AACR-Ocular Melanoma Foundation Fellowship
Funding Amount
$50,000
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Annual
- Tracked since
- April 2026
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Other requirements
- International (recipients from various US and international institutions)
Overview
Funder: Ocular Melanoma Foundation in partnership with the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
Focus Area: Research on uveal melanoma pathogenesis, treatment, and clinical outcomes
Description
Annual peer-reviewed research award funding postdoctoral or clinical research fellows conducting ocular melanoma research. Since 2013, OMF has partnered with AACR to provide tailored research grants to support innovative research in uveal melanoma.
Funding Focus
- Metabolic targeting in uveal melanoma
- Cancer cell metabolism and therapeutic vulnerabilities
- BAP1 mutations and their therapeutic implications
- Novel epigenetic approaches
- CDK4/6 inhibitors and combination therapies
- Biomarker development
Recent Recipients
- 2020: Dr. Anna Han (Thomas Jefferson University) - metabolic features and BAP1 mutations in uveal melanoma
- 2017: Dr. Vivian Chua (Thomas Jefferson University) - epigenetic targeting approaches
- 2016: Dr. Jessica Teh (Thomas Jefferson University) - CDK4/6 inhibitors in uveal melanoma
- 2015: Dr. Stefan Kurtenbach (University of Miami) - BAP1 loss and neural crest signaling
- 2014: Dr. Alexander Shoushtari (Sloan-Kettering Institute) - MEK inhibition resistance in advanced uveal melanoma
Geographic Scope
International (recipients from various US and international institutions)
What Ocular Melanoma Foundation actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 4
- Total given
- $50K
- Median grant
- $10K
- Range
- $10K–$20K
- By dollars: California 40%, Pennsylvania 20%, District of Columbia 20%. Top recipient cities: Stanford, CA; Philadelphia, PA; Washington, DC.
Example grants
Stanford Health Care · Stanford, CA
Research
$20K
Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health · Philadelphia, PA
Research
$10K
Melanoma Research Foundation · Washington, DC
Research
$10K
Duke Eye Center · Durham, NC
Research
$10K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Cancer
- Science research
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