The UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center supports innovative cancer research through three intramural award programs:
Stewart Trust Cancer Research Award
The Stewart Trust Cancer Research Award provides funds to Cancer Center members and others to support novel cancer research initiatives, which are not currently funded by research grants, that may ultimately lead to new ways of preventing, detecting, or treating cancer. Funding is made possible by the Alexander and Margaret Stewart Trust, with additional funds provided by the NCI.
ACS Institutional Research Award
The purpose of the American Cancer Society Institutional Research Award is to make available seed funding for junior investigators to initiate promising new projects in cancer-related research that may enable them to compete successfully for national research grants. Funding for this program is supported by a grant from the American Cancer Society.
Clinical Investigator Research Program
The Clinical Investigator Research Program provides seed funding to encourage clinical investigators, especially those at the beginning of their career, to initiate promising projects that may enable them to compete successfully for national research grants. Targeted areas are innovative pilot and phase I/II studies and other projects in clinical, health policy, health services, and psychosocial and behavioral research. The review process for this award is consolidated with other pilot-funding mechanisms through the Resource Allocation Program. See the RAP website for additional information.
Awardees and Projects
Click here for a list of awardees and funded projects under each of these programs.