AMERICAN THYROID ASSOCIATION
RESEARCH GRANTS
The ATA is committed to supporting research into better ways to diagnose and treat thyroid disease. The generosity of members, patients, industry, and donors in the workplace has enabled the ATA to award 55 thyroid research grants totaling $1,415,000 since the inception of the Research Fund.
Beginning in 2003, 29 special research grants focused on thyroid cancer have been funded by ThyCa: Thyroid Cancer Survivors, Inc., a member of the ATA Alliance for Patient Education totaling thus far $788,750. In 2007, the ATA agreed to expand the responsibilities of the expert reviewers on the ATA Research Committee by establishing new grants funded by Thyroid Head and Neck Cancer Foundation (THANC). Sixteen grants have been awarded thus far for a total of $460,000.
