Applications are now open for the Seeds4Hope competition, which offers grants to locally-based cancer researchers.

A program of the Windsor and Essex County Cancer Centre Foundation, the competition is now in its sixth year. It has to date awarded over $1.2 million to 18 projects involving more than 50 researchers.

Notification of intent to apply is due by May 26. Find details of the call for proposals, along with general guidelines for researchers, on the foundation’s website.