BCRFA funds cancer-related research grants through O’Neal Invests

The UAB O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center is pleased to announce that the Breast Cancer Research Foundation of Alabama (BCRFA) has generously funded two grants through the 2025 spring cycle of O’Neal Invests.

• J. Bart Rose, M.D.; Benjamin Larimer, Ph.D.; and Michael Niederweis, Ph.D.
  • Department of Surgery, Department of Radiology and Department of Microbiology
  • Pre-R01
  • Validation and Rapid Detection of Calreticulin as a Cancer Biomarker
• Jia Xu, Ph.D.
  • Department of Genetics
  • Catalyst
  • Synergistic Antitumor Effect of Combined EZH2 and Aurora Kinases Inhibition in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

There are two O’Neal Invests RFAs per year, in the spring and fall. O’Neal Cancer Center membership is not a requirement to apply, but awardees must become members. The grants are peer-reviewed by a panel of UAB faculty.

To learn about other grants awarded during the spring cycle, click here.

The new RFA for O’Neal Invests applications will be available June 10, 2025.