Grant Recipients : Israel Cancer Research Fund

Grant Recipients

ICRF has awarded more than $78 million in funding to support over 2,500 grants to outstanding cancer researchers at all leading institutions in Israel as well as collaborative research partnerships between Israeli and North American investigators. Many of our grantees are responsible for major cancer research breakthroughs and discoveries.

Recipient(s)	Institution	Grant Type	Research Topics	Grant Status
Sheera Adar, PhD	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Research Career Development Award	Blood Cancers, Cancer Metastasis, Genetics and Genomics, Lung Cancer, Skin Cancer, Women’s Cancers	Active
Ronen Alon, PhD	Weizmann Institute of Science	Project Grant	Cancer Metabolism, Lung Cancer, Melanoma	Active
Ido Amit, PhD	Weizmann Institute of Science	ICRF-Alan B. Slifka Foundation-Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation Max Ritvo, Alan Slifka & Desiree Dato Fund for Fusion-Oncoprotein Cancers and Metastasis	Metastasis	Active
Gil Ast, PhD	Tel Aviv University	Project Grant	Computational Biology, Genetics and Genomics, Men’s Cancers, RNA Metabolism	Active
Michal Baniyash, PhD	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Research Professorship Grant	Colorectal Cancer, Oncogenesis	Active
Sivia Barnoy, RN, PhD	Tel Aviv University	Project Grant	Clinical and Translational Research, Colorectal Cancer, Women’s Cancers	Active
Irit Ben-Aharon, MD, PhD	Rambam Health Care Campus	Project Grant	Cancer and Pregnancy, Chemotherapy, Experimental Therapeutics	Active
Shay Ben-Aroya, PhD	Bar-Ilan University	Acceleration Grant	Basic Science, Oncogenesis	Active
Uri Ben-David, PhD	Tel Aviv University	ICRF-Israel Ministry of Science and Technology Gesher Award for Academic Excellence in the Field of Cancer Research	Animal Modes of Cancer, Bone Cancers, Brain Cancer, Cancer Metastasis, Colorectal Cancer, Gastrointestinal Cancer, Genetics and Genomics, Lung Cancer, Men’s Cancers, Pancreatic Cancer, Renal Cancer, Skin Cancer, Women’s Cancers	Active
Shamgar Ben-Eliyahu, PhD	Tel Aviv University	Project Grant	Cancer Metastasis, Clinical and Translational Research, Colorectal Cancer, Gastrointestinal Cancer, Human Subjects, Immunology and Immunotherapy, Inflammation and Cancer	Active
Yinon Ben-Neriah,	Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School	Research Professorship Grant	Colorectal Cancer, Stem Cells	Active
Michael Berger, PhD	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Project Grant	Men’s Cancers, Pancreatic Cancer, Pediatric Cancer, Skin Cancers, Animal Modes of Cancer, Bone Cancers, Brain Cancer, Cancer Metastasis, Colorectal Cancer, Human Subjects, Immunology and Immunotherapy, Metabolism and Cancer, Renal Cancer, Women’s Cancers	Active
Yehudit Bergman, PhD	Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School	Research Professorship Grant	Breast Cancer, Cancer Stem Cells, Colorectal Cancer, Inflammation and Cancer	Active
Michal Brunwasser-Meirom, PhD	Technion, Israel Institute of Technology	Postdoctoral Fellowship	Experimental Therapeutics	Active
Yaron Carmi, PhD	Tel Aviv University	Research Career Development Award	Animal Modes of Cancer, Cancer Metastasis, Cell Signaling, Immunology and Immunotherapy, Inflammation and Cancer, Model Organisms, Skin Cancer	Active
Howard Cedar, MD, PhD	Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School	Research Professorship Grant	Genetics and Genomics, Oncogenesis	Active
Aaron Ciechanover, MD, DSc	Technion, Israel Institute of Technology	Research Professorship Grant	Inflammation and Cancer, Oncogenesis, Ubiquitin System	Active
Cyrille Cohen, PhD	Bar-Ilan University	ICRF-Cancer Research Institute Immunotherapy Promise Grant	Blood Cancers, Cancer Metastasis, Colorectal Cancer, Gastrointestinal Cancer, Immunology and Immunotherapy, Lung Cancer, Skin Cancer	Active
Idan Cohen, PhD	Ben-Gurion University of the Negev	Research Career Development Award	Animal Modes of Cancer, Skin Cancer	Active
Rony Dahan, PhD	Weizmann Institute of Science	Research Career Development Award	Cancer Metastasis, Immunology and Immunotherapy	Active
Ofer Elhanani, PhD	Weizmann Institute of Science	Postdoctoral Fellowship	Clinical and Translational Research, Computational Biology, Drug Mechanisms and Development, Genetics and Genomics, Immunology and Immunotherapy, Skin Cancer	Active
Neta Erez, PhD	Tel Aviv University	Project Grant	Animal Modes of Cancer, Breast Cancer, Cancer Metastasis, Clinical and Translational Research, Immunology and Immunotherapy, Lung Cancer, Model Organisms	Active
Tal Falick Michaeli, MD	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Postdoctoral Fellowship	Animal Modes of Cancer, Cancer Metastasis, Colorectal Cancer, Epigenetics, Genetics and Genomics, Molecular Biology	Active
Lucio Frydman, PhD	Weizmann Institute of Science	Acceleration Grant	Cancer Metabolism, Deuterium Magnetic Resonance, Early Detection, MRI	Active
Hava Gil-Henn, PhD	Bar-Ilan University	Project Grant	Animal Modes of Cancer, Cancer Metastasis, Cell Signaling, Proteomics and Protein Structures, Women’s Cancers	Active
Moshe Giladi, MD, PhD	Tel Aviv University	Research Career Development Award	Cancer Metastasis, Gastrointestinal Cancer, Lung Cancer, Metabolism and Cancer, Oncogenesis, Proteomics and Protein Structures	Active
Yafit Gilboa, PhD	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Brause Family Initiative for Quality of Life Grant	Cancer-Related Cognitive Decline, Clinical and Translational Research, Quality of Life	Active
Zvi Granot, PhD	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Project Grant	Cancer Metastasis, Immunology and Immunotherapy, Inflammation and Cancer	Active
Shoshana Greenberger, MD, PhD	Chaim Sheba Medical Center	Project Grant	Lymphangiogenesis, Skin Cancer	Active
Albert Grinshpun, MD, MSc	Hadassah Medical Organization	ICRF-Conquer Cancer (The ASCO Foundation) Career Development Award	Breast Cancer	Active
Jacob Hanna, MD, PhD	Weizmann Institute of Science	Research Professorship Grant	Experimental Therapeutics, Stem Cells	Active
Erez Hasnis, MD, PhD	Rambam Health Care Campus	ICRF-Israel Ministry of Science and Technology Gesher Award for Academic Excellence in the Field of Cancer Research	Animal Modes of Cancer, Cell Signaling, Clinical and Translational Research, Computational Biology, Human Subjects, Pancreatic Cancer, Proteomics and Protein Structures	Active
Emmilia Hodak, MD	Rabin Medical Center	ICRF-City of Hope Jacki and Bruce Barron Cancer Research Scholars’ Program Grant	Immunology and Immunotherapy, Lymphoma	Active
Avi-Hai Hovav, PhD	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Project Grant	Animal Modes of Cancer, Carcinomas, Immunology and Immunotherapy, Oral Cancer	Active
Noah Isakov, PhD	Ben-Gurion University of the Negev	ICRF-City of Hope Jacki and Bruce Barron Cancer Research Scholars’ Program Grant	Animal Modes of Cancer, Blood Cancers, Cell Signaling, Immunology and Immunotherapy, Leukemia, Lymphoma, Model Organisms	Active
Lina Jaber, PhD	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Postdoctoral Fellowship	Metabolism and Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer	Active
Tomer Kalisky, PhD	Bar-Ilan University	Project Grant	Genetics and Genomics, Renal Cancer	Active
Nathan Karin, PhD	Technion, Israel Institute of Technology	Project Grant	Animal Modes of Cancer, Immunology and Immunotherapy, Melanoma	Active
Rotem Karni, PhD	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Len & Susan Mark Initiative For Ovarian And Uterine/MMMT Cancers Grant	Cancer Metastasis, Genetics and Genomics, Ovarian and Uterine Cancer, RNA Metabolism	Active
Martin Kupiec, PhD	Tel Aviv University	Research Professorship Grant	Molecular Biology, Oncogenesis	Active
Yaacov Lawrence, MBBS	Chaim Sheba Medical Center	Project Grant	Animal Modes of Cancer, Clinical and Translational Research, Experimental Therapeutics, Metabolism and Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer	Active
Erez Levanon, PhD	Bar-Ilan University	ICRF-City of Hope Jacki and Bruce Barron Cancer Research Scholars’ Program Grant	Cell Signaling, Genetics and Genomics, Immunology and Immunotherapy, Intracellular Trafficking, Metabolism and Cancer, RNA Metabolism	Active
Nir London, PhD	Weizmann Institute of Science	Research Career Development Award	Chemical Biology, Drug Discovery, Drug Mechanisms and Development, Medicinal Chemistry, Melanoma, Proteomics and Protein Structures, Skin Cancer	Active
Ofer Mandelboim, PhD	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Research Professorship Grant	Immunology and Immunotherapy	Active
Katy Margulis, PhD	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Research Career Development Award	Metabolism and Cancer, Skin Cancer	Active
Yifat Merbl, PhD	Weizmann Institute of Science	Acceleration Grant	Immunology and Immunotherapy	Active
Lirin Michaeli, PhD	Tel Aviv University	Postdoctoral Fellowship	Cancer Treatment, Experimental Therapeutics, Proteomics and Protein Structures	Active
Michael Milyavsky, PhD	Tel Aviv University	Project Grant	Genetics and Genomics, Leukemia, Pediatric Cancer	Active
Ariel Munitz, PhD	Tel Aviv University	ICRF-City of Hope Jacki and Bruce Barron Cancer Research Scholars’ Program Grant	Cancer Metastasis, Immunology and Immunotherapy	Active
Lior Nissim, PhD	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	ICRF-Cancer Research Institute Immunotherapy Promise Grant	Clinical and Translational Research, Immunology and Immunotherapy, Lung Cancer, Synthetic Gene Circuits	Active
Oren Parnas, PhD	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Research Career Development Award	Human Subjects, Immunology and Immunotherapy, Inflammation and Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer	Active
Ruth Perets, MD, PhD	Rambam Health Care Campus	Len & Susan Mark Initiative For Ovarian And Uterine/MMMT Cancers Grant	Experimental Therapeutics, Ovarian and Uterine Cancer	Active
Avi Priel, PhD	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Brause Family Initiative for Quality of Life Grant	Cancer Pain, Clinical and Translational Research, Drug Mechanisms and Development, Inflammation and Cancer, Pain Management, Quality of Life	Active
Yoram Reiter, PhD	Technion, Israel Institute of Technology	Project Grant	Animal Modes of Cancer, Blood Cancers, Immunology and Immunotherapy	Active
Asya Rolls, PhD	Technion, Israel Institute of Technology	ICRF-Cancer Research Institute Immunotherapy Promise Grant	Animal Modes of Cancer, Cancer Metastasis, Immunology and Immunotherapy, Inflammation and Cancer, Model Organisms	Active
Rotem Rubinstein, PhD	Tel Aviv University	Research Career Development Award	Blood Cancers, Brain Tumors, Gastrointestinal Cancers, Lung Cancer, Oral Cancers, Skin Cancers, Cancer Metastasis, Immunology and Immunotherapy, Oral Cancer, Proteomics and Protein Structures	Active
Maayan Salton, PhD	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Research Career Development Award	Experimental Therapeutics, Melanoma, RNA Metabolism, Skin Cancer	Active
Ronit Satchi-Fainaro, PhD	Tel Aviv University	Research Professorship Grant	Brain Cancer, Breast Cancer, Cancer Metastasis, Immunology and Immunotherapy, Lung Cancer, Nanotechnology	Active
Thomas Schultheiss, MD, PhD	Technion, Israel Institute of Technology	Project Grant	Cell Signaling, Intracellular Trafficking, Membrane Biology, Model Organisms, Oncogenesis	Active
Idit Shachar, PhD	Weizmann Institute of Science	ICRF-City of Hope Jacki and Bruce Barron Cancer Research Scholars’ Program Grant	Multiple Myeloma	Active
Yoav Shaul, PhD	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Research Career Development Award	Breast Cancer, Cancer Metastasis, Cancer Stem Cells, Cell Signaling, Genetics and Genomics, Metabolism and Cancer	Active
Yosef Shiloh, PhD	Tel Aviv University	Research Professorship Grant	Genetics and Genomics	Active
Ziv Shulman,	Weizmann Institute of Science	Research Career Development Award	Immunology and Immunotherapy, Inflammation and Cancer, Melanoma, Pancreatic Cancer	Active
Yonatan Stelzer, PhD	Weizmann Institute of Science	Research Career Development Award	Animal Modes of Cancer, Cancer Biology, Cancer Stem Cells, DNA Methylation, Epigenetics, Genetics and Genomics, Model Organisms	Active
Itay Tirosh, PhD	Weizmann Institute of Science	Len & Susan Mark Initiative For Ovarian And Uterine/MMMT Cancers Grant	Cancer Stem Cells, Computational Biology, Genetics and Genomics, Ovarian and Uterine Cancer	Active
Israel Vlodavsky, PhD	Technion, Israel Institute of Technology	Research Professorship Grant	Basic Research, Cancer Treatment, Clinical and Translational Research	Active
Yosef Yarden, PhD	Weizmann Institute of Science	Len & Susan Mark Initiative For Ovarian And Uterine/MMMT Cancers Grant	Immunology and Immunotherapy, Ovarian and Uterine Cancer	Active
Gil Ast, PhD	Tel Aviv University	Project Grant	Computational Biology, Genetics and Genomics, Oncogenesis, RNA Metabolism	Non-active
Gilad Bachrach, PhD	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Project Grant	BacterioOncology, Breast Cancer, Cancer Metastasis, Colorectal Cancer, Immunology and Immunotherapy, Oncogenesis	Non-active
Adit Ben-Baruch, PhD	Tel Aviv University	Project Grant	Breast Cancer, Immunology and Immunotherapy	Non-active
Ittai Ben-Porath, PhD	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	International Collaboration Grant	Inhibiting Tumor Growth	Non-active
Itai Benhar, PhD	Tel Aviv University	Project Grant	Carcinomas, Clinical and Translational Research, Immunology and Immunotherapy	Non-active
Limor Broday, PhD	Tel Aviv Univesity	Acceleration Grant	Cell Signaling, Genetics and Genomics, Lung Cancer, Model Organisms, Oncogenesis	Non-active
Benjamin Dekel, MD, PhD	Chaim Sheba Medical Center	Acceleration Grant	Cancer Stem Cells, Clinical and Translational Research, Drug Mechanisms and Development, Genetics and Genomics, Pediatric Cancer, Renal Cancer, Stem Cells	Non-active
Moshe Elkabets, PhD	Ben-Gurion University of the Negev	Research Career Development Award	Head and Neck Cancer	Non-active
Yaron Fuchs, PhD	Technion, Israel Institute of Technology	Acceleration Grant	Skin Cancer	Non-active
Noa Furth, PhD	Weizmann Institute of Science	Postdoctoral Fellowship	Blood Cancers, Brain Cancer, Cell Signaling, Chromatin, Epigenetics, Genetics and Genomics, Pediatric Cancer, Proteomics and Protein Structures	Non-active
Naama Geva-Zatorsky, PhD	Technion, Israel Institute of Technology	Acceleration Grant	Colorectal Cancer, Gastrointestinal Cancer, Inflammation and Cancer	Non-active
Ziv Gil, MD, PhD	Rambam Health Care Campus	ICRF-City of Hope Jacki and Bruce Barron Cancer Research Scholars’ Program Grant	Chemotherapy, Pancreatic Cancer	Non-active
Zvi Granot,	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Research Career Development Award	Cancer Metastasis, Immunology and Immunotherapy	Non-active
Avram Hershko, MD, PhD	Technion, Israel Institute of Technology	Research Professorship Grant	Ubiquitin System	Non-active
Shai Izraeli, MD	Schneider Children’s Medical Center of Israel	ICRF-City of Hope Jacki and Bruce Barron Cancer Research Scholars’ Program Grant	Blood Cancers, Leukemia, Lymphoma, Pediatric Cancer	Non-active
Igor Koman, PhD	Ariel University	Project Grant	Cancer Stem Cells, Cancer Treatment, Clinical and Translational Research, Drug Mechanisms and Development, Stem Cells	Non-active
Asael Lubotzky, MD	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Postdoctoral Fellowship	Cancer Metastasis, Clinical and Translational Research, Computational Biology, Genetics and Genomics, Metabolism and Cancer	Non-active
Neta Milman, PhD	Rambam Health Care Campus	Barbara S. Goodman Endowed Research Career Development Award for Pancreatic Cancer	Immunology and Immunotherapy, Pancreatic Cancer	Non-active
Yitzhak Pilpel, PhD	Weizmann Institute of Science	Acceleration Grant	Computational Biology, Genetics and Genomics, Proteomics and Protein Structures	Non-active
Gad Rennert, MD, PhD	Carmel Medical Center	ICRF-City of Hope Jacki and Bruce Barron Cancer Research Scholars’ Program Grant	Breast Cancer	Non-active
Daniel Segal, PhD	Tel Aviv University	Project Grant	Brain Tumors, Eye Cancers, Renal Cancer, Drug Mechanisms and Development, Experimental Therapeutics	Non-active
Yuval Shaked, PhD	Technion, Israel Institute of Technology	Project Grant	Cancer Metastasis, Clinical and Translational Research, Immunology and Immunotherapy, Inflammation and Cancer	Non-active
Julia Shifman, PhD	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Project Grant	Cancer Metastasis, Computational Biology, Experimental Therapeutics, Protein Engineering, Proteomics and Protein Structures	Non-active
Ravid Straussman, MD, PhD	Weizmann Institute of Science	ICRF-City of Hope Jacki and Bruce Barron Cancer Research Scholars’ Program Grant	Lung Cancer, Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer	Non-active
Reuven Wiener, PhD	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Research Career Development Award	Drug Mechanisms and Development, Experimental Therapeutics	Non-active

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