Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF)
Bridge GrantsALSF's Bridge Grant is designed for sustaining research projects falling between the end of funding by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) R or P Award and the beginning of a competitively renewed NIH Award. ALSF will support projects via this mechanism for a maximum of 12 months. If NIH funding is secured and begins before the end of the 12 month period, ALSF must be notified and will cease its financial support of the project. Projects funded via this mechanism that do not receive funding from the NIH within 12 months are not eligible to reapply for the ALSF Bridge Grant.
Amount: $100,000 for 1 year
Deadline: June 21, 2013
Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF)
Springboard GrantsALSF's Springboard Grant is designed to support new National Institutes of Health (NIH) R01 or P01 research projects which were scored less than or equal to the 20th percentile but were not funded. ALSF will support projects via this mechanism for a maximum of 12 months. If NIH funding is secured and begins before the end of the 12 month period, ALSF must be notified and will cease its financial support of the project. Projects funded via this mechanism that do not receive funding from the NIH within 12 months are not eligible to reapply for the ALSF Springboard Grant.
Amount: $100,000 for 1 year
Deadline: June 21, 2013
Reliable Cancer Therapies (RCT)
Call for Cancer Projects: Repurposing of DrugsRCT is seeking projects looking to repurpose existing drugs for cancer treatment. The drugs must have been developed and approved for other indication(s). Relevant clinical trial endpoints (cancer survival & tumor response) should be the primary research assessments. RCT also promotes collaborative research projects between researchers at different universities and/or organizations.
Amount: €300,000 over 3 years
Deadline: June 28, 2013
Children's Leukemia Research Association (CLRA)
Research GrantsEach year, CLRA's Medical Advisory Committee, consisting of prominent internationally known and respected hematologists, reviews submitted research proposals from doctors nationwide. The objectives of this committee are to direct the funds of the Association into the most promising research projects, where funding would not duplicate other funding sources, towards finding the causes and cure for leukemia.Amount: $30,000 for 1 year
Deadline: June 30, 2013
Innovation Award
Provides support for the next generation of exceptionally creative thinkers with "high-risk/high-reward" ideas that have the potential to significantly impact our understanding of and/or approaches to the prevention, diagnosis or treatment of cancer. The Innovation Award is specifically designed to provide funding to extraordinary early career researchers who have an innovative new idea but lack sufficient preliminary data to obtain traditional funding. It is not designed to fund incremental advances. Research supported by this award must be novel, exceptionally creative and, if successful, have the strong potential for high impact in the cancer field.
Amount: $150,000/year for 3 years
Deadline: July 1, 2013 Oncology Nursing Society (ONS)
Research Career Development AwardProvides support for short-term oncology research training and mentorship. The applicant must be a registered nurse with an interest in oncology and with a completed PhD degree in nursing or a related discipline. The conduct of a research project (including pilot and feasibility studies) is
not permitted for this funding mechanism.
Amount: $20,000 for 1 year
Deadline: July 1, 2013 Breast Cancer Alliance (BCA)
Young Investigator GrantBCA invites clinical doctors and research scientists whose primary focus is breast cancer. Applicants must have been appointed to a position equivalent to Assistant Professor no more than three years prior to the start of the grant term. The research project must be directly related to the field of breast cancer. Areas of relevant research may include but are not limited to: diagnosis, etiology, immunology, genetics, therapies, prevention and clinical studies.
Amount: $125,000 over 2 years
Deadline:
July 26, 2013Cutaneous Lymphoma Foundation
CLARIONS Research Awards ProgramThe CLARIONS Grant Program, which stands for Cutaneous Lymphoma by Advancing Research, Innovation and Offering New Solutions, supports investigators interested in conducting innovative cutaneous lymphoma research. These grants will help uncover causes and improve the treatment and quality of life for patients. Discovering new avenues for better therapies and, one day, a cure for cutaneous lymphoma are key goals of this program.
Amount: $25,000 for 1 year
Deadline: July 31, 2013
The Cure Starts Now Foundation (CSN)
CSN Grant ProgramCSN seeks to fund research investigating cures for pediatric brain cancers with a focus on Diffuse Intrinsic Brainstem Glioma (DIPG). Their focus is to support translational and clinical research projects in those areas.
Amount: $100,000 for 1 year
Deadline: July 31, 2013Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation (MARF)
Mesothelioma Research Grant FundingEligible projects may relate to benchwork, translational or clinical research that is not presently funded or pending review. Encouraged projects include, but are not limited to, investigations of: strategies for early detection of new or progressive disease; definition of targetable differences between normal and transformed mesothelium and development of novel strategies for treatment; therapeutic intervention, including but not limited to immune response targeted therapy, novel chemotherapeutic compounds, novel radiation or surgical techniques; determination of clinical/molecular determinants for prognosis.
Amount: $50,000/year for 2 years
Deadline: August 2, 2013
Oncology Nursing Society (ONS)
Research Grant AwardsThese grants support oncology nursing research. Research projects may include pilot or feasibility studies or the development of a new aspect of a program of research. The principal investigator must be actively involved in some aspect of cancer patient care, education, or research, and be PhD- or DNSc-prepared or a student working toward one of those research degrees. Funding preference is given to projects that involve nurses in the design and conduct of the research activity and that promote theoretically based oncology practice. Membership in ONS is not required for eligibility.
Amount: $25,000 over 2 years
Deadline: LOI: August 15, 2013
Chris4Life Colon Cancer Foundation
Pilot Study Grant ProgramThe aim is to fund pilot and feasibility studies to help improve talented investigators' prospects for future long term funding. In 2013 the sponsor will give priority to proposals in the clinical and bioinformatics research fields.
Amount: $25,000 for 1 year
Deadline: September 1, 2013
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS)
Career Development Program (CDP)
The Career Development Program (CDP) offers the opportunity to take part in basic, clinical or translational research to help treat leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma. LLS will award stipends so the applicant can devote time to leukemia research, lymphoma research or myeloma research. LLS offers career development awards for various stages of an applicant's research career. Please verify in the guidelines and instructions which award is appropriate for the applicant's level of experience and apply to that category of award:
Amount: Varies By Mechanism
Deadline: LOI: September 15, 2013 American Cancer Society (ACS)
Mentored Research Scholar Grant in Applied and Clinical ResearchProvides support for mentored research and training to full-time junior faculty, typically within the initial four years of their first independent appointment. The goal is for these beginning investigators to become independent researchers as either clinician scientists or cancer control and prevention researchers.
Amount: $135,000 over 5 years
Deadline: October 15, 2013
All applications are due into the Office of Grants and Contracts five business days prior to the sponsor's deadline for DFCI review and approval prior to submission to the sponsor.
