2026 application
Download the application (DOCX), complete it, and then email it to dcc.institutional.applications@dartmouth.edu. You will receive a return email stating that your application has been received.
The deadline for submission is February 13, 2026.
Policies and instruction
In addition to information on the ACS website, the 66-page American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grants Policies and Instructions document (PDF) is available.
If you have any questions, contact Richard Lucius at richard.w.lucius.jr@dartmouth.edu or 603-646-5498.
Current recipients
- Indrani Bhattacharya, PhD, Professor, Department of Biomedical Data Science, Geisel School of Medicine
Multimodal machine learning-assisted prostate cancer and metastasis detection on whole-body PSMA_PET/CT scans - Madelyn Frumkin, PhD, Assistant Professor, Departments of Biomedical Data Science and of Psychiatry, Geisel School of Medicine
Digital Biomarkers to Improve Prediction and Understanding of Chronic Post-Surgical Pain following Breast Cancer Surgery - Xiao Hu, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, MaineHealth Maine Medical Center
The access and upfront use of comprehensive genomic tests in patients with newly diagnosed advanced non-small cell lung cancer
Past recipients
Congratulations to the past ACS Research Grant recipients.
2024
- Prerna Malaney, PhD
Examining the Genetic Underpinnings of High-Risk Pediatric Burkitt Lymphoma - Aurora Quaye, MD
Investigating the Association between Polyp Detection and Sedation during Colonoscopy - Frederick Varn, PhD
Modeling the effects of brain aging on glioblastoma transcriptional evolution in mice
2023
- Britt Goods, PhD
Creating a scalable, biopsy-derived organoid model pipeline for endometrial cancer - Katherine Hixon, PhD
In Vivo Cryogel Scaffolds with Radiation Therapy for MBD Bone Regeneration - Shauna McVorran, MD, MHSA
Transrectal Optical Dosimetry in High Dose Rate Brachytherapy
2022
- Courtney Stevens, PhD
Measuring breast cancer survivor’s subjective response to exercise using a novel, smartwatch-based ecological momentary assessment sampling method: A stakeholder-centered test of feasibility and acceptability - Siming Zhao, PhD
Novel Statistical Approaches to Subtyping Cancer Using High-dimensional Data
2020
- Gabriel Brooks, MD, MPH
Pretreatment plasma uracil as a biomarker for sub-therapeutic dosing of 5-fluorouracil during chemotherapy for gastrointestinal cancer - Garrett Wasp, MD
Developing an Experimental Framework to Evaluate Oncologist Emotion Regulation and its Effect on Prognostic Disclosure - George Zanazzi, MD
Brain tumor microenvironment in metastatic small cell carcinoma