The Cancer Research Institute (CRI) is a US non-profit organization funding cancer research and based in New York City. They were founded in 1953 to develop immunologically-based treatments for cancer , and despite their name are a funding body for research rather than a research institute themselves, working with other institutes and organizations. It was founded by Helen Coley Nauts and Oliver R. Grace with a $ 2,000 grant from Nelson Rockefeller . CRI was created in honor of Nauts' father, William Coley (1862–1936), an American orthopedic surgeon and a pioneer of cancer immunotherapy . Grounded in Dr. Coleyโs pioneering work, the Cancer Research Institute focuses on immunological treatments for cancer, both as a single treatment approach as well as a complement and enhancer to traditional treatments, such as chemotherapy and surgery .
5-447: The organization offers research grants to students, postdoctoral fellows, and investigators at medical research institutions throughout the world. It also funds clinical trials testing promising immunotherapies in a variety of cancer types and convenes scientific conferences for tumor immunologists. The institute makes a number of awards for excellence in the field of cancer research. William B. Coley Award The William B. Coley Award
10-406: A far-reaching impact on the cancer field. It is named after Lloyd J. Old , one of the founders and standard-bearers of the field of cancer immunology. Frederick W. Alt Award The Frederick W. Alt Award recognizes outstanding success in academia or industry for research that may have a potentially major impact on immunology. It is named in honor of geneticist Frederick W. Alt . Other awards are
15-493: Is given annually to one or more scientists for outstanding achievements in the field of basic immunology and cancer immunology. Awardees receive an honorary medal and $ 5,000 prize. It is named for the pioneer of cancer immunotherapy, William B. Coley . Lloyd J. Old Award The Lloyd J. Old Award in Cancer Immunology recognizes an active scientist whose outstanding and innovative research in cancer immunology has had
20-678: The Oliver R. Grace Award and the Helen Coley Nauts Award. This article about a philanthropic or charitable organization is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . William B. Coley Award The William B. Coley Award for Distinguished Research in Basic and Tumor Immunology is presented annually by the Cancer Research Institute , to scientists who have made outstanding achievements in
25-440: The fields of basic and tumor immunology and whose work has deepened our understanding of the immune system's response to disease, including cancer. The first awards were made in 1975 to a group of 16 scientists called the "Founders of Cancer Immunology." In 1993, the award was renamed after William B. Coley , a late-nineteenth century surgeon who made the first attempts at the non-surgical treatment of cancer through stimulation of
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