Cure CRC Summit podium view

    Project Cure CRC

    Project Cure CRC co-chairs Michael and Katie

    Request for Proposals

    Project Cure CRC has announced a rolling Request for Proposals (RFP), making available tens of millions of dollars to academic and industry researchers whose work aims to expedite colorectal cancer research to a curable science. Download the RFP for details and submit your proposal at ProposalCentral.

    Submit Proposal
    A researcher speaks on a microphone at the Cure CRC Summit

    Hope for today's patients

    With bold and urgent action, Project Cure CRC seeks to cultivate breakthroughs in colorectal cancer diagnosis, treatment, metastasis, and survivorship. The project will ignite innovative treatments to end colorectal cancer now. 

    Researchers networking, speaking and thinking around a table at the Cure CRC Summit

    Cure CRC Summit

    In December 2024, the Cure CRC Summit welcomed more than 100 prominent scientists to foster partnerships that will challenge the status quo of colorectal therapies and discover new trajectories toward a cure.

    Colorectal Cancer Alliance Launches Project Cure CRC

    Support the project

    The Colorectal Cancer Alliance invites the public, corporations, foundations, and philanthropic individuals to join us by contributing to Project Cure CRC.

    Project Cure CRC Co-Chairs

    Michael Sapienza
    CEO, Colorectal Cancer Alliance

    Katie Chudnovsky
    Board Member, Colorectal Cancer Alliance

    Scientific Co-Chairs

    John Marshall, MD
    Georgetown University

    Scott Kopetz, MD, PhD, FACP
    MD Anderson Cancer Center

    Christopher Lieu, MD
    University of Colorado Cancer Center

    Patient Advocate Co-Chair

    John Woerner
    mCRC Survivor and Board Member, Colorectal Cancer Alliance 

    Alliance Project Lead

    David Fenstermacher, PhD
    Senior Director of Research and Medical Affairs, Colorectal Cancer Alliance 

    Grant Review Committee

    Scott Kopetz, MD, PhD, FACP
    MD Anderson Cancer Center

    Christopher Lieu, MD
    University of Colorado Cancer Center

    John Marshall, MD
    Georgetown University

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