Since the inception of the Stuart Scott Memorial Cancer Research Fund, the V Foundation awards grants that support minority researchers and research that addresses the biological basis of cancer disparities. Translational Grants and Designated Grants that fund research on cancer types that disproportionately affect minority populations, including research on the biological basis of cancer disparities experienced by patients specifically from minority populations. Research is dedicated to the aggressiveness, therapeutic responsiveness, and ultimate outcomes experienced by cancer patients from diverse ethnic populations. 

The Fund also supports V Scholar Grants, awarded to scientists from minority populations who are presently underrepresented in science. This gives these researchers important, early-career funding to establish their labs and begin their careers as cancer researchers. 

To date, the V Foundation has awarded nearly $15 million in research grants from combined funds raised through ESPN, Inc. and other generous donors and partners. Our goal is to bring resolution to inequities in the cancer space. Your support will accelerate cutting-edge research, help experts diagnose cancer earlier and treat it more effectively, and fuel our commitment to inclusion which helps us close the gap, unconscious bias and disparities in our work to end cancer.