Task Forces for Different Diagnoses (TFDD)
The grants serve as seed funding with aim to encourage KI and University Hospital-based researchers to join forces around one major group of cancers. Each of the task forces was formed to promote interdisciplinary, interdepartmental and translational cooperation. The task forces include all levels of research from bench to bedside, involving basic scientists, nursing scientists, epidemiologists, oncologists, surgeons and other clinicians.
TFDD call 2023
Out of a total of 24 received applications, 13 applications for TFDD listed below were granted funding after evaluation by the Cancer Research KI network board. Total grant SUM 1,320.000 SEK will be awarded by Cancer Research KI. The evaluation was based on four criteria: Scientific impact and quality, Action program, Added value of network & Organisation, Report on activities (when applicable).
| Network Theme | Application Network Leader | SUM granted (SEK) |
|---|---|---|
| Hepato Pancreatic Biliary (HPB) Tumours | Matthias Löhr | 150,000 |
| Task Force for Clinical and Translational Sarcoma Research | Nikolas Herold | 150,000 |
| Task Force bladder- and urinary tract cancer (Task Force UC) | Anders Ullén | 50,000 |
| Cervical Cancer Task Force | Karin Sundström | 110,000 |
| Task Force on endocrine tumors | Catharina Larsson | 150,000 |
| Stockholm Liver Metastases Research Network | Marco Gerling | 150,000 |
| Translational AML Network | Martin Jädersten | 150,000 |
| Karolinska Merkel Cell Carcinoma | Weng-Onn Lui | 120,000 |
| Karolinska Institutet Neuroblastoma Network | John Inge Johnsen | 150,000 |
| KI-K Pediatric CNS Tumor Task Force | Klas Blomgren | 140,000 |
| Immune Checkpoint Regulation and Immunotherapy Network (ICRIN) | Georgios Rassidakis | 150,000 |
| Breast Cancer Theme Center (BRECT) | Staffan Strömblad | 150,000 |
| Head, Neck, Lung, and Skin Cancer (HHLH) | Simon Ekman | 150,000 |
TFDD call 2020
Out of a total of 7 received applications, 6 applications for TFDD listed below (table of successful networks coming soon) were granted funding after evaluation by the Cancer Research KI network board. Total grant SUM 690.000 SEK will be awarded by Cancer Research KI. The evaluation was based on four criteria: Scientific impact and quality, Action program, Added value of network & Organisation, Report on activities (when applicable).
| Network Theme | Application Network Leader | SUM granted (SEK) |
|---|---|---|
| The BRECT consortium | Nick Tobin | 150.000 SEK |
| Hereditary Cancers | Svetlana Bajalica Lagercrantz | 120.000 SEK |
| Head and Neck | Andreas Lundqvist | 150.000 SEK |
| Immune Checkpoint Regulation and Immunotherapy Network | Georgios Rassidakis | 50.000 SEK |
| Pancreas and Hepatobiliary Cancers | Matthias Löhr | 120.000 SEK |
| Radiomics Trial in Colon Cancer | Alexander Valdman | 100.000 SEK |
TFDD call 2018
Out of a total of 13 received applications, the nine applications for TFDD listed below were granted funding after evaluation by the KICancer network board. Total grant SUM 750.000 SEK (from KICancer and StratCan). The evaluation was based on four criteria: Scientific impact and quality, Action program, Added value of network & Organisation, Report on activities (when applicable).
| Network Theme | Application Network Leader | SUM granted (SEK) |
|---|---|---|
| Gynecological Cancers | Joseph Carlson | 100.000 SEK |
| The BRECT consortium | Nick Tobin & Jonas Bergh | 100.000 SEK |
| Pediatric Cancers | Per Kogner | 100.000 SEK |
| Pancreatic Tumors | Matthias Löhr | 100.000 SEK |
| Sarcoma | Bertha Brodin | 75.000 SEK |
| Head, Neck, Lung | Tina Dalianis | 75.000 SEK |
| Hematology | Eva Hellström-Lindberg | 75.000 SEK |
| Endocrine Cancers | Catharina Larsson | 75.000 SEK |
| Immune Checkpoint & Immunotherapy | Georgios Rassidakis | 50.000 SEK |