KWF Dutch Cancer Society

Dating back to 1951, the partnership between KWF Dutch Cancer Society and the NKI is a strong one. In 2019, KWF Dutch Cancer Society and the Netherlands Cancer Institute signed a new cooperation agreement covering the next five years, which includes an annual institutional grant from KWF Dutch Cancer Society of €16.8 million to support the NKI doing high quality, and impactful cancer research. This cooperation was extended for five more years in 2024.

Also, the Netherlands Cancer Institute and KWF Dutch Cancer Society agreed to collaborate on the basis of three thematic subjects:

• Patient impact: How can we speed up the translation of results obtained in the lab to the clinical practice
• Quality of Life: Improving the quality of life of cancer patients and their relatives during and after treatment.
• Access to cancer drugs: Drugs should be made more readily available to patients. To that end, the DCS and the NKI explore new ways to make, register and reimburse cancer drugs.

Project-based grants
The DCS not only supports the NKI via an institutional grant, but also supports individual researchers through project-based grants. There are currently around 60 active DCS projects grants at the NKI.

About the Dutch Cancer Society
The Dutch Cancer Society is dedicated to improving the lives of cancer patients and their loved ones through promoting focused scientific research, policy making, knowledge transfer and collaboration with stakeholders. The Dutch Cancer Society is supported by 100,000 volunteers and almost 1 million donors.