As one researcher put it on SU2C’s show Sept. 5, “You know how you get that feeling right before it rains, when you know it’s going to rain? That’s what we feel right now.” The scientific community knows the answers are right there; now’s not the time to cut off their funding lifeline.

That’s where SU2C comes in. They vow to facilitate “the rapid funding of innovative ideas without bureaucratic delays.” They promise to fund “young, talented, and promising” researchers via the creation of a series of well-funded “Dream Teams.” They say they’ll “accelerate the course of cancer research through raising philanthropic dollars and developing unique mechanisms to utilize these funds.” And they’ve partnered with the American Association for Cancer Research, the world’s oldest and largest professional organization dedicated to advancing cancer research.

Is it time for a change in how we fund and conduct cancer research? Well, why not? Change is in the air. Let’s put it to work to finally discover the cure.

At last report, SU2C had collected donations totaling over $100 million, including any made since it started accepting them on May 28.