{"id":33946,"date":"2026-04-22T10:41:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T14:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/genomequebec.com\/?p=33946"},"modified":"2026-04-22T10:36:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T14:36:15","slug":"25m-to-accelerate-cancer-clinical-trials-a-new-funding-opportunity-to-seize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/genomequebec.com\/en\/news-and-publications\/25m-to-accelerate-cancer-clinical-trials-a-new-funding-opportunity-to-seize\/","title":{"rendered":"$25M to accelerate cancer clinical trials: a new funding opportunity to seize"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A new national program backed by a $25 million investment is opening concrete opportunities to advance investigator-initiated cancer clinical trials across Canada. This initiative represents a strategic opportunity to bring innovative approaches closer to patients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Led by the Cancer Research Society, in collaboration with the Canadian Cancer Society and the Terry Fox Research Institute, the program aims to support independent clinical research by giving Canadian researchers the capacity to lead clinical trials. <strong>G\u00e9nome Qu\u00e9bec is among the partners supporting this national effort.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Specifically, the program will:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>advance new therapeutic approaches, including for under-studied cancers;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>improve the precision and effectiveness of care;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>reduce treatment-related side effects;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>enable faster diagnosis;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>strengthen prevention strategies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Grants of up to $2 million over five years will be available to support high-impact clinical trials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At a time when access to funding remains a significant challenge, this program provides a concrete lever to accelerate the translation of scientific discoveries into tangible benefits for patients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Research teams interested in this opportunity are encouraged to position themselves early to take full advantage of this program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information on the program details and the partners involved, please see the full press release or contact us at <a href=\"mailto:lsabatier@genomequebec.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lsabatier@genomequebec.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new national program backed by a $25 million investment is opening concrete opportunities to advance investigator-initiated cancer clinical trials across Canada. This initiative represents a strategic opportunity to bring&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33943,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"30512,28987,31275,27806,16477,16652","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[586,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-actualite-2-en","category-non-classifiee"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/genomequebec.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/genomequebec.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/genomequebec.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genomequebec.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genomequebec.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33946"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/genomequebec.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33946\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33951,"href":"https:\/\/genomequebec.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33946\/revisions\/33951"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genomequebec.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/genomequebec.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genomequebec.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genomequebec.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}