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 |