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Annual Call for Funding Requests Open for 2027

Next Generation Fund: Submit a Proposal for 2027 Application Now Open for Novel Project Ideas Some of SWOG’s key programs didn’t begin with federal funding — they began with a single idea submitted to The Hope Foundation’s Next Generation Fund. Every year, we open our application inviting SWOG members and their collaborators to submit new …

SWOG and The Hope Foundation Honor Former Chair with VA Initiative

SWOG Cancer Research Network and The Hope Foundation for Cancer Research Launch Initiative to Expand Veterans’ Access to Cancer Clinical Trials The Dr. Charles D. Blanke Veterans Access to Cancer Trials Initiative honors a champion of equitable cancer research and builds on more than a decade of progress SWOG Cancer Research Network and The Hope …

SWOG Establishes An APP & Nurse Scientist Committee

From Task Force to Full Committee: A Five-Year Plan Pays Off Ahead of our 2022 funding cycle, Christa Braun-Inglis, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, AOCNP, and Jamie S. Myers, PhD, RN, AOCNS, FAAN, came to The Hope Foundation with a five-year vision to integrate advanced practice providers (APPs) more fully into cancer clinical research. Their rationale was …

2026 Foundation Budget Announced

Hope Foundation Board of Directors Approves 2026 Budget Just before the Thanksgiving holiday, The Hope Foundation’s board met to finalize plans for the year ahead. As always, the group carefully considered a slate of new funding proposals amid the regular business involved in approving an annual budget. Among the approved projects we received requests to …

Running to Advance Cancer Research

Run a Marathon that Advances SWOG Research Are you a long-distance runner? If so, you’re already someone’s hero. Want to be a superhero? Consider running a marathon in 2026 while raising critical funds to improve cancer care and prevention! The Hope Foundation is a proud charity partner of the Miami, Rome, Marine Corps, and Dublin …

Honoring Veterans with Access to the Best Cancer Care

A decade funding grants to better treat those who serve   At SWOG’s fall group meeting in Chicago we were excited to meet Dr. Brittany Rogers and research coordinator Sarah Hanson who lead the team behind SWOG’s third VA Storefront. Based at Malcom Randall VA Medical Center in Gainesville, Florida, the North Florida/South Georgia Storefront …

August is National Make-A-Will Month

Everyone Needs a Plan Secure Your Legacy—Start Your Free Will Today More than 100 individuals in 12 different states have used FreeWill to create their wills and leave a gift to The Hope Foundation. This month you’re invited to join this growing list of supporters by creating your will via FreeWill, an online resource that …

Next Generation Fund: Submit a Proposal for 2026

Submit A Request To The Next Generation Fund: Annual Call For Novel Funding Requests Now Open Every year, we open our application inviting SWOG members and their collaborators to submit new requests to tackle unmet needs across our trials network. Other Hope programs fund direct research. This project application gathers concepts that have broader scope or …

Team Hope Tackles the 2025 Tour de Scottsdale

Team Hope Rides (Again) for Cancer Research at the Tour de Scottsdale For the second year in a row, Mayo Clinic physician Dr. Parminder Singh has organized a team of riders to raise funds for cancer research while tackling the 32- or 62-mile routes of the Tour de Scottsdale. Singh is a clinical trialist with …

Progress Made and the Importance of Research Funding

Dear Friends, At the end of February, SWOG’s operations and statistical teams submitted applications for the renewal of their core NCI grants. This is a significant undertaking requiring many hours of cooperative analysis and reporting which occurs every six years. This year, of course, the landscape for federal research funding is entirely uncertain, and we’re …

Michael LeBlanc, PhD
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