V Foundation Gives $1 Million Grant for Cancer Research


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The V Foundation for Cancer Research will award $1 million grants for cancer research to help the New York City first responders who worked at Ground Zero.

The grant will fund research for the early detection of hematological cancers associated with toxic dirt and rubble. The grant will also be presented at FDNY Headquarters in conjunction with the launching of The V Foundation’s celebration of its 20th anniversary.


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Federal Programs Related to - Cancer Research

Programs involved in the systematic study of the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of neoplasms, abnormal formations of tissue, such as a tumor or growth, which serve no useful function, but grow at the expense of the healthy organism. Bladder Cancer Research; Bone Cancer Research; Brain Cancer Research; Brain Neoplasms Research; Brain Tumors Research; Burkitt's Lymphoma Cancer Research; Renal Cancer Research; Sarcoma Research; Stomach Cancer Research; Testicular Cancer Research

Federal Programs Related to - Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking, General/Other

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