Cancer Research Fund Of The Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell Foundation

Clinical investigator awards: supports early career physician-scientists conducting patient-oriented research. The goal of this program is to increase the number of physicians capable of moving seamlessly between the laboratory and the patient's bedside in search of breakthrough treatments.

Rachleff innovation awards: supports the next generation of exceptionally creative thinkers with "high risk/high reward" ideas that have the potential to significantly impact our understanding of and/or approaches to the prevention, diagnosis or treatment of cancer, but lack sufficient preliminary data to obtain traditional funding.

The damon runyon-st. Jude pediatric cancer research fellowship award: in partnership with st. Jude children's research hospital, this award provides funding to early career scientists conducting research with the potential to significantly impact the prevention, diagnosis, or treatment of one or more pediatric cancers.

Physician-scientist training awards: supports and encourages outstanding physicians to pursue cancer research careers by providing them with the opportunity for a protected research training experience under the mentorship of a highly qualified and gifted mentor.

Quantitative biology awards: this award program is designed to encourage quantitative scientists (trained in fields such as mathematics, computer science, physics, engineering, and others) to pursue research careers in computational biology under the joint mentorship of leaders in both computational science ("dry lab") and cancer biology ("wet lab"). By investing in this area, damon runyon will bring additional attention to the importance of these specially trained scientists for making meaningful progress in cancer biology.

Dale f. Frey awards: awards are given to the most outstanding fellows completing their fellowship award, in the amount of $100,000 each, to accelerate their research and careers.

Spark scholars: provides outstanding recent college graduates with the potential to become scientific leaders with a financial stipend, intensive laboratory training, a network of mentors and peers, and other resources to support their next career steps.