Research Grant RFP Available! May | 2019

The ACPMP Research Foundation will fund two $50,000, two-year grants in 2019 for scientific and/or clinical research studies of appendix cancer and pseudomyxoma peritonei. The RFP for this funding is available now, and initial proposals are due on June 18, 2019. Abstract deadline: June 18, 2019 Full proposal invitations: August 2019 Full proposal deadline: October 2019 Award announcements: December 2019 The ACPMP Grant Program is currently administered by the highly respected  National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD). Grant recipients are selected by the independent NORD Medical Advisory Committee. Information and the  application form for the ACPMP Research Grants are available on the ACPMP website  or on the NORD website at their  Request for Proposals page. Questions or requests for application forms may be directed to NORD at: (800)-999-NORD or [email protected] . The ACPMP Research Foundation is dedicated to funding promising research for the diagnosis, treatment, and cure of Pseudomyxoma Peritonei (PMP) and Appendix Cancer.   The ACPMP Research Foundation has awarded $1,200,000 in the form of twenty-five research grants since 2009. You can see a complete list of the research grants awarded at our  Research Grants Awarded page.

Congratulations To Our 2018 Grant Recipients!

Principal Investigator:  Konstantinos Votanopoulos, MD, PhD Institution: Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA Project Title: Immune System Enhanced Appendiceal Cancer Organoids for Ex Vivo Determination of Immunotherapy Efficacy in Appendiceal Cancer This grant is issued in memory of Barrett Peterson, Roger Graham, and Aly Kendall

Principal Investigator:  Shyh-Dar Li, PhD Institution: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC Canada Project Title: Modulation of Tumor Immune Microenvironment for Enhanced Therapy of Pseudomyxoma Peritonei This grant is issued in memory of Joyce Davitz, Paula Druse, Neil Elkins, Robert FitzGerald, Marcia Fosburg, William Howard, Francine Lane, Doug Lawler, Christina Nuzik, Geoff Pierce, Stanley Pollack, Ronnie Rabon, Laura Rinier, E. Annette Sauer, and Yvonne Stevens Thank you as always to our dedicated fundraisers, to the many researchers who applied, and to our supporters—you are our inspiration.

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