.cancerresearch Domain

Unlike most strings in this group, .cancerresearch was applied for in ICANN's 2012 New gTLD Program by a charitable foundation rather than a commercial brand, covering medical research funding, awareness, and fundraising. Charitable applications were rare in the round, and the rationale differed: donation fraud is a recognized problem in which fake charity sites on plausible domains divert giving away from legitimate organizations, and health charities are targeted particularly around awareness campaigns.

Its registry agreement dates from May 2014 and was later terminated. The extension never carried Specification 13 — consistent with a charitable rather than trademark-driven application, and one reason it sits awkwardly in a list of brand extensions. Non-profit applicants faced the round's cost structure without commercial return to offset it, which made sustained operation difficult. The string is not registrable.