Ludwig Cancer Research awards HMS $90M
Ludwig Cancer Research, on behalf of its founder, Daniel K. Ludwig, has given Harvard Medical School (HMS) $90 million to spur innovative scientific inquiry and discovery. This grant reflects a portion of a $540 million gift divided equally among Ludwig Centers at six academic institutions throughout the United States. According to the Ludwig announcement, this new financial support is among the largest private gifts ever for cancer research. Massachusetts is the only state to have two Ludwig Centers, one at Harvard and one at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Identical grants are also being awarded to the Ludwig Centers at Johns Hopkins, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Stanford University, and the University of Chicago. “This gift provides a momentous opportunity for the entire Harvard Medical School community to glean new insights into the basic biology of cancer, as well as to accelerate the translation of basic research to improve patient outcomes,” said...