Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for Medical Research

The Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for Medical Research (the "JCC"), established in 1937, awards the "Jane Coffin Childs Postdoctoral Fellowship" for research in the medical and related sciences bearing on cancer. Currently the Foundation awards 20 to 30 fellowships per year.

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Members of the board of scientific advisors have included:

• Elizabeth Blackburn
• Peter Cresswell
• Elaine Fuchs
• Tony Hunter
• Cynthia Kenyon
• John Kuriyan
• Susan McConnell
• Thomas D. Pollard
• Randy Schekman
• Charles J. Sherr
• Pamela A. Silver
• Graham C. Walker

Notable fellows have included:

• Jeremy M. Berg
• David S. Cafiso
• Margaret T. Fuller
• Juan E. González
• Susan Gottesman
• Enoch Huang
• Lara Mahal
• William McGinnis
• James A. Shapiro
• Joan A. Steitz
• Clare M. Waterman-Storer

See also

• Helen Hay Whitney Foundation
• Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation
• Life Sciences Research Foundation