Fund the Breakthroughs Federal Dollars No Longer Cover
Every 2.2 minutes, someone receives a lung cancer diagnosis. Every 4.2 minutes, someone dies from this disease. Meanwhile, the brilliant early-career researchers racing toward breakthroughs are at risk of abandoning their life-saving work.
In 2025, the Department of Defense’s Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program (CDMRP) slashed lung cancer research funding from $25 million to zero at a time when lung cancer claims more American lives each year than breast, prostate, and pancreatic cancers combined.
You can protect life-saving research.
By The Numbers
The Lung Cancer Funding Crisis
100% Decrease in funding for lung cancer research from Congress
226,650 people will be diagnosed this year
124,730 people will die of lung cancer this year
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"New treatments are coming around every day and the research is just so promising on on what's going to be the next best thing. Don't dwell in despair. Always have hope because you never know when your magic bullet is gonna arrive."
Wendy Brooks
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"We can't do without research and research cannot be done without your generous donations. Agencies like Lung Cancer Foundation of America are not only changing the life of Young Investigators but actually pushing the needle forward for research, consequently, to therapy. I'm really thankful for the donors who are contributing so generously."
Dr. Triparna Sen
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"It is because others before me advocated and made their needs heard that biomarker testing was discovered and, in turn, new highly effective drugs were developed. Getting more involved in research and doing my own research has become my purpose."
Jeff Stibelman
Meet the Researchers
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Zhen Zeng, PhD
Mapping exactly where cancer-fighting cells are located within tumors
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Julie Wu, MD
Precision models in clinical practice, personalizing treatment approaches
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Aparna Sharma
Genomic characterization of young onset lung adenocarcinoma
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Be one in a million.
Every donation—$25, $100, $1,000, or more—directly supports research, awareness, and education.
Together, we’re the million reasons lung cancer patients have hope. When federal funding disappears, individual donors become the foundation of hope. When you give, you’re funding the breakthrough that saves a life.
Federal funding for lung cancer research was eliminated this year, cutting millions from life-saving studies.
But together, we can fill the gap.
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One in a Million: $25 That Saves Lives
If one million people give just $25, we’ll raise $25 million for research that discovers tomorrow’s treatments. Be one in a million—your $25 matters more than you know.