Intramural Funding Opportunities
For questions about intramural awards, please contact Meredith Donnelly.
- Extended Deadline: Aug 15, 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. - Internal Deadline: Aug 27, 2025
UCRI Cancer Research Coordinating Committee (CRCC) Bridge Grant for Cancer-Related Research
The CRCC Bridge Grant supports any area of cancer research and is intended to mitigate some of the impact of canceled federal awards. These grants are for activities to address immediate needs following grant cancellations, including completing data collection, analyzing existing data, or thoughtful project closure. Applicants may propose completing an aim of the canceled grant or, for program projects, completing a smaller project or aim within the program project. Eligible PIs must be faculty members at one of the 10 UC campuses with a funded federal research grant that was canceled after January 20, 2025. - 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: August 31, 2025
Elsa U. Pardee Foundation RFP
The Elsa U. Pardee Foundation has issued a request for applications for 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.
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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