Funding Opportunities

[ Limited Submissions | Intramural Awards | Foundations/Other | NIH ]

Intramural Funding Opportunities

For questions about intramural awards, please contact Meredith Donnelly.

• Deadline: Aug 1, 2025
  AI & Computational Cancer Research Request for Ideas
  The Center for Cancer Data Science (CCDS), a partnership between the Cancer Center and Bakar Computational Health Sciences Institute, is requesting applications for project ideas in AI & computational cancer research that harness data available in Cancer Commons. The purpose of this RFI is to create an opportunity for UCSF cancer researchers who may not have programming expertise to identify innovative project ideas and leverage the multimodal cancer data assets available in Cancer Commons. All technical expertise will be provided by the CCDS. If selected, both CCDS and the UCSF cancer researcher will work together to complete the project.
• Deadline: Aug 1, 2025
  UCSF Brain Tumor SPORE Developmental Research Program (DRP) Awards
  A component of the UCSF Brain Tumor SPORE, the Developmental Research Program (DRP) offers funds to both new and established investigators to initiate translationally oriented research projects that have the potential to impact the diagnosis or therapy of human brain tumors.
• Deadline: Aug 1, 2025
  UCSF Brain Tumor SPORE Career Enhancement Program (CEP) Awards
  A component of the UCSF Brain Tumor SPORE, the Career Enhancement Program (CEP) aims to attract outstanding basic scientists and clinical investigators to the field of brain tumor research, to assist in the career development of junior faculty in the basic and clinical sciences, and to encourage collaborations between investigators which can lead to new ideas and directions in brain tumor research and can contribute to career development.
• Deadline: Oct 13, 2025
  UCSF Prostate Cancer Program Pilot Awards
  All areas of prostate cancer research including computational, laboratory, translational, clinical, and population sciences are eligible. Please note that this is a call for primary research proposals, and the opportunity is not intended to support resource or infrastructure development.
• Deadline: Nov 14, 2025
  Upstream Research Center Pilot Grants
  The Upstream Research Center, co-led by Stanford, UC Davis, and UCSF, is awarding up to $75,000 each for three impact-focused research projects to reduce cancer inequities due to structural and social determinants, including, but not limited to, structural racism, poverty, income inequality, climate change, food insecurity, social isolation, and/or housing insecurity. Projects must focus on research relevant to exposures experienced in persistent poverty areas in Northern California.

Foundations/Other Sources

• Deadline: July 25, 2025
  Concern Foundation Conquer Cancer Now Awards
  By specifically targeting promising early-career scientists and providing critically needed seed money for innovative projects, this program is intended to support the development of the next generation of cancer researchers and thus promote progress in understanding cancer biology and improved approaches to cancer. UCSF applicants should email [email protected] to announce your intention to apply, then follow application instructions in RFP, conferring with your Grants Officer as needed.

NIH Announcements

If you are a Cancer Center member who is interested in applying and receiving grant writing support, please contact Erin Bank.

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