for today's patients
With bold and urgent action, Project Cure CRC seeks to cultivate breakthroughs in colorectal cancer diagnosis, treatment, metastasis, and survivorship. The project will ignite innovative treatments to end colorectal cancer now.
Project No. 1
The first $1.6 million of the substantially larger investment is funding research by Raghu Kalluri, M.D., Ph.D., at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
Cure CRC Summit
In December 2023, the Cure CRC Summit welcomed more than 100 prominent scientists to foster partnerships that will challenge the status quo of colorectal therapies and discover new trajectories toward a cure.
Project Cure CRC Co-ChairsMichael Sapienza Alliance Project LeadDavid Fenstermacher, PhD | Scientific Co-ChairsJohn Marshall, MD Scott Kopetz, MD, PhD, FACP Christopher Lieu, MD Patient Advocate Co-ChairJohn Woerner |
Grant Review CommitteeJ. Randolph Hecht, MD Scott Kopetz, MD, PhD, FACP Christopher Lieu, MD | John Marshall, MD Alan P. Venook, MD |
Support the project
The Colorectal Cancer Alliance invites the public, corporations, foundations, and philanthropic individuals to join us by contributing to Project Cure CRC.
Top resources
Dr. John Marshall joins the Alliance as Chief Medical Consultant
A veteran in the field of gastrointestinal cancer research, Dr. Marshall will share his leadership experience and scientific expertise to guide the Alliance’s patient support and research initiatives, particularly Project Cure CRC.
Alliance Announces Request for Proposals as it Launches the Largest-Ever CRC Research Investment
In an effort to expedite its life-saving work, the Colorectal Cancer Alliance (Alliance) Project Cure CRC initiative is excited to open its Request for Proposals (RFP). Tens of millions of dollars will be available to researchers from around the world whose work aims to expedite colorectal cancer (CRC) research to a curable science.
Congress must fix CRC research funding oversight
The Colorectal Cancer Alliance is committed in 2024 to finally getting Congress to include colorectal cancer as a dedicated research program at the CDMRP.