Funding Opportunities

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

UCSF Limited Submission Opportunities

(Applications through UCSF Limited Submission Program)

  • Internal Deadline: Feb 23, 2026
    V Foundation Pediatric Cancer Research Grants
    (1) Translational Award: Funds pediatric cancer research in the preclinical or translational space with a focus on bench-to-bedside strategies.
    (2) Scholar Award: Supports tenure-track faculty early in their cancer research career by funding projects that are either laboratory-based fundamental research or translational research.
    (3) All-Star Award: Reinvests in the most exceptional prior V Foundation grantees and their most innovative ideas.
  • Internal Deadline: Feb 23, 2026
    Breast Cancer Alliance Research Grants
    (1) Young Investigator Grants: Advances the careers of young researchers who do not yet have their own major grant support, but who design and conduct their own independent research projects.
    (2) Exceptional Project Grants: Recognizes creative, unique, and innovative research related to breast cancer.
  • Internal Deadline: Feb 25, 2026
    Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation Emerging Investigator Fellowship Grant
    This program supports Post-Doctoral Fellowships and Clinical Investigator training for emerging pediatric cancer researchers to pursue exciting research ideas.
  • Internal Deadline: March 11, 2026
    NIH NCI Pathway to Independence Award for Early-Stage Postdoctoral Researchers (K99/R00)
    This program aims to increase and maintain a strong cohort of new and talented, NCI-supported, independent investigators. It is designed for postdoctoral fellows with research and/or clinical doctoral degrees who do not require an extended period of mentored research training beyond their doctoral degrees. The objective of this award is to facilitate a timely transition of these fellows from their mentored, postdoctoral research positions to independent tenure-track or equivalent faculty positions. 

Intramural Funding Opportunities

For questions about intramural awards, please contact Meredith Donnelly.

  • Deadline: Feb 25, 2026
    Breast Oncology Program RFA
    Seeking applications from HDFCCC Breast Oncology Program members for pilot research projects.
  • Deadline: Feb 25, 2026
    UC Berkeley-UCSF Faculty Collaboration Program
    This program strives to reward innovative research approaches that take advantage of and promote the convergence of the biomedical, physical and engineering fields encouraging scientists to move into new fields and cross into other areas of convergence in order to realize the full potential for achieving transformative scientific breakthroughs.
  • Deadline: March 1, 2026
    Cancer Control Program RFA
    Seeking applications from HDFCCC Cancer Control Program members (or postdocs of Program members) for pilot research projects.
  • Deadline: March 2, 2026
    UCSF Resource Allocation Program (RAP) Spring Cycle 2026
    The UCSF Resource Allocation Program (RAP) offers a single online application process for a variety of intramural grants. View the list of grant mechanisms. 
  • Deadline: March 16, 2026
    Molecular Oncology Program Graduate Student Support
    Seeking applications from active HDFCCC Molecular Oncology Program members to support graduate students in their 3rd or later year working on cancer related projects who experience a loss of funding.
  • Deadline: May 1, 2026
    Cancer Health Outcomes SPORE Development Research Program Awards
    A component of the UCSF Cancer Health Outcomes 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 outcomes across various populations with cancer.
  • Deadline: May 1, 2026
    Cancer Health Outcomes SPORE Career Enhancement Program Awards
    A component of the UCSF Cancer Health Outcomes SPORE, the Career Enhancement Program (CRP) aims to foster the scientific growth of junior investigators, promote collaborations that will generate new ideas to improve cancer health outcomes, and advance career development.

Foundations/Other Sources

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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