Funding Opportunities

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

Intramural Funding Opportunities

For questions about intramural awards, please contact Meredith Donnelly.

• Deadline: Apr 30, 2025
  HDFCCC Community-Engaged Research Pilot Awards
  The cancer center is offering 3 pilot project awards of $25,000 to support community-engaged cancer research and translation, education, and outreach addressing needs of communities in our 25-county catchment area.
• Deadline: Apr 30, 2025
  HDFCCC Clinical Research Staff Project Support Awards
  The cancer center is requesting applications from Clinical Research staff to support research conference travel or publication fees.
• Deadline: May 9, 2025
  HDFCCC Molecular Oncology Program Graduate Student Support
  The Molecular Oncology Program is requesting applications from active Molecular Oncology Program members to support graduate students working on cancer-related projects, who are at risk of not completing their PhD.

Foundations/Other Sources

• Various Deadlines: April - June 2025
  AACR Funding Opportunities
  View current AACR funding opportunities in the areas of bladder cancer, renal cell carcinoma, and ALK positive lung cancer.
• Deadline: April 30, 2025
  Elsa U. Pardee Foundation Cancer Research Grants
  Proposed projects may be relevant to any area of cancer detection, treatment, or cure. Funding is intended to allow the establishment of capabilities of new cancer researchers or new cancer approaches by established cancer researchers, and lead to subsequent and expanded support using government agency funding. UCSF applicants should follow instructions in RFP, conferring with your Grants Officer as needed.
• LOI Deadline: May 5, 2025
  Mark Foundation for Cancer Research - Emerging Leader Award
  These grants are awarded to outstanding early career investigators to support high-impact, high-risk projects that are distinct from their current research portfolio. 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.
• Deadline: May 5, 2025
  Prostate Cancer Foundation Challenge Awards
  This program seeks high-risk, currently unfunded, large-scale research projects concerning metastatic, lethal prostate cancer. Solicited research areas include: theranostics; drugging currently undruggable oncology targets; improved biotechnologies for precision medicine; first-in-field immunotherapies for prostate cancer; artificial intelligence/machine learning to better inform patient outcomes; host microbiome and tumor metabolism. UCSF applicants should follow instructions in RFP, conferring with your Grants Officer as needed.
• Deadline: May 12, 2025
  Robert A. Winn Excellence in Clinical Trials Career Development Award
  Winn CDA is a two-year program designed to support the career development of early-stage investigator physicians who are underrepresented in medicine (URiM) OR who have a demonstrated commitment to increasing diversity in clinical research.
• Deadline: May 13, 2025
  Pfizer Independent Medical Education: Cancer Cachexia
  Pfizer Independent Medical Education has issued a request for applications for Diagnosis and Treatment of Cancer Cachexia. 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.
• Deadline: June 1, 2025
  Yosemite-American Cancer Society Award
  This year's award supports innovative cancer research with a translational emphasis on cancer vaccines and antibody-drug conjugates.
• Deadline: June 9, 2025
  NCCN and Pfizer Metastatic Breast Cancer (mBC) Research Grant Opportunity
  A new grant opportunity to support the development of innovative, impactful, scalable, and sustainable quality improvement projects to advance the delivery of quality care to people with mBC.
• Deadline: June 22, 2025
  Michelson Medical Research Foundation - Next Generation Grants
  These awards support promising researchers applying disruptive concepts and inventive processes to advance human immunology, vaccine discovery, and immunotherapy research for major global diseases. 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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