The Board of Directors reviews and approves major programs and the Science Team sets the scientific direction and objectives of the programs. All administrative and overhead costs are underwritten allowing 100% of gifts to go directly to science programs.

All donations will be directed to the designated programs.

Canary Research Award Process

All funding requests are by invitation only. Only exception is the Canary-ACS postdoctoral fellowship program which is administered by the American Cancer Society. Once an invitation has been extended potential funding recipients are asked to complete a Funding Request Form which includes the following sections: Abstract, Research Plan, Budget and Investigator Biosketch. Funding requests are then reviewed by the Canary Science Team at one of our Science Team meetings. The appropriate team leader then decides whether or not to recommend funding this project based on the project's scientific merit and contribution to the relevant program. Projects that are recommended by the team leader are subject to approval by the Executive Director, Dr. Sanjiv Gambhir who considers available funds as well as scientific contribution of the project. Sanjiv in turn recommends to Don Listwin for final decisions. Funds are distributed directly to the award recipient's host institution with an accompanying letter indicating that the funds should be directed towards the specific research project in question.