About

Cancer Grand Challenges is a global research initiative that is building an elite, interdisciplinary community to tackle cancer’s most complex problems.

Co-founded in 2020 by the two largest funders of cancer research in the world, Cancer Research UK and the National Cancer Institute in the US, it aims to accelerate high-impact research and translate discoveries for public and patient benefit through global team science. 

Cancer Research UK

Cancer Research UK is the world’s leading cancer charity, dedicated to saving and improving lives with its research.

With its mission being to work to reduce the impact of cancer on people’s day-to-day lives through their research, influence and information, Cancer Research UK carries out world-class research into the prevention, detection and treatment of more than 200 types of cancer through the work of more than 4,000 scientists, doctors and nurses.

The National Cancer Institute

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is the US federal government's principal agency for cancer research and training. 

As the leader of the cancer research enterprise, collectively known as the National Cancer Program, and the largest funder of cancer research in the world, the NCI manages a broad range of research, training, and information dissemination activities that reach across the entire country, meeting the needs of all demographics—rich and poor, urban and rural, and all racial/ethnic populations.