Vicky Amidon Innovation in Lung Cancer Research Award
Funding Amount
$25,000
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Annual
- Tracked since
- April 2026
Source: the cycle recorded on this listing. Confirm dates with the funder.
Overview
One-year research award recognizing and supporting researchers who are developing innovative lung cancer projects that will improve the lives of those at risk of or living with lung cancer.
Geographic Scope: North Carolina and national applicants
Focus Areas:
- Basic scientific research with goal of impacting lung cancer care
- Lung cancer prevention, diagnosis, treatment, or survivorship
- Innovative approaches to lung cancer research
Named in Memory: Vicky Amidon, a beloved wife, mother, and friend who lost her battle with lung cancer at age 44. Her family's advocacy and support furthers the advancement of lung cancer research and awareness.
Background: Since 2008, LCI has funded more than $3 million in lung cancer research. Recent award recipients (2023) include:
- Limei Shen, PhD, UNC Chapel Hill (engineering modulators for NSCLC immunotherapy)
- Cody McHale, PhD and Anna Ivanina Foureau, PhD, Atrium Health (EGFR TKI resistance mechanisms)
- Alan Chen, PhD, Duke University School of Medicine (checkpoint inhibition therapy enhancement)
What Lung Cancer Initiative actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 8
- Total given
- $378K
- Median grant
- $29K
- Range
- $10K–$137K
- By dollars: North Carolina 58%, Georgia 26%, Illinois 13%. Top recipient cities: Charlotte, NC; Winston-Salem, NC; Atlanta, GA.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
Example grants
Duke · Charlotte, NC
Research grants
$137K
UNC · Atlanta, GA
Research grants
$100K
Lungevity Foundation · Chicago, IL
Research funding
$50K
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist · Winston Salem, NC
Research funding
$38K
ECU · Greenville, NC
Research grant; screening saves grant
$21K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Cancer
- Science research
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