The following research projects were approved for funding, and will be funded once the Grant Agreements between Komen and the Grantee institution(s) are fully-executed. There are 4 types (mechanisms) of grants: Career Catalyst Research Grants, Scientific Partnerships and Programs Grants, Leadership Grants, and Opportunity Grants.

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Project Title Investigators Organization State/ Country Mechanism

Circumventing Resistance to CDK4/6 Inhibitors in ER+ Breast Cancer

Badve, Sunil

Emory Universty

GA

Leadership Grants

Impact of Exercise in Metastatic Breast Cancer Survivors

Ballinger, Tarah

Indiana University

IN

Career Catalyst Research Grants

Breast Cancer Treatment Initiation and Completion

Chavez MacGregor, Mariana

University of Texas M.D. Anderson

TX

Leadership Grants

Targeting Dormant Breast Cancer Cells to Prevent ER+ Breast Cancer Recurrence

DeMichele, Angela

The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania

PA

Leadership Grants

Discovering Modes of B Cell Activation to Enhance the Treatment of Metastatic Breast Cancer

Hollern, Daniel

The Salk Institute for Biological Studies

CA

Career Catalyst Research Grants

Using Data Science to Discover Therapeutic Insights for Patients with HER2+ Metastatic Breast Cancer

Itakura, Haruka

Stanford University School of Medicine

CA

Career Catalyst Research Grants

Personalizing Radiation Oncology Care for Patients with Breast Cancer

Jagsi, Reshma

The Regents of the University of Michigan

MI

Leadership Grants

Investigating ALDH1a2 as a New Target for Breast Cancer Treatment

Kang, Yibin

The Trustees of Princeton University

NY

Leadership Grants

Early Detection of Primary and Recurrent Breast Cancer Using cfDNA Liquid Biopsy

Kurian, Allison

The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University

CA

Leadership Grants

Building a Living Biobank of Patient Samples to Personalize Breast Cancer Treatment

Lee, Adrian

University of Pittsburgh

PA

Leadership Grants

Overcoming Treatment Resistance in Breast Cancer

Lin, Nancy

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

MA

Leadership Grants

Identifying and Conquering Hormone Therapy Resistance in Early-Stage Breast Cancer

Ma, Cynthia

Washington University in St.Louis

MO

Leadership Grants

Targeting Metastatic Cells to Prevent Late Breast Cancer Recurrence

Malladi, Srinivas

The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (UT Southwestern)

TX

Career Catalyst Research Grants

Improving Understanding of ER+ Metastatic Breast Cancer

Oesterreich, Steffi

University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute

PA

Leadership Grants

Psychosocial Stress and Molecular Profiles of Breast Tumors from U.S. Black Women

Palmer, Julie

Trustees of Boston University

MA

Leadership Grants

Identifying Breast Cancer Cellular Precursors for Early Prevention

Polyak, Kornelia

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

MA

Leadership Grants

Characterizing the Immune System and Discovering New Treatments in Primary and Metastatic Breast Cancers

Pusztai, Lajos

Yale University

CT

Leadership Grants

Using Holistic Approaches to Optimize Outcomes for Latina Breast Cancer Survivors

Ramirez, Amelie

University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio)

TX

Leadership Grants

Detection and Evolution of Microscopic Metastatic Breast Cancer

Razavi, Pedram

Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research

NY

Career Catalyst Research Grants

Using Genomics to Guide Management of HR+ Metastatic Breast Cancer in a Diverse Patient Population

Reid, Sonya

Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC)

TN

Career Catalyst Research Grants

The Impact of DNA Repair Defects on Hormone Therapy Resistance in Breast Cancer

Reis-Filho, Jorge

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

NY

Leadership Grants

Curing De Novo Stage 4 Oligometastatic Breast Cancer

Rozenblit, Mariya

Yale University

CT

Career Catalyst Research Grants

Genomic structural variations as markers of breast cancer evolution and immune response

Shah, Sohrab

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

NY

Leadership Grants

Targeting ZFP296 to Promote Inactivity of Early Metastatic Breast Cancer Cells

Sosa, Maria

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

NY

Career Catalyst Research Grants

Personalizing Post-Neoadjuvant Therapy in High-Risk Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

Telli, Melinda

The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University

CA

Leadership Grants

Enhancing the Immunotherapy Response of Metastatic Breast Cancer

Tolaney, Sara

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

MA

Leadership Grants

Targeting Breast Cancer Bone Metastases Through Metabolism

Wang, Hai

Roswell Park Alliance Foundation

NY

Career Catalyst Research Grants

Supplementing Effects of Immunotherapy for Metastatic Breast Cancer

Welm, Alana

The University of Utah

UT

Leadership Grants

Modulating Immune Response in Breast Cancer to Improve Outcomes

Coussens, Lisa

Oregon Health & Science University - OHSU

OR

Leadership Grants

Defining the Molecular Determinants of Breast Cancer Progression and Resistance

Curtis, Christina

The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University

CA

Leadership Grants

Toxicities of Breast Cancer Treatment

Giordano, Sharon

University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

TX

Leadership Grants

Breast Cancer Weight Loss (BWEL) Study

Ligibel, Jennifer

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

MA

Leadership Grants

Targeting Spliceosome Mutations for Breast Cancer Therapy

Park, Ben Ho

Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC)

TN

Leadership Grants

Triple-Negative Breast Cancer: Subtypes, Molecular Targets, and Therapeutic Approaches

Pietenpol, Jennifer

Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC)

TN

Leadership Grants

Insulin-Suppressing Diets to Reduce Breast Cancer Risk and Mortality 

Tamimi, Rulla

Weill Medical College of Cornell University

NY

Leadership Grants

Impact of Spatial Heterogeneity in Tumor and Microenvironment on Recurrence

Troester, Melissa

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

NC

Leadership Grants

Genetic Risk Education and Testing (GREAT) Information for Breast Cancer Care

Pal, Tuya

Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC)

TN

Leadership Grants

Defining mechanisms of resistance and evolution in metastatic breast cancer

Wagle, Nikhil

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

MA

Leadership Grants

Discovery of Mechanisms of Resistance of Antiestrogen Therapy in ER+ Breast Cancer

Arteaga, Carlos L.

The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (UT Southwestern)

TX

Leadership Grants

Validation of the Inflammatory Breast Cancer Scoring System

Lynce, Filipa

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

MA

Opportunity Grants

CompassHER2 pCR: Decreasing Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer Patients After Pre-surgery Chemo and Targeted Therapy

Tung, Nadine

ECOG Research and Education Foundation, Inc.

PA

Scientific Partnerships and Programs Grants

Alliance A011106 -Alternate approaches for clinical stage II or III estrogen receptor positive breast cancer neoadjuvant treatment (ALTERNATE) in postmenopausal women: A phase III study

Bertagnolli, Monica

Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology Foundation

MA

Scientific Partnerships and Programs Grants

Tomosynthesis Mammographic Imaging Screening Trial (TMIST)

Pisano, Etta

ECOG Research and Education Foundation, Inc.

PA

Scientific Partnerships and Programs Grants

Integrating Biology and Access to Understand Metastatic Breast Cancer Disparities

Troester, Melissa and Hyslop, Terry

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

NC

Opportunity Grants

Personalized T-cell immunity against metastatic TNBC using MAVS immunostimulation

Hartman, Zachary and Vincent, Benjamin

Duke Universtity School of Medicine

NC

Opportunity Grants

Susan G. Komen and Blue Cross NC Metastatic Breast Cancer Disparities Collaborative Research Grant

Freedman, Jennifer, Hoadley, Katherine and Patierno, Steven

Duke Universtity School of Medicine

NC

Opportunity Grants

Susan G. Komen Tissue Bank at the IU Simon Cancer Center - Infrastructure Support

Storniolo, Anna

Indiana University

IN

Opportunity Grants

ShareForCures Biorepository Partner

Storniolo, Anna

Indiana University

IN

Opportunity Grants