CONGRATULATIONS! Dr. YangXin Fu and Dr. Lynne Postovit

22 July 2019

The Department of Oncology would like to congratulate Dr. YangXin Fu and Dr. Lynne Postovit on their recent success in the January 2019 Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) Grant Application competitions.

Dr. YangXin Fu, Associate Professor

Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry

Department of Oncology

Division of Experimental Oncology

Role of RNA methyltransferase NSUN5 in glioblastoma

2019/2020 : $100,000
2020/2021 : $100,000

Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) January 2019 Innovation Grant to support unique and creative research ideas that will impact cancer.

Out of a total of 176 eligible grant applications, 32 Canadian Cancer Society Innovation Grants have been approved - an 18% success rate. Funds committed to this competition are made possible by the significant efforts of CCS donors and volunteers across the country and by funding partners. The Lotte and John Hecht Memorial Foundation is supporting 1 Innovation grant.

https://www.cancer.ca/en/research/funding-results/recent-competition-results/jan-2019-innov-results/

Dr. Lynne Postovit, Professor

Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry

Department of Oncology

Division of Experimental Oncology

Plasticity and the breast tumour microenvironment

2019/2020 : $150,000
2020/2021 : $150,000
2021/2022 : $150,000

Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) January 2019 Innovation to Impact Grant Competition to

support the further development of successful findings based on the goals originally explored through a CCS Innovation Grant or eligible CBCF grant.

Out of a total of 51 grant applications reviewed, 18 Canadian Cancer Society Innovation to Impact Grants have been approved - a 35% success rate. Funds committed to this competition have been made possible by the significant efforts of CCS donors and volunteers across the country. These projects total more than $7.7 million in funding over the full term of these grants.

https://www.cancer.ca/en/research/funding-results/recent-competition-results/january-2019-i2i-results/