Research Philosophy
Our objective is finding a cure.
This gives us a different perspective and informs our philosophy. We believe a cure relies on:
- Research that provides essential resources and knowledge for the field (e.g. model systems, understanding genetic underpinnings, annotated patient specimens)
- Innovative research that opens new pathways for diagnosis and drug discovery
We want our research dollars to make a difference
- We support promising projects that are less likely to get traditional funding such as:
- Seed funding that could yield breakthrough benefits for patients
- High quality projects proposed by young investigators with demonstrated commitment to cholangiocarcinoma research
- Foundational projects with an important but long-term payoff
- Our research dollars should never substitute for or displace other funding (i.e. preference for new projects over existing well-funded efforts)
- We prioritize proposals that aim on finding a cure
We believe we can find a cure together
- We value research that involves and catalyzes collaboration
- We value open-access research (rapid sharing of reagents and models with the research community)
Our goal is a rigorous, yet efficient, process to find and fund high quality projects
- For rigor, all proposals must undergo a comprehensive peer-review
- For efficiency, proposals need only provide sufficient detail to facilitate a peer-review