STOP CANCER is a non-profit volunteer organization dedicated to raising funds for cancer research by supporting young research scientists on the cutting edge of cancer research. The late Dr. Armand Hammer in Partnership with Sherry Lansing, former Chairman of Paramount Pictures, founded the group in 1988. After Dr. Hammer’s death in 1990, the group was reorganized with Sherry Lansing as Chair.

STOP CANCER funds Research Career Development Awards to young research scientists at the National Cancer Institute -designated UCLA’s Jonsson, USC’s Norris and City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Centers. Each Award is for $150,000. Awardees are selected each year based on nominations of each Center’s internal peer review recommendations. In addition to the $150,000 support for each Award, each Center funds an additional “in kind” like amount to the Awardees in their respective institution. “In kind” funds are in the form of space, equipment, secretarial and administrative support, telephones, laboratory supplies, underlying salary support and other services and interactions between faculty and Awardees. Such “in kind” support effectively more than doubles each Award for a value of over $300,000.

Through this innovative program, STOP CANCER encourages the most promising scientists who may find the answers to ending the scourge of cancer.