ACPMP Announces 2019 Research Grant Recipients and Memorial Designees

ACPMP ANNOUNCES 2019 GRANT RECIPIENTS & MEMORIAL DESIGNEES

Principal Investigator: Oliver S. Eng, MD

Institution: The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

Project Title: Assessment of the Effects of HIPEC on the Genetic Landscape of Peritoneal Metastases from High Grade Appendiceal Neoplasms

This grant is issued in memory of Joseph Gouin, Carol Koch, Thomas “Tommy Tuesday” Czuprynski, Terrence Lippert, Cathy Gamino, Jay Branson, Jerry Maden, Stephen Faig, Joann Belczak, Gloria Delle Cese Ortwerth, Danielle DeVoe Godefroy and Michelle Burton.

Principal Investigator: Kjersti Flatmark, MD, PhD

Institution: Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway

Project Title: ctDNA for monitoring patients with Pseudomyxoma Peritonei

This grant is issued in memory of Mike Liguori, Alexander Dalis, Rick Dodson, George Haskin, Tammy Glawson, Karen Davis Redner, Jim Cain, Stephen Thiesfeld, Jay Verbos, Sharon Perry Delaney and Ray Ruliffson.

The following researchers will each receive a $50,000, two-year research grant funded by ACPMP and administered by the National Organization of Rare Disorders.

ACPMP 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 $1,300,000 in the form of twenty-seven research grants since 2009. You can see a complete list of the research grants awarded at our Research Grants Awarded page.

Research Grant RFP Available Soon!

The ACPMP Research Foundation will fund two $50,000, two-year grants in 2020 for scientific and/or clinical research studies of appendix cancer and pseudomyxoma peritonei. The RFP for this funding will be available soon and initial proposals are due in June of 2020.

Abstract deadline: June 2020
Full proposal invitations: August 2020
Full proposal deadline: October 2020
Award announcements: December 2020

The ACPMP Research 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 will soon be available on the ACPMP website or the NORD website at their Request for Proposals page. ACPMP will send out an email when the RFP is available and abstracts may be submitted.

Questions or requests for application forms may be directed to NORD at: (800)-999-NORD or research@rarediseases.org .

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