Pew and Stewart Trust launch scholars program targeting cancer

The Pew Charitable Trusts and the Alexander and Margaret Stewart Trust have launched a new program aimed at providing funding for young cancer researchers with novel ideas for preventing, treating, and eventually curing cancer. 

Each year, five promising early-career scientists will receive funding for research aimed at finding cures for cancer using approaches that include genetics, pharmacology, and structural biology.

The Pew-Stewart scholars are assistant professor-level cancer researchers. They receive funding over four years and will have the opportunity to collaborate with Pew biomedical scholars and Latin American fellows at Pew’s annual biomedical meeting.

Click here, for more information about the program. Researchers at the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center are encouraged to pursue this new program.