Gateway Traditional Grant Program
Funding Amount
Varies
Deadline
Rolling / Open
Grant Type
Foundation
Overview
Focus: Gateway funds Phase I and II patient-centered cancer clinical trials that have the potential to shift the paradigm for standard of care. Treatment-based studies at the bedside for all types of cancers.
Research Focus Areas
- New Investigational Therapies
- New Indications
- De-escalation of Treatment
- Mitigation of Treatment Toxicity
- Predictive Biomarkers (with a therapeutic component)
- Integrative Medicine
Disease/Research Areas Funded
- Biomarkers (prognostic or predictive with supportive treatment)
- Gene Therapy
- Basket Trials
- Immunotherapy
- Targeted Therapies
Mission
Gateway seeks to bring urgency to the process of cancer research for patients who are looking for treatments today and are faced with difficult decisions without innovative, life-saving options.Patient-Centered Focus
- Involvement of patient advocates and patient advocacy groups in trial design
- Incorporation of patient-reported outcomes and quality of life tools
- Patient advocates included on research study review committees
How to Apply
Application Information
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Contact for Program Questions: Research@GatewayCR.org
What Gateway for Cancer Research actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 18
- Total given
- $5.81M
- Median grant
- $279K
- Range
- $22K–$750K
- By dollars: Texas 25%, California 17%, New York 16%. Top recipient cities: New York, NY; Boston, MA; Los Angeles, CA.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 17% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · Dallas, TX
Cancer research
$750K
MD Anderson Cancer Center · Houston, TX
Cancer research
$723K
Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA
Cancer research
$470K
Washington University St Louis · St Louis, MO
Cancer research
$422K
Be the Match Foundation · Minneapolis, MN
Cancer research
$400K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Cancer
- Science research
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