The Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for Medical Research (the "JCC"), established in 1937,[1] awards the "Jane Coffin Childs Postdoctoral Fellowship" for research in the medical and related sciences bearing on cancer.
There are nearly two dozen individuals associated with the Fund—as grantees, fellows, and advisers—have won Nobel Prizes in physiology, medicine, and chemistry.
Over the years, the Fund has attracted distinguished scientists for its Board of Scientific Advisers.
[2] Members of the Board of Scientific Advisors have included: The Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for Medical Research is dedicated to providing financial support to offer highly qualified postdoctoral fellows the opportunity to pursue research into the causes and origins of cancer and other human diseases.
The goal of the Fund is to support the brightest postdoctoral fellows in biomedical research pursuing disease-related research while promoting and emphasizing the value and contribution of the individual in keeping with the spirit of the conception of the Fund.