February 21, 2024- Thermo Fisher Scientific announced the latest recipients of the Oncomine Clinical Research Grant, recognizing research from the Melanoma Institute Australia, the University of Turin in Italy and Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. The grant program, now in its seventh round of awardees, supports investigator-initiated studies with the aim to increase high-quality molecular profiling in oncology and to help democratize precision medicine.
Since its introduction in 2020, the Oncomine Clinical Research Grant program has provided up to $200,000 in reagents and general funding for 22 unique research projects conducted by independent clinical research teams. Grants have been awarded across 14 countries and five continents, spanning research topics from molecular profiling in solid-tumors, pediatric oncology, hemato-oncology, immune-oncology and liquid biopsy, all of which help to study potential new and expanded applications for accessible and rapid next-generation sequencing (NGS).