The Mark Foundation Centers
The Mark Foundation Centers program funds collaborative, interdisciplinary research teams to drive innovative advances in cancer prevention, diagnosis, and treatment across multiple scientific frontiers.
Funder: The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research
Due Dates (Anticipated): June 2026 (Full application deadline, projected)
Funding Amounts: Large-scale, multi-year support for collaborative, cross-institutional cancer research centers; award size varies by project scope.
Summary: Supports interdisciplinary teams to drive innovation in cancer prevention, diagnosis, and treatment through collaborative, frontier research.
Key Information: Forecasted opportunity; dates and details subject to change—confirm on the program page.
Description
The Mark Foundation Centers program funds dynamic, interdisciplinary teams of investigators working collaboratively to transform cancer prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. The initiative is designed to harness synergies across diverse scientific disciplines and institutions, targeting key research frontiers such as cancer cell lineage plasticity, advanced genomics and imaging, immunotherapy and radiation combinations, and high-content data analytics for personalized cancer care. Centers are expected to combine expertise from genomics, imaging, immunology, machine learning, and clinical research to tackle complex cancer challenges and accelerate the development of new therapeutic strategies. Funded centers have included collaborations across major research institutions and have focused on both discovery and translational science with the goal of delivering meaningful benefits to cancer patients.
