Congratulations to the Institute of Cancer Research Fall 2025 Project Grant Priority Announcement grantees!
The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) congratulates the research teams funded through our Fall 2025 Project Grant Priority Announcements! We are pleased to be funding the following highly-rated projects in the Fall 2025 Project Grant competition that were relevant to ICR's mandate and/or research priority areas:
Priority Announcement: Breast Cancer Prevention and Early Detection
- Tulin D Cil and Funmilola O Wuraola, University Health Network
Project title: The ACTION Study: Addressing global inequities in breast cancer genetic testing, counselling, and management in Nigeria - Dean Eurich, Lynden L Crowshoe, Salim Samanani, and Huiming Yang, University of Alberta
Project title: First Nations Catalyzing Resources and Relationships for the Uptake of Screening and Healthcare for Cancer (FN CRRUSH Cancer) - William J Muller, McGill University
Project title: Targeting EZH2 in breast cancer: Role of epigenetic modification in modulating breast cancer cell plasticity - Bilkis Vissandjée, Université de Montréal
Project title: Iniquités socio-régionales en matière de dépistage du cancer du sein au Québec : meilleures pratiques pour une participation, en toute équité, au programme québécois de dépistage du cancer du sein (PQDCS)
Priority Announcement: Breast Cancer Survivorship
- Lori J Bernstein, University Health Network
Project title: Feasibility of Two Brief Psychoeducational Interventions for Cancer-Related Cognitive Impairment in Breast Cancer Survivors: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial - Locke S Davenport Huyer, Dalhousie University
Project title: Immunomodulatory Polymer Coatings to Reduce Silicone Breast Implant Pathological Fibrosis - Elysia Donovan, Sameer Parpia and Timothy J Whelan, McMaster University
Project title: Simultaneous Integrated Boost (SIB) for Ultra-Hypofractionated (UH) Adjuvant Radiotherapy in High Risk Early Stage Breast Cancer - Hassan Rivaz, Concordia University
Project title: Accessible Diagnosis and Staging of Breast Cancer-Related Lymphedema with AI-Powered Point of Care Ultrasound - Melanie J Sekeres, University of Ottawa
Project title: Sensory contributions predicting memory impairment and neural disruption underlying 'brain fog' associated with chemobrain and long-COVID
Priority Announcement: Cancer Prevention and/or Early Detection of Cancer
- Rod Bremner, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute
Project title: Determinants of transformation potential - Louis Flamand, Université Laval
Project title: Inherited chromosomally-integrated human herpesvirus 6 as a cancer predisposing factor - Yuzhuo Wang, University of British Columbia
Project title: CHD7 as a key upstream chromatin regulator driving NEPC development and aggressiveness
Priority Announcement: Cancer Survivorship
- Jennifer M Jones, David M Langelier and Michelle Nadler, University Health Network
Project title: A pragmatic randomized controlled trial of a virtual exercise-based rehabilitation intervention for persistent chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (EX-CIPN) - Derek R MacFadden, Harold L Atkins, Catharine A Buchan, Matthew P Cheng, Troy Climans, Bryan A Coburn, Nick Daneman, Karine Gauthier, Annette Hay, Dima Kabbani, Natasha Kekre, Michael Kennah, Lauralyn A McIntyre, Dominik Mertz, Bethany E Monteith, Leanne M Mortimer, Andrew Purssell, Monica Taljaard, and Corey Tsang, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Project title: Oral Vancomycin for the Prevention of C. difficile Infection in High-Risk HCT and CAR-T Patients (VAPOR-HCT): A Pilot Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial - Dylan E O’Sullivan and Colleen A Cuthbert, University of Calgary
Project title: Survived, but overlooked: personalizing breast and colorectal cancer screening for survivors of adult cancers - Simon D Tran, McGill University
Project title: Tissue-Engineered Dual-3D Bioprinted Salivary Glands: An In Vitro Humanized Platform for Studying Ionizing Radiation Injury
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