Call for research grants 2025/2026 pending ressolution

Call for research grants 2025/2026 pending ressolution

Awarding of FOT grants for colorectal cancer research for the 2024/2025 Call

The meeting of the Jury in charge of evaluating the projects submitted to the 2024/2025 Call has taken place.

A total of 17 projects were submitted, 9 of which competed for the Josep Bombardó Navinés Grant aimed at established researchers, and 8 for the Dionís Torres Segura Grant for emerging researchers.

After several rounds of selection processes, the final score was set. Projects that obtained the highest score in each category were:


Josep Bombardó Navinés. Established researchers

Title: “Refined transcriptional subgroups of colorectal cancer patients harbouring the BRAF V600e mutation”.

Author: Dr. Jose Antonio Seoane

Center: VHIO. Fundació Privada Institut de investigació Oncològica Vall d’Hebron

Dionís Torres Segura Emerging researchers

Title: “Prospective Evaluation of Multiple Biomarkers in Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer: EMELARC Project”.

Author: Dra. Núria Mulet Margalef

Center: Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP)

The Board of Trustees of the Foundation, following the proposal of the Scientific Committee, approved the awarding of the two grants, each endowed with €60,000, to the aforementioned projects.
The research will be carried out during the years 2025 and 2026.

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