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Research priorities
Research that deserves a chance to move forward.
canXcer welcomes serious biomedical questions across multiple disease areas. These priorities guide grant review without limiting the program to a closed list of conditions.
Priority research areas
Questions with scientific and human consequence
Lupus
Immune pathways, disease mechanisms, treatment-response questions, biomarkers, and underserved research gaps in autoimmune disease.
Sickle cell disease
Disease mechanisms, complications, treatment questions, quality of life, and research needs affecting historically underrepresented populations.
Alzheimer’s disease
Molecular pathways, progression, biomarkers, intervention hypotheses, and questions that can strengthen neurodegenerative research decisions.
Other debilitating diseases
Serious, well-defined projects involving other debilitating conditions are encouraged when the proposed work fits canXcer’s governed capabilities.
Priority consideration may be given to work addressing significant gaps affecting veterans, Black Americans, underrepresented populations, and people historically excluded from biomedical research. See why veteran research representation matters.
Review lens
How a priority becomes a viable project
A priority area alone does not guarantee an award. Review also considers whether the proposed work is clear, responsible, feasible, and aligned with available capabilities.
Scientific clarity
Is the research question or hypothesis specific, understandable, and supported by a coherent rationale?
Potential impact
Could the work meaningfully improve understanding, prioritization, prevention, treatment, or a later research decision?
Feasibility
Can the proposed project be responsibly bounded within available methods, evidence, compute, review, and time?
Access and representation
Does the project address an important resource gap, research disparity, underserved population, or overlooked question?
Platform fit
Does the work match canXcer’s current scientific capabilities and available grant capacity?
Priority questions
What applicants should know
Are these the only eligible disease areas?
No. The listed priorities guide consideration, but they are not an exclusive eligibility list. Strong projects involving other debilitating diseases are encouraged to apply.
Must a project focus on veterans or an underrepresented population?
No. Priority consideration may be given to meaningful representation and access gaps, but applicants are not required to focus exclusively on those populations.
Can an interdisciplinary project apply?
Yes. Projects may connect biology, medicine, data science, engineering, public health, or other disciplines when they present a defined biomedical research question.
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