The Department of Oncology would like to congratulate Dr. YangXin Fu and Dr. Lynne Postovit on their recent success in the January 2019 Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) Grant Application competitions.
Dr. YangXin Fu, Associate Professor
Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry
Department of Oncology
Division of Experimental Oncology
Role of RNA methyltransferase NSUN5 in glioblastoma
2019/2020 : $100,000
2020/2021 : $100,000
Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) January 2019 Innovation Grant to support unique and creative research ideas that will impact cancer.
Out of a total of 176 eligible grant applications, 32 Canadian Cancer Society Innovation Grants have been approved - an 18% success rate. Funds committed to this competition are made possible by the significant efforts of CCS donors and volunteers across the country and by funding partners. The Lotte and John Hecht Memorial Foundation is supporting 1 Innovation grant.
https://www.cancer.ca/en/research/funding-results/recent-competition-results/jan-2019-innov-results/
Dr. Lynne Postovit, Professor
Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry
Department of Oncology
Division of Experimental Oncology
Plasticity and the breast tumour microenvironment
2019/2020 : $150,000
2020/2021 : $150,000
2021/2022 : $150,000
Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) January 2019 Innovation to Impact Grant Competition to
support the further development of successful findings based on the goals originally explored through a CCS Innovation Grant or eligible CBCF grant.
Out of a total of 51 grant applications reviewed, 18 Canadian Cancer Society Innovation to Impact Grants have been approved - a 35% success rate. Funds committed to this competition have been made possible by the significant efforts of CCS donors and volunteers across the country. These projects total more than $7.7 million in funding over the full term of these grants.