06 SEP 2026
registration → research
Strongers Indoor Triathlon 2026
📍 Le Colline Sports Centre, Frascati (Rome, Italy)
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🌵 Since 2023 · Social Club ETS
✓ 7 mini-grants funded · €20,700
✓ 100% to research
Sport that rewards those who study lung cancer.
Since 2023 we turn races and sporting events into mini-grants for young oncologists under 40.
You don't have to be an athlete. You just have to be there — for those who are fighting.
The proof
100% to research. Every euro bound by ETS statute to a mini-grant.
Meritocratic selection via an independent Scientific Committee · early-career oncologists on lung carcinoma.
€20,700 in 2 years and 2 calls · 3×€2,900 (2024) + 4×€3,000 (2025) → next goal: the 8th researcher
7
Funded oncologists
€20.700
disbursed
6
centres
500+
athletes
⚡ The engine of our funds
Upcoming events
Race registrations are the main source of the mini-grants: every bib becomes research.
06 SEP 2026 
11 MAR 2027
registration → research
Run Rome The Marathon 2027 — Run with Strongers
📍 Rome — Imperial Forums / Circus Maximus
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A researcher you funded
Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor–Related Pneumonitis: Real-World Incidence Analysis in Lung Can...— Dr. Guido Marchi · IMPEREAL · Immune-related toxicities · Funded by Strongers
How you can be there
Four ways to turn your gesture into research.
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Join the team
Rome Marathon, Oxygen Swim Cup, Triathlon, Spartan, Padel. Every event is one more grant for research.
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Support research
Your 5x1000, donation or sponsorship directly funds early-career oncologists.
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Apply for a grant
Annual call for young oncologists (≤40 yo). €3,000 mini-grants for professional growth in lung cancer research (NSCLC).
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Become a Partner
3 tiers (Ecosystem, Research, Hybrid) to integrate your company into the Strongers model. Employees train, research advances.
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The jersey of those who won’t just watch
The Strongers team is the community of people touched by lung cancer who choose to be part of it. If this illness has touched your life, there’s a place for you — in whatever way feels right.
The 7 researchers we've funded
Dr. Giulia Mazzaschi
DUAL-IT · Immunotherapy
Dr. Mirella Moro
Time Toxicity · Supportive care
Dr. Marco Filetti
cfDNA-NSCLC · Biomarkers
Dr. Guido Marchi
IMPEREAL · Immune-related toxicities
Dr. Silvia Masini
AI-Imaging · AI / Imaging
Dr. Francesca Lo Bianco
TrialBridge · Trial access
Dr. Giovanna Polcaro
Immuno-SAFE · Biomarkers
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It costs you nothing
Turn your donation into research
€10 = a week of open-access publications
€20 = a conference fee for a young oncologist
€3.000 = a whole mini-grant, a year of growth