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Drug Discovery Award

The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research (US) Ltd

Foundation Annual Grants for Cancer Nonprofits Grants for Science Research

Funding Amount

Not stated

Deadline

Deadline not published

Grant Type

Foundation

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Cycle: Annual
Tracked since: April 2026

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Geography

No geographic restrictions stated; examples show US-based awardees

Other requirements

Academic institutions worldwide

Overview

Program Overview

The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research is dedicated to accelerating exciting academic discoveries into new therapies and platforms that will substantially improve outcomes for cancer patients. The Drug Discovery Award program addresses the gap of limited resources for academic scientists to advance drug discovery efforts for promising new cancer targets.

Focus

Through this program, The Mark Foundation aligns with investigators working to:

Discover and progress a new therapeutic agent into preclinical development
Advance post-target validation through early lead development
Receive expertise of seasoned biopharma R&D scientists who advise on activities on the critical path to developing a new therapeutic agent

Geographic Scope

No geographic restrictions stated; examples show US-based awardees

What They Support

Resources to support post-target validation through early lead development
Expertise and mentoring from seasoned biopharma R&D scientists
Projects focused on converting promising scientific discoveries into therapeutics

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