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SNMMI Mars Shot / Prostate Cancer Foundation Collaborative Prostate Cancer Grant
prostate cancerdiagnosistreatment+2 more
Deadline: Deadline: December 1 (annual)
About Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
Advance the science, technology and clinical practice of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging by supporting research, education, workforce development, advocacy and patient-centered care.
Focus Areas
nuclear medicinemolecular imagingtheranosticsradiopharmaceutical therapyclinical trialseducation and professional developmentradiopharmacy
Who They Fund
junior academic faculty/early-career investigatorsstudents/traineesresearch laboratories/university research centerscommunity members/underserved populations (via outreach)prostate cancer patient populations (research focus)
About Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging channels most of its grantmaking into research that advances nuclear medicine, molecular imaging, and radiopharmaceutical therapy, with a strong emphasis on prostate cancer and early-career scientific development. Its Mars Shot Research Fund is the clearest example: awards of $598,830 to the University of Wisconsin, $500,000 to Stanford University, $498,757 to the University of California, and $485,091 to Sloan Kettering Institute for Cancer Research show a scale that extends well beyond small pilot support. The foundation also pairs research support with named lectures and career-stage awards, including grants tied to Steven Mark Larson, MD and Dr. Sanjiv “Sam” Gambhir. Those awards point to a funder that uses research funding and recognition together, not as separate activities. A second pattern is the mix of institutional research support and smaller development-oriented grants. Alongside large multi-year awards, the foundation funds student research, junior faculty work, and pilot studies, indicating a pipeline that reaches from training into more advanced investigation. The recent grants also include outreach and laboratory support, which suggests the organization funds both scientific inquiry and the infrastructure around it. Across the grants listed here, recipients are U.S.-based institutions, reinforcing a national funding footprint centered on academic medical and research environments.
What Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Funds
In prostate cancer research, the foundation gave $100,000 to Sloan Kettering Institute for Cancer Research for a 2024-2025 SNMMI Mars Shot Prostate Cancer Research Grant. It also awarded $75,000 through the SNMMI–Prostate Cancer Foundation Grant to support innovative research addressing unmet medical needs in diagnosis and treatment. For molecular imaging research and faculty development, Johns Hopkins University received $58,238 through the ERF-SNMMI Molecular Imaging Research Grant for Junior Academic Faculty. That program sits alongside named lecture-and-grant awards for early-to-mid career researchers in nuclear medicine, radiochemistry, and medical physics. The foundation also funds training and pilot work. University of Texas at Austin received $20,000 under the ERF-SNMMI Mitzi and William Blahd, MD Pilot Research Grant, while Washington University in Saint Louis received student research support through Discovering Molecular Imaging awards in 2022-2023 and 2023-2024.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$1.8M
Total Assets
$26.1M
Total Revenue
$19.5M
Total Expenses
$18M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $20K and $485K, with a median of $100K.
25th Percentile
$20K
Median
$100K
75th Percentile
$485K
Geographic Reach
National11 states funded
About 0% of grants go to recipients in CA.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
VIRGINIA PAPPAS
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