Our mission is simple – we fund game-changing research and all-star scientists to accelerate victory over cancer and save lives. You find a way to help us with a donation.

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®.

Number one is laugh. You should laugh every day. Number two is think, you should spend some time in thought. And number three is you should have your emotions moved to tears.

We fund game-changing research and all-star scientists to accelerate Victory Over Cancer® and save lives.

As of 2023, the V Scholar Grant is a three-year grant of $200,000 per year. It supports young tenure-track faculty early in their cancer research careers by funding projects that are either laboratory-based fundamental research or translational research.

Health Minister's Cancer Patient Fund (HMCPF) has been set up for providing financial assistance to the poor patients suffering from cancer. A Corpus Fund of Rs. 100 crore has been set up, which has been placed in fixed deposit.

The V Foundation for Cancer Research was founded in 1993 by ESPN and the late Jim Valvano, legendary North Carolina State University basketball coach and ESPN commentator.

“It is one of life's greatest honors and pleasures to work with the outstanding Board of Directors that we have at the V Foundation,” said Susan Braun, CEO of the V Foundation.

He shows that cancer may defeat him but his attitude that he has lived his entire life will not falter. More specifically, Valvano says, “Cancer can take away all my physical abilities. It cannot touch my mind, it cannot touch my heart and it cannot touch my soul. And those three things are going to carry on forever.”

Valvano used his social platform and the emotional atmosphere of the audience to call for help in the battle against cancer. Valvano acknowledged that his foundation was too late to save his life, but it would open the gateway for others to have a fighting chance: “It may not save my life.

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