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Research Funding

EXTERNAL ACTIVE GRANTS AND CONTRACTS:

PI: R01CA295996 (NIH/NCI)                  Wang (MPI)                                                                              8/2025-7/2030

“Targeted MDM2 degradation for improved treatment for triple-negative breast cancer”.  Total cost: $3,238,801.

PI: R01CA276152-01 (NIH/NCI)     Tiffany Seagroves (MPI)     4/2023-3/2028

“Targeting brain and bone metastases in metastatic breast cancer for improved patient survival”.  Total direct cost $1,996,410. Total cost: $3,074,470

PI: HT9425-23-1-0216        Junming Yue (Co-PI)      7/2023-6/2027

“Development of an Orally Available and Low-Toxic Chemotherapy for Improved Ovarian Cancer Therapy”.  Total cost $924,000.

MPI: 1RF1AG072703 (NIH/NIA)    Liao (contact PI); Li and Bhaskar (MPIs)    4/2022-5/2027

Validation of a novel tau clearance mechanism”.  Five-year total expected cost: about $3.6 million.

Co-I: R01CA276135-01A1 (NIH/NCI)        Zhou (PI)     12/1/2023-11/30/2028

“Discovery of a novel MDM2-tubulin signaling pathway as a therapeutic target in AML”, total cost $2,716,883. Amount to the Li lab: $37,553/year for a total of $187,765.  Role: subcontract PI.

Co-I: 1R01NS128336-01           Ram Mahato (PI)     7/15/2022-5/31/2027

“Lipid nanomedicine targeting multiple signaling pathways of medulloblastoma”.  Total amount: $2,391,270.   Amount to the Li lab: $38,115/year for a total of $190,575.

Role: subcontract PI.

Mentor and Co-I: R16GM154786-01 (NIH/NIGMS)   Souvik Banerjee (PI)   7/2024-6/2028

“Discovery of fused heterocyclic pyrazine based novel anti-mitotic agents for metastatic melanoma”.  Total cost: $684,757. Li lab share: $138,600. 

ACTIVE INTERNAL FUNDING AND COMPLETED FUNDING:

Please see the relevant sections in the CV.