To accelerate breakthroughs, the Damon Runyon Foundation provides today's best young scientists with funds to pursue innovative cancer research.
- Today’s Promising Areas of Cancer Research
- What is Cancer?
- A Broken Pipeline?
A Generation of Science at Risk
- ARISE Report
Early Career Scientists and High-Risk, High Reward Research - American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Why We’re Losing the War on Cancer (And How To Win It)
Clifton Leaf - Fortune Magazine
Breakfast Honoring Norman B. Leventhal Raises More Than $1M for Cancer Research
06/01/11
On Wednesday morning, the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation held its Annual Breakfast at the Metropolitan Club in New York City, raising $1.16 million to support the most brilliant young minds in cancer research.
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In Its Third Year, Runyon 5K at Yankee Stadium On Track to Raise $1 Million for Cancer Research
05/03/11
Thousands of avid runners, passionate baseball fans, cancer survivors, and supporters from across the country will descend on Yankee Stadium on August 7, and it won’t be to see the Bronx Bombers play the Red Sox. Instead, they will be supporting the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation, which opened registration today for its annual Runyon 5K at Yankee Stadium.
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Damon Runyon-Rachleff Innovation Awards Granted for Pioneering Ideas in Cancer Research
02/02/11
The Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation announced that five scientists with novel approaches to fighting cancer have been named 2011 recipients of the Damon Runyon-Rachleff Innovation Award.
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Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Awards Prestigious Fellowships to 11 Top Young Scientists
01/05/11
The Foundation’s distinguished Fellowship Award Committee selected 11 new recipients of the Damon Runyon Fellowship Award.
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Damon Runyon Foundation Announces First Recipients of Award for Breakthrough Scientists
12/20/10
The Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation’s distinguished Fellowship Award Committee selected the first recipients of the Dale F. Frey Award for Breakthrough Scientists.
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Collaboration Offers Clinical Center Resources to External Investigators
12/13/10
A new pilot partnership between the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, the National Cancer Institute’s Center for Cancer Research, and the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation will offer some of the capabilities and expertise of America’s research hospital to an external group of clinical investigators in cancer research.
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Thousands of Damon Runyon Supporters Strike Out Cancer at 2nd Annual Runyon 5K at Yankee Stadium
08/16/10
The second annual Runyon 5K, the cancer fundraiser that takes place inside Yankee Stadium, took place on August 15, attracting a sell-out crowd of more than 4,000 participants. The event raised more than $375,000 for the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation, which funds the ‘Derek Jeters of cancer research.’
> Read the press release.
> View photos from the event.
> Watch Runyon 5K videos on Youtube.
> Read My Fox New York coverage.
> Read a feature story on participant Jen Reynolds in the New Haven Register.