From: "Melanoma Research Alliance" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: Melanoma Research Alliance Announces More Than $8.5 million in New Grants for Melanoma Research Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2017 14:14:40 +0000 ;!.Melanoma Research Alliance logo Donate MRA NEWS For Immediate Release: Contact: Pamela Goldsmith 202.702.2655 [email protected] Melanoma Research Alliance Announces More Than $8.5 million in New Grants for Melanoma Research Scientists in Six Countries to Share Awards Advancing Treatment and Understanding of Melanoma WASHINGTON, DC, April 27, 2017 — On the cusp of Melanoma Awareness Month (May), the Melanoma Research Alliance (MRA) today announced 34 new research awards to 28 institutions in six countries. The over $8.5 million in new funding will help to accelerate additional therapeutic approaches, optimize the use of existing drugs and gain a better understanding of how melanoma forms. The 2017 grants bring the total awarded by MRA, the largest private funder of melanoma research, to $88 million since its founding ten years ago. "The caliber of scientific proposals presented this year to our Grant Review Committee surpassed all expectations," says Debra Black, chair and co-founder of MRA. "These awards will further our ability to improve melanoma outcomes, support the next generation of melanoma researchers and help draw us ever closer to a cure." Among the 2017 projects funded are innovative programs to discover the next generation of treatments building from the remarkable progress to date with both EFTA00679004