The Accelerate Brain Cancer Cure (ABC2) Accelerating the Development of New Brain Tumor Treatments

Funds projects at each stage of the drug development pipeline to ensure promising leads are advanced as quickly as possible. Pre-clinical screening program breaks down barriers to entry and academic grants focus on novel therapies.

Pfizer, Inc. Investigator Initiated Research (IRR) Program

Supports clinical studies, observational studies, other types of independent research on disease states, and in vitro or animal studies.

The Gateway's Research Funding Program

Supports patient-centered research having a positive impact the lives of cancer patients.

Examination of Survivorship Care Planning Efficacy and Impact

To stimulate research that will develop and test metrics, evaluate survivorship impact and identify models and processes of care.

Health Promotion Among Racial and Ethnic Minority Males

Support projects that enhance understanding of factors influencing health promoting behaviors across the life cycle, and focus on development and testing of culturally, linguistically appropriate health promoting interventions to reduce health disparities among racially and ethnically diverse males and their subpopulations age 21 and older.

Physical Activity and Weight Control Interventions Among Cancer Survivors: Effects on Biomarkers of Prognosis and Survival

Transdisciplinary and translational research to identify specific biological or biobehavioral pathways through which physical activity and/or weight control may affect cancer prognosis and survival.

Pancreatic Cancer Network - AACR Research Acceleration Network (RAN) Grants

Fast track a research project with the potential to double survival from pancreatic cancer by the year 2020.

Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Innovative Grants

These grants support investigators including those with experience in other areas of cancer or biomedical/health science research who have promising ideas and approaches that can be applied to pancreatic cancer research.

Rare Disease Clinical Research Consortia (RDCRC) for Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network

The NCI seeks clinical research teams studying rare cancers. Examples include, but are not limited to, carcinoid, primary CNS-lymphoma, sarcomas, thyroid cancer and urinary bladder cancers. The grants will support: Collaborative clinical research; training of clinical investigators; pilot/proof of concepts clinical research; access to information related to rare diseases.

Melanoma Research Alliance Team Science Awards

Projects with potential to lead to advances in prevention, early detection, staging and/or treatment of melanoma.

Breast Cancer Research Program (BCRP) Cancer Breakthrough Award

Supports promising research that has the potential to lead to or make breakthroughs in breast cancer.

Two funding levels available with this mechanism:

Level 1 seeks innovative research in the earliest stage of idea development. No preliminary data is required.

Level II seeks research already supported by preliminary data and has potential to translate from the lab to the clinic.

Building Evidence: Effective Palliative/End of Life Care Interventions

To stimulate research that develops and tests optimal palliative and end of life care interventions based on measurable outcomes.

American Brain Tumor Association (ABTA) - 2014 Discovery Awards
High risk/high impact projects on current diagnostic or treatment paradigms for adult/pediatric brain tumors.

Career Development Award in Biomedical Informatics

Provide support and "protected time" for an intensive career development experience in biomedical informatics.

The Role of Microbial Metabolites in Cancer Prevention and Etiology

Stimulate preclinical and clinical research to describe the effect of microbially generated metabolites in cancer prevention/progression.

University of South Florida and Moffitt Collaborative Cancer Research Awards

The University of South Florida and Moffitt Cancer Center announce a collaborative grant competition to support cancer research.
 

Society of Gynecologic Oncology (SGO) Improving Outcomes Research and Education Award

Recognizes individuals involved in research and educational activities that improve the care of women at risk for or affected by gynecologic cancers.

Wilma Williams Education and Clinical Research Award for Endometrial Cancer

This award recognizes individuals involved in research and educational activities that promote comprehensive clinical care in the prevention and treatment of endometrial cancer.

Moffitt Cancer Center Clinical Trial Funding Opportunity

Emphasis on increasing minority accrual & utilization of Total Cancer Care - Proposals for investigator-initiated Phase 0, I, or II therapeutic or supportive care clinical trials likely to lead to increased minority subject accrual.
  

Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute Opportunities

American Cancer Society Requests for Proposals

Suspension of the Spring 2013 application deadline caused some applicants' eligibility to expire. Therefore, the available time to apply is automatically extended by six months for those whose eligibility ended in April 2013 or will end in October 2013.
 

Mentored Research Scholar Grand

Provides support for mentored research and training to full-time Junior Faculty
 

Postdoctoral Fellowships

Provides support for postdoctoral fellows who are seeking an independent career in research. 
 

Research Scholar Grants

Support investigator-initiated projects across the cancer research continuum.  

Cancer Control Career Development Awards for Primary Care Physicians

Support primary care physicians who are pursuing a career in academic career with an emphasis on cancer control.

Small Grants Program for Cancer Research

Support small research projects on cancer that can be carried out in a short period of time with limited resources.
 

NIDCR Small Grant Program for New Investigators

American Gastroenterological Association Foundation Research Scholar Awards
Supports the development of independent research careers in digestive diseases, including gastric cancer.  

2014 NIH Pioneer Award Program

Support for pioneering/transforming approaches to addressing major biomedical or behavioral challenges...research must reflect substantially different scientific directions from those already being pursued in the investigator's research.
 

NIMHD Social, Behavioral, Health Services, and Policy Research on Minority Health and Health Disparities

Supports projects examining understudied health conditions; the effectiveness of interventions, services, or policies for multiple health disparity populations; and/or directly measuring the impact of project activities on levels of health disparities.

Centers of Excellence for Big Data Computing in the Biomedical Sciences -
Big Data to Knowledge (BD2K)

BD2K Centers of Excellence to conduct research to advance the science of Big Data in the context of biomedical and behavioral research, and to create innovative new approaches, methods, software, tools, and related resources.

Defining a Comprehensive Reference Profile of Circulating Human Extracellular RNA

Generation of reference profiles of both short and long non-coding regulatory extracellular RNAs (exRNA)including any environmentally-derived exRNA.
 

National Lung Cancer Partnership 2014 Young Investigator Research Grant

The purpose of this Grant Program is to drive forward research that will lead to increasing survival rates for lung cancer patients, while ensuring that young investigators have the resources needed for them to succeed as lung cancer researchers.

NIGMS National Centers for Systems Biology

Programs focused on systems-level inquiries of biomedical phenomena within the NIGMS mission.

NIH Director's New Innovator Award Program

Supports early stage investigators who propose innovative new research approaches that have the potential to produce a major impact on broad problems in biomedical and behavioral research.

Basic and Applied Biomedical Research on Minority Health and Health Disparities

Supports both biological and genetic research to explore disease mechanisms to influence, and clinical and translational research linking basic science discovery with effective treatment or clinical practice to improve health outcomes in minority health disparity populations.

Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant Program

This funding supports the development of new activities in all areas of cancer research and encourages projects in the conceptual stages. These studies may involve considerable risk but may lead to a breakthrough or the development of novel techniques, agents, methodologies, models or applications in biomedical, behavior or clinical research.

Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Career Development Awards

Supports newly independent investigators to develop or strengthen a research program in pancreatic cancer.

Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Pathway to Leadership Grants

Supports highly promising early career scientists in the mentored research phase and in the transaction to research independence in a two phase grant.

The Mentored Phase will allow the applicant time to complete research, publish results, and prepare to bridge to an independent research position.

For the Independent Phase, the applicant must propose a pancreatic cancer research project that will be pursued as a tenure track independent investigator.

Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Fellowships

Supports highly promising early career scientists in their mentored research phase and in the transition to research independence.

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

2014 Clinical Scientist Development Award Competition

Pre-proposals  from junior physician-scientist faculty conducting clinical research in any disease area...it is recommended that applicants have significant research experience and strong publication records consistent with the assistant professor rank.
  

Cancer Research Institute Clinical and Laboratory Integration Program (CLIP)

Supports the exploration of clinically relevant questions aimed at improving effectiveness of immunotherapies to support basic, pre-clinical, and translational research, which will provide information that can be directly applied in the clinic.

American Society of Hematology Bridge Grant Program

Support ASH members who applied for an NIH R01 grant or equivalent but were denied funding due to budget cutbacks by sustaining recipients' research and contributing to their retention in hematology investigation.

Leukemia and Lymphoma Society New Idea Award

Enter Text HereInnovative ideas for substantially different approaches from standard therapies and prognostic modalities for blood cancers.
 

NLM Administrative Supplements for Informationist Services in NIH-funded Research Projects

Provide funds to supported research and center grants in order to enhance the storage, organization, management and use of electronic research data through the involvement of informationists, also known as in-context information specialists.

Only one application per parent award is allowed.
  

2013 Movember-PCF Challenge Award for Immunotherapy

Translational and/or clinical immunotherapy Science.
 

Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Innovative Molecular Analysis Technology Development for Cancer Research and Clinical Care

Development of innovative technologies that improve molecular and/or cellular analysis of cancer challenges or open new fields for cancer research or clinical care.

American Lung Association Clinical Patient Care Research Grant

Seed monies for junior investigators working on traditional clinical studies examining methods of improving patient care and/or treatment for lung disease.

American Lung Association Senior Research Training Fellowships

Support the training of MDs and PhDs seeking further experience as scientific investigators with the goal of pursuing a career in pulmonary medicine and lung biology research.

American Lung Association Lung Health Dissertation Grant

Support pre-doctoral dissertation research in various disciplines of social science examining risk factors affecting lung health including psychosocial, behavioral, health services and policy, epidemiological, boistatistical and public health education research.

Center for Evaluation and Coordination of Training and Research (CECTR) in Tobacco Regulatory Science

For a Center for Evaluation and Coordination of Training and Research (CECTR) in Tobacco Regulatory Science.

U01 - Adaptation of Scalable Technologies to Illuminate the Druggable Genome

U54 - Development of a Knowledge Management Center for Illuminating the Druggable Genome

Inciting Healthy Behaviors: nudge, disrupt, leapfrog, reach.

Seeking solutions that promote health-seeking behaviors and can make a difference in reducing morbidity and mortality and promoting healthy, productive lives.

American Lung Association Biomedical Research Grant

Provide seed monies to junior basic science investigators researching the mechanisms of lung disease and general lung biology.

Prostate Cancer Foundation  -  2014 Young Investigator Award

Seeking projects in transformational prostate cancer research.  Highly innovative basic science programs will be carefully considered, but priority will be given to "bench to bedside" translational research w/potential of near term benefit to patients.

Health Policy Fellows Program

A comprehensive residential fellowship experience in Wasington, DC for midcareer professionals with an interest in health and health care policy promoting the health of children.

NCI Small Business Innovation Research Innovation Awards

Supports cancer research and technology development in 8 contract topics of emerging and high priority areas of need.

Melanoma Research Alliance Established Investigator Academic-Industry Partnership Awards

To facilitate progress in melanoma research via interactions between academic and industrial research sectors, grants will be co-funded by MRA and an industrial collaborator whose involvement is essential to the project. The PI must be an academic investigator.

Melanoma Research Alliance Young Investigator Award

Support young investigators in melanoma research projects.

Projects of particular interest include: novel combination therapies involving immunotherapy; identifying and overcoming resistance mechanisms to BRAF/MEK combination targeted therapy; identifying biomarkers predictive of clinical outcomes to treatment regimens which may include studies of tumor microenvironment, invasion, and metastasis; and improving the understanding of the biological basis for melanoma formation.

Patient-Centered Outcomes Research (PCOR) for Treatment Options in Uterine Fibroids: Developing a Prospective Multi-Center Practice-based Clinical Registry (P50)

Collaborative Research in Integrative Cancer Biology

To encourage new research into integrative cancer biology by fostering collaborations between investigators currently supported through the Integrative Cancer Biology Program (ICBP) and those currently unaffiliated with the ICBP.

Revisions for Early-Stage Development of Informatics Technology R01

Revision applications (formerly "competing revisions") from currently funded NCI R01 and R37 (MERIT) research projects for early-stage development of informatics technologies.

Advanced Development of Informatics Technology U24

Support advanced development of informatics technologies to improve acquisition, management, analysis, and dissemination of data in cancer research.

Early-Stage Development of Informatics Technology U01

Development of enabling informatics technologies focused on early-stage development from prototyping to hardening and adaptation.

Revisions for Early-Stage Development of Informatics Technology U01

Revisions from currently funded NCI U01 cooperative agreement projects for early-stage development of enabling informatic technologies.

Please note: Parent project must be an active NCI R01 or R37 project.  There must be at least 12 months remaining on the project when the application is submitted.

Revisions for Early-Stage Development of Informatics Technology P01

Revisions from currently funded NCI P01 program projects for early-stage development of informatics technologies.

Image-guided Drug Delivery in Cancer

Supports innovative projects focused on image-guided drug delivery (IGDD), including real-time image guidance, monitoring, quantitative in vivo characterizations and validation of delivery and response.
  

Small Grants Program for Cancer Epidemiology

Support for pilot projects, testing new techniques, secondary analyses of existing data, development and validation of measurement methods, linkage of genetic polymorphisms with other variables related to cancer risk, and development of innovative projects for more comprehensive research in cancer etiology and epidemiology.
 

Exploratory/Developmental Grants Program for Basic Cancer Research in Cancer Health Disparities

Basic research studies into the biological causes and mechanisms of cancer health disparities.

Basic Cancer Research in Cancer Health Disparities

Encourage applications from investigators interested in conducting basic, mechanistic research into the biologic/genetic causes of cancer health disparities.

Opportunities for Collaborative Research at the NIH Clinical Center

To support collaborative translational research projects aligned with NIH efforts to enhance the translation of basic biological discoveries into clinical applications that improve health

Defining a Comprehensive Reference Profile of Circulating Human Extracellular RNA
To generate reference profiles of both short and long non-coding regulatory extracellular RNAs (exRNA), including any environmentally-derived exRNA.
  

Marsha Rivkin Center for Ovarian Cancer Research Pilot Study Program

Support promising pilot studies in ovarian cancer to lay the groundwork for major research initiatives.

Marsha Rivkin Center for Ovarian Cancer Scientific Scholar Award

Assist promising laboratory and clinical scientists in pursuing a career as an independent investigator in ovarian cancer research.

Moffitt Team Science Funding Opportunity

To develop a Team Science Pilot Project that features two or more Moffitt Principal Investigators. The expectation is that awards will provide the preliminary data needed to support submission of a proposal to a peer-reviewed agency within eighteen months of the pilot award date (e.g. P01/R01)

Revision Applications to R01 Awards for Imaging and Biomarkers for Early Cancer Detection Research

Supports expansion of funded R01 grants through the addition of one or more new specific aims. Applications are expected to focus on combined imaging and biomarker approaches to improve screening, early detection and diagnosis.

Imaging and Biomarkers for Early Cancer Detection

To facilitate collaborative research to improve screening, early detection and diagnosis by integrating multi-modality imaging strategies and multiplexed biomarker methodologies.

Revisions to P50 Awards for Research on Detection of Pathogen-Induced Cancer (DPIC)

Support projects that focus on interactions of carcinogenic pathogens with the human microbiome and the host for the DPIC.

Tobacco Control Regulatory Research

Encourage biomedical, behavioral, and social science research that will inform the development and evaluation of regulations on tobacco product manufacturing, distribution, and marketing.

Research Answers to NCI's Provocative Questions  

The respective FOAs and general topic area are:

Group A:  RFA-CA-13-016 (R01) and RFA-CA-13-017 (R21) - Cancer prevention and risk

Group B:  RFA-CA-13-018 (R01) and RFA-CA-13-019 (R21) - Mechanisms of tumor development or 

 recurrence

Group C:  RFA-CA-13-020 (R01) and RFA-CA-13-021 (R21) - Cancer detection, diagnosis, and               

 prognosis

Group D: RFA-CA-13-022 (R01) and RFA-CA-13-023 (R21) - Cancer therapy

Group E:  RFA-CA-13-024 (R01) and RFA-CA-13-025 (R21) - clinical effectiveness

Interpreting Variation in Human Non-Coding Genomic Regions Using Computational Approaches and Experimental Assessment (R01)

To develop highly innovative computational approaches for interpreting sequence variants in the non-protein-coding regions of the human genome.
  

Voices Against brain Cancer (VABC) - Brain Cancer Research Grant

Funding to advance research, increase awareness, and support all who encounter brain cancer.
 

NIH Director's Early Independence Awards

Supports investigators who are pursuing independent research after completion of their doctoral/research degree or clinical residency, forgoing the post-doctoral training period.