Topic specific national and international cancer research foundations and funding organisations
A non-exhaustive selection of topic specific non-governmental cancer research funders. Please visit our 'Cancer research groups by type and topic' page for a listing of national cancer research groups.
Breast Cancer
- Avon Foundation for Women
- Breast Cancer Alliance (USA)
- Breast Cancer Research Foundation (USA)
- California Breast Cancer Research Program (USA)
- Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation
- Earlier.org Friends for an Earlier Breast Cancer Test (USA)
- Florida Breast Cancer Foundation (USA)
- International Breast Cancer Research Foundation (IBCRF) (USA)
- METAvivor (USA)
- National Breast Cancer Foundation (Australia)
- Susan G. Komen (USA)
Cancer Prevention
Central Nervous System Malignancies
- American Brain Tumor Association (ABTA), (USA)
- Brain Tumour Research (UK)
- Chordoma Foundation (USA)
- Childhood Brain Tumor Foundation (CBTF) (USA)
- Cure Brain Cancer Foundation (Australia)
- National Brain Tumor Society (USA)
- The Cure Starts Now Foundation (USA)
- Voices Against Brain Cancer (USA)
Endocrine Cancers
- Association for Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Disorders (AMEND) (UK)
- Caring for Carcinoid Foundation (CFCF) (USA)
Gastrointestinal/Digestive Cancers
- Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation (USA)
- Colon Cancer Alliance (CCA) (USA)
- Colon Cancer Canada
- Gastro-Intestinal Research Foundation (USA)
- Hirshberg Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research (USA)
- Lustgarten Foundation, USA (USA)
- National Pancreas Foundation (NPF) (USA)
- No Stomach For Cancer (USA)
- Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN) (USA)
- Pancreatic Cancer UK
Genitourinary Cancers
- International Prostate Cancer Foundation (USA)
- Kidney Cancer Association (KCA) (USA)
- Prostate Cancer Foundation (USA)
- Prostate Cancer Canada
- Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia
- The International Testicular Cancer Foundation (USA)
Gynaecologic Malignancies
- European Society of Gynaecological Oncology (ESGO) (Czech Republic)
- Foundation for Women’s Cancer (USA)
- International Gynecologic Cancer Society (IGCS) (USA)
- International Cervical Cancer (INCCA) (Peru)
- Ovarian Cancer Research Fund (OCRF) (USA)
- Sandy Rollman Ovarian Cancer Foundation (USA)
Haematologic Malignancies
- Aplastic Anemia and MDS International Foundation (USA)
- British Society for Haematology (BSH) (UK)
- Cutaneous Lymphoma Foundation (CLF) (USA)
- Fanconi Anemia Research Fund (USA)
- International Myeloma Foundation (USA)
- International Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia Foundation (IWMF) (USA)
- Josep Carreras Leukaemia Foundation (Spain)
- Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (USA)
- MPN Research Foundation (USA)
- Lady Tata Memorial Trust (UK)
- Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (USA)
- Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research (UK)
- Leukemia Research Foundation (USA)
- Lymphoma Research Foundation (USA)
Head and Neck Cancers
- Oral Cancer Foundation (USA)
- American Thyroid Association (USA)
- Head and Neck Cancer Alliance (USA)
- Research and Education Foundation of the American Head and Neck Society (USA)
- Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma Research Foundation (ACCRF) (USA)
- Ocular Melanoma Foundation (OMF) (USA)
- Garnett Passe and Rodney Williams Memorial Foundation Supporting Otorhinolaryngological Research in Australasia (Australia)
Imaging and Radiation Oncology
Immunology
- Cancer Immunology Research Foundation (Concern Foundation) (USA)
- International Immunology Foundation (Germany)
Lung and other thoracic tumours
- Canadian Lung Association
- Free to Breathe (USA)
- Foundation for Thymic Cancer Research (FTCR) (USA)
- International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (USA)
- Lung Cancer Foundation of America (LCFA) (USA)
- Lung Cancer Research Foundation (LCRF) (USA)
- Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation (USA)
- Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation (UK)
Melanoma
- Melanoma International Foundation (USA)
- Melanoma Research Foundation (MRF) (USA)
- Melanoma Research Alliance (USA)
- Ocular Melanoma Foundation (OMF) (USA)
- Skin Cancer Foundation and International Alliance Against Cancers of the Skin (USA)
Molecular Mechanisms/Genomics
- Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy (ACGT) (USA)
- Molecular Oncology Research Foundation (Spain)
- Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) Foundation (USA)
Nanotechnology
Paediatric Cancers
- Childhood Brain Tumor Foundation (CBTF) (USA)
- Cookies for Kids' Cancer Fund (USA)
- CureSearch (USA)
- International Children's Cancer Foundation (ICCF) (USA)
- Kinderkrebsstiftung (Children's Cancer Foundation) (Germany)
- Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation (P.C.R.F.) (USA)
- St. Baldrick’s Foundation (USA)
- The Cure Starts Now Foundation (USA)
Pathobiology and Pharmacology
- American Society of Cytopathology (ASC) Foundation (USA)
- College of American Pathologists (CAP) Foundation (USA)
Patient-Centred Outcomes Research
- Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (USA)
- Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP) (Austria)
- World Pathology Foundation (Canada)