V Foundation

Partnerships to Coincide with NCAA Basketball Tournaments

Event to Fund Cutting-Edge Pediatric Cancer Research

$200,000 V Scholar Grant Awarded for Research Related to Blood Cancers

Total of $225 Million Awarded for Cancer Research

Funding cutting-edge research for all forms of cancer Funds Matched by Bristol-Myers Squibb for a Total of $1.3 Million to be used for Breakthrough Cancer Research

Grant to Be Funded by the V Foundation to Early Career Investigator at The University of Kansas Cancer Center

The V Foundation for Cancer Research and Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy Join as Sponsors

The annual signature event has now raised more than $100 million for the V Foundation

The V Foundation for Cancer Research was founded by ESPN and legendary basketball coach Jim Valvano with one goal in mind: to achieve victory over cancer. Since its start in 1993, the V Foundation has awarded over $200 million in cancer research grants nationwide and has grown to become one of the premier supporters of cutting-edge cancer research funds.

Lauren Hill, a student-athlete at Mount St. Joseph University, has inspired many with her commitment to fulfilling her dream of playing college basketball despite a diagnosis of diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG), an aggressive type of brain tumor.