Gateway Traditional Grant Program

Gateway Traditional Grant Program

Funder: Gateway for Cancer Research (IL, US)

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

Contact: Research@GatewayCR.org