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gainesville.com
By Christopher Curry
8/21/2014

Each year, Alex’s Lemonade Stand awards two-year “innovation grants” of $250,000 each to cancer researchers across the country. The money is intended to help researchers “pursue novel approaches to finding better treatments and ultimately cures for all children with cancer,” spokeswoman Gillian Kocher wrote in an email.

This year, 21 universities, hospitals and research institutes received grants. The list of universities that received grants also includes Columbia University, Dartmouth College, Johns Hopkins University, the University of Michigan, the University of Pennsylvania and Washington University in St. Louis.

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