All Opportunities
for all applicants
Grants to Individual
Award Info:
Not limited to early career faculty but focused on seed funding for research-related expenses.
Description:
The Graham Foundation offers two types of grants to individuals: Production and Presentation Grants and Research and Development Grants. 1) Production and Presentation Grants will be awarded to assist individuals with the production-related expenses necessary to take a project from conceptualization…
URA Visiting Scholars Program (VSP)
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Applications are judged on the scientific merit of the proposed activity and on the cost-effectiveness of the proposal. As all URA institutions contribute to this program, over time, some consideration is given to the balance among URA institutions, both by region and type. Consideration is also given…
Description:
The URA Visiting Scholars Program (VSP) supports the work of faculty and students from the Universities Research Association, Inc. (URA) institutions to work at Fermilab for periods of up to one year. The URA Visiting Scholars Program is supported by contributions from the URA-member universities.
AACR CLINICAL ONCOLOGY RESEARCH (CORE) TRAINING FELLOWSHIPS
Award Info:
Applicants must:
- have a medical degree (including MD, DO, or MD/PhD), and not currently be a candidate for a further doctoral degree.
- have enrolled in an accredited hematology/oncology or radiation oncology fellowship program at an academic, medical, or research…
Description:
The AACR Clinical Oncology Research (CORE) Training Fellowships Program is designed to provide an effective industry-academic clinical practicum with a unique training opportunity to develop academic clinicians in drug development. Each fellowship provides $100,000 over one year for the fellow to…
Mid-Career Advancement (MCA)
Award Info:
PIs must be a) at the Associate Professor rank and b) at that rank for at least 3 years by the proposal submission date.
Estimated program budget, number of awards and average award size/duration are subject to the availability of funds.
Deadline: First Monday in February, Annually…
Description:
An academic career often does not provide the uninterrupted stretches of time necessary for acquiring and building new skills to enhance and advance one's research program. Mid-career scientists in particular are at a critical career stage where they need to advance their research programs to ensure…
Future of Work
Award Info:
All applicants (both PIs and Co-PIs) must have a Ph.D. or comparable terminal degree, or a strong career background that establishes their ability to conduct high-level, peer-reviewed scholarly research. RSF particularly encourages early career scholars to apply for Presidential grants. All nationalities…
Description:
The Future of Work program examines the causes and consequences of the deteriorating quality of low-wage jobs in the United States. Projects sponsored by the program have examined a wide range of causal factors, from foreign outsourcing and immigration to the decline of unions and technological…
Collaborative Sciences Award
Award Info:
Budget:
- $250,000 per year, including 10% institutional indirect costs.
- Award Duration: Three years
- Total Award Amount: $750,000
A pre-proposal is required to ensure responsiveness to the novel, collaborative nature of this program.…
Description:
To foster innovative collaborative approaches to research projects that propose novel pairings of investigators from at least two broadly disparate disciplines. The proposal must focus on the collaborative relationship, such that the scientific objectives could not be achieved without the efforts…
Career Development Award
Award Info:
The CDA is a three-year grant totaling $200,000 that supports personnel and/or research expenses, and travel to attend the Conquer Cancer Grants and Awards Ceremony at the ASCO Annual Meeting.
Eligibility: Be an ASCO member; Must be a physician (MD, DO of international equivalent) with…
Description:
The Career Development Award (CDA) provides research funding to clinical investigators, who have received their initial faculty appointment, as they work to establish an independent clinical cancer research program. This is a mentored award and the research project is conducted under the guidance…
Young Investigator Award
Award Info:
The YIA is a one-year grant totaling $50,000 that supports personnel and/or research expenses, and travel to attend the Conquer Cancer Grants & Awards Ceremony at the ASCO Annual Meeting. Applicants who are selected to receive a YIA are allowed to receive other grants from other funding agencies.
Description:
The Young Investigator Award (YIA) provides funding to promising investigators to encourage and promote quality research in clinical oncology. The purpose of this grant is to fund physicians during the transition from a fellowship program to a faculty appointment. This is a mentored award and the…
Early Career Awards
Award Info:
The grant amount is based on the actual budgetary needs of the project, with a maximum of $25,000 in direct costs for the entire grant. The duration of the project can be up to two years. Indirect costs of no more than 7% of direct costs will be paid on Early Career Award Program grants. Up to $12,500…
Description:
No more than 3 years past completion of doctoral degree; March and September deadline.
Distinguished Scientist Award
Award Info:
The award provides $600,000 in funding over a four-year period. Over that time, recipients also receive additional support from the Foundation through its vast network of scientists in the field primarily through the Foundation's annual Scientific Retreat.
The funding period for 2020 grants…
Description:
The Distinguished Scientist Award (DSA) seeks to provide career and research support to early career scientists who demonstrate outstanding promise for making scientific and medical breakthroughs in the field of brain cancer research.
Recipients of the award are inspired individuals with…