Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Overview
Program Overview
ASPIRE Awards (Accelerating Scientific Platforms and Innovative Research) are designed to enable innovative approaches to solving high-impact problems in cancer research that tend to fall outside the scope of other funding opportunities.
Focus Areas
Supports innovative cancer research addressing:
- High-impact problems in cancer research
- Projects that don't fit within scope of other funding opportunities
- Diverse research approaches including:
- Scientific platforms
- Innovative methodologies
- Translational research
Examples of Funded Research
Recent ASPIRE awardees have conducted research in:
- DNA replication dynamics and cancer
- Breast cancer prevention and immunology
- Melanoma and mechanical confinement
- Tumor-associated macrophages and anti-tumor immunity
- Intratumoral T regulatory cell reprogramming
- Disease-relevant cell discovery in single-cell datasets
- Repeats and pathogen-associated patterns
Contact Information
- Phone: 646-866-5950
- Email: info@themarkfoundation.org
- Address: 1350 6th Ave, New York, NY 10019
What The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research (US) Ltd actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 29
- Total given
- $19.49M
- Median grant
- $500K
- Range
- $11K–$2.75M
- By dollars: New York 32%, California 27%, Massachusetts 9%. Top recipient cities: New York, NY; Boston, MA; San Francisco, CA.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 21% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · New York, NY
Research
$2.75M
Regents of the University of California San Francisco · San Francisco, CA
Research
$2.3M
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · New York, NY
Research
$1.57M
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD
Research
$1.38M
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies · La Jolla, CA
Research
$1M
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Cancer
- Science research
Categories
Browse similar grants by category
Related Grants
Open grants from this funder and similar programs
Endeavor Award
The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research (US) Ltd
Amount
Varies
Deadline
Deadline not published
Emerging Leader Award Grant
The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research (US) Ltd
Amount
Varies
Deadline
Deadline not published
Secondary Analysis and Integration of Existing Data to Elucidate Cancer Risk and Related Outcomes (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
National Institutes of Health
Amount
Up to $350,000
Deadline
November 6, 2026
Advanced Development and Validation of Emerging Technologies for Basic and Clinical Cancer Research (R33 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
National Institutes of Health
Amount
$50,000 - $300,000
Deadline
November 10, 2026
Early-Stage Innovative Technology Development for Basic and Clinical Cancer Research (R61 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
National Institutes of Health
Amount
$50,000 - $150,000
Deadline
November 10, 2026
Secondary Analysis and Integration of Existing Data to Elucidate Cancer Risk and Related Outcomes (R21 Clinical Trials Not Allowed)
National Institutes of Health
Amount
Up to $200,000
Deadline
November 17, 2026
Ready to apply for ASPIRE Award?
Grantable helps you assess fit, draft narratives, and track deadlines — so you can submit stronger applications, faster.
You found ASPIRE Award. Now let's win it.