Investing in Cancer Innovation: Grant Awards Total $2.24 Million
The Siteman Investment Program (SIP) recently invested $2.24 million into 11 of the most promising cancer research projects led by WashU Medicine investigators at Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and WashU Medicine.
Donors support the biannual research grant program with gifts to the Cancer Frontier Fund and other cancer research funds at The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital. The Cancer Frontier Fund includes gifts from generous donors made throughout the year and through the Foundation’s annual Illumination Gala and Pedal the Cause’s annual bike challenge.
Early-stage funding, like that of SIP, often determines the ability, success, and rate at which scientific discoveries can progress from early ideas to patient care and treatment. For every dollar of philanthropic support, SIP grant recipients leverage an additional $14 from national funding to expand and accelerate their research.
View all recent SIP awardees and learn about their innovative projects at Siteman Cancer Center.
About The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital
The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital helps donors enrich lives, save lives, and transform health care through charitable gifts. Thanks to generous donors across the country, the Foundation awards grants to help deliver exceptional patient care, accelerate life-saving research, support caregiver education, and improve the health of the communities we serve. In 2025, the Foundation awarded more than $85 million in grants.