National Foundation for Cancer Research (NFCR) is an American nonprofit organization founded in 1973.
It provides funds to cancer scientists and researchers, with the ultimate goal of a cure for
cancer
Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body. These contrast with benign tumors, which do not spread. Possible signs and symptoms include a lump, abnormal b ...
.
Awards
The
Szent-Györgyi Prize for Progress in Cancer Research, established by the NFCR and named in honor of
Albert Szent-Györgyi
Albert Imre Szent-Györgyi de Nagyrápolt ( hu, nagyrápolti Szent-Györgyi Albert Imre; September 16, 1893 – October 22, 1986) was a Hungarian biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1937. He is credited with fi ...
, Nobel Laureate and co-founder of NFCR, has been awarded annually since 2006 to outstanding researchers whose scientific achievements have expanded the understanding of cancer and whose vision has moved cancer research in new directions. The Szent-Györgyi Prize honors researchers whose discoveries have made possible new approaches to preventing, diagnosing and/or treating cancer.
References
External links
Official website
Cancer charities in the United States
Organizations with year of establishment missing
Organizations established in 1973
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