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FY25 Idea Award

The list of Fiscal Year 2025 Melanoma Research Program Idea Award applications recommended for funding is for informational purposes only. Identification on the list of applications recommended for funding is not intended to either confer a right to funding nor does it guarantee funding. The award of federal funds to support any of these applications is contingent upon successful negotiations and applicable federal policy.

Institution Principal Investigator
Boston Children's Hospital Leonard Zon
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Santosha Vardhana
Stony Brook University Ke Liu
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Brent Hanks
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Devarati Mitra
The University of Utah Minna Roh-Johnson
The Wistar Institute Jessie Villanueva
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Yong-Chen Lu
University of California, Irvine Shivashankar Othy
University of Michigan Caitlin O'Connor









Last updated Friday, March 13, 2026