Funding Opportunities

UCSF Limited Submission Opportunities

(Applications through UCSF Limited Submission Program) ​​​​​

  • Deadline: Jan 17 at noon
    V Foundation Women Scientists Innovation Award for Cancer Research

    Purpose: to sustain the careers of women in research and preventing the loss of women from academic careers focused on cancer. This opportunity includes two different mechanisms: V Scholar and Translational Grant.
  • Deadline: Feb 5 at noon
    The G. Harold & Leila Y. Mathers Foundation Grants Program

    Purpose: To support basic science, ideally with potential translational applications. Fields of interest include but are not limited to immunology, microbiome, structural biology, cellular physiology, cancer biology, genetics, genomics, microbiology and infectious diseases, stem cell biology, and neuroscience.
  • Deadline: Feb 9 at noon
    Packard Fellowships for Science and Engineering

    To provide support for highly creative researchers early in their careers. The Foundation emphasizes support for innovative individual research, rather than extensions or components of large-scale, ongoing research programs.

Intramural Funding Opportunities

For questions about intramural awards, please contact Meredith Donnelly.

  • Deadline: Jan 15, 2025
    HDFCCC Bladder Cancer Research Hub RFA

    The Bladder Cancer Research Hub is requesting applications from HDFCCC members for pilot research projects. Priority areas to be funded include: research addressing strategic goals of the Bladder Cancer Program (see RFA for details), cross-disciplinary research and investigators who have not previously collaborated, and projects addressing health disparities.
  • LOI Deadline: Jan 23, 2025
    UC Cancer Research Coordinating Committee (CRCC) Faculty Seed Grants

    CRCC Faculty Seed Grants support meritorious research spanning all areas from basic research to applied clinical and community-based research in any field relevant to cancer.
  • Deadline: March 14, 2025
    HDFCCC Neurologic Oncology Program RFA

    The Neurologic Oncology Program is requesting applications from program members for pilot research projects. Priority areas to be funded include: research addressing aims of the Neurologic Oncology Program (see RFA for details), cross-disciplinary research and investigators who have not previously collaborated, and projects addressing health disparities.
  • Deadline: March 28, 2025
    HDFCCC Cancer Control Program RFA

    The Cancer Control Program is requesting applications from active program members, or postdocs of program members, for pilot research projects. Priority areas to be funded include: research addressing aims of the Cancer Control Program (see RFA for details), cross-disciplinary research and investigators who have not previously collaborated, and projects addressing health disparities.

Foundations/Other Sources

  • Deadline: Feb 14, 2025
    2025 CURE Childhood Cancer Awards

    The mission of CURE is to conquer childhood cancer by funding targeted research that will save lives and give survivors their best quality of life. CURE prioritizes research that will lead to more effective treatments for children within two to three years, as well as research aimed at solving recurrent and hard-to-treat cancers for which no effective treatment exists. Two award mechanisms are available: Translation to CURE (T2C) Award and Early Investigator Award.

NIH Announcements

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

To view NCI funding opportunities, search here