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Date Posted Organization Title Website Type LOI or Pre-Application Due Date Application Due Date Expiration Date Comments / Documents
NIH NIH Pathway to Independence Award (Parent K99/R00 – Independent Clinical Trial Required) website NIH Standard due dates apply 05/08/27
NIH NIH Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award (Parent K08 – Independent Clinical Trial Required) website NIH Standard due dates apply 05/08/27
NIH NIH Pathway to Independence Award (Parent K99/R00 – Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed) website NIH Standard due dates apply 05/08/27
NIH NIH Stephen I. Katz Early Stage Investigator Research Project Grant (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) website NIH 09/28/26 08/26/28 Next application due date is September 28, 2026
NIH NIH Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) website NIH Standard due dates apply 01/08/28
NIH NIH Academic Career Excellence (ACE) Award (K32 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed) website NIH 07/12/29
Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA DoW Rare Cancers Resource and Community Development Award website DOW 11/18/26
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Damon Runyon-Dale F. Frey Award for Breakthrough Scientists website Foundation 07/15/26
Collaborative Group of the Americas on Inherited Gastrointestinal Cancer (CGA-IGC) Collaborative Group of the Americas on Inherited Gastrointestinal Cancer (CGA-IGC) - 3 awards website Foundation 07/10/26 DEADLINE TO APPLY - FRIDAY, JULY 10, 2026
Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA DoW Rare Cancers Idea Development Award website DOW 11/18/26
Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA DoW Rare Cancers Concept Award website DOW 09/30/26
Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA DoW Kidney Cancer, Concept Award website DOW 07/28/26
American Association for Cancer Research AACR-Debbie’s Dream Foundation Gastric Cancer Innovation and Discovery Grant website Foundation 07/22/26
The Harrington Discovery Institute The Harrington Discovery Institute Prize for Innovation in Medicine website Foundation 09/14/26
Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA DoW Kidney Cancer, Idea Development Award Synopsis 1 website DOD 09/28/26
Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA DoW Kidney Cancer, Academy of Kidney Cancer Investigators – Early-Career Scholar Award Synopsis 1 website DOD 09/28/26
DHHS NIH Discovery of the Genetic Basis of Childhood Cancers and of Congenital Anomalies: Gabriella Miller Kids First Pediatric Research Program (X01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) Synopsis 1 website NIH 01/11/27
UMD MIPS Maryland Industrial Partnerships (MIPS) website Internal 10/15/26 Informational Webinars on June 30, July 38, & August 25
TEDCO TEDCO Maryland Innovation Initiative (MII) website Internal - Translational Research Grant 07/15/26 Next application due dates are July 15 and October 15
UMB and UMBC UM-BILD website Internal UM-BILD accelerator program will be accepting new applications starting in August 2026
Cancer Research Institute (CRI) Cancer Research Institute Career Development Awards (various) website Foundation Various awards - visit website for deadlines
Blood Cancer United Blood Cancer United Equity in Access Research Grants website Foundation 09/10/2026
Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network 2026 Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network (BCAN) Continuity Grant website Foundation 06/29/26
NIH NIH Academic-Industrial Partnerships for Translation of Technologies for Diagnosis and Treatment (R01 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed) website NIH Standard due dates apply 01/08/28
NCI NIH Academic-Industrial Partnerships (AIP) to Translate and Validate In Vivo Imaging Systems (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) website NCI Standard due dates apply 01/08/27
NCI NIH Basic Research in Cancer Health Disparities (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) website NIH Standard due dates apply 01/08/28
NCI NIH National Cancer Institute's Investigator-Initiated Early Phase Clinical Trials for Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis (R01 Clinical Trial Required) website NIH Standard due dates apply 01/08/27
NIH NIH Developing novel theory and methods for understanding the genetic architecture of complex human traits (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) website NIH Standard due dates apply 11/06/26
NIH NIH Interventions to Address Disparities in Liver Diseases and Liver Cancer (R01 - Clinical Trials Optional) website NIH Standard due dates apply 01/08/28
NCI NIH Mechanisms that Impact Cancer Risk after Bariatric Surgery (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) website NCI Standard due dates apply 01/08/28
NCI NIH Mechanisms that Impact Cancer Risk with Use of Incretin Mimetics (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) website NCI Standard due dates apply 01/08/27
NCI NIH Clinical Characterization of Cancer Therapy-induced Adverse Sequelae and Mechanism-based Interventional Strategies (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) website NCI Standard due dates apply 01/08/28
NCI NIH Molecular Imaging of Inflammation in Cancer (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) website NCI Standard due dates apply 01/08/28
NIH NIH Risk and Protective Factors of Family Health and Family Level Interventions (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) website NIH Standard due dates apply 05/08/27
NCI NIH Cancer Prevention and Control Clinical Trials Grant Program (R01 Clinical Trial Required) website NCI Standard due dates apply 01/08/27
NCI NIH Metastasis Research Network (U54 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) website NCI 09/25/26
NCI NCI Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program (CPFP) website NCI 08/06/26
NCI NIH Early-Stage Innovative Technology Development for Basic and Clinical Cancer Research (R61 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) website NCI 11/10/26
NCI NIH Advanced Development and Validation of Emerging Technologies for Basic and Clinical Cancer Research (R33 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) website NCI 11/10/26
NIH NIH Radiation Oncology-Biology Integration Network (ROBIN) Centers (U54 Clinical Trial Required) website NIH 01/25/27
NCI NIH Integrating Biospecimen Science Approaches into Clinical Assay Development (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) website NCI 09/11/27
NIH NIH Secondary Analysis and Integration of Existing Data to Elucidate Cancer Risk and Related Outcomes (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) website NIH Standard due dates apply 11/06/26
NIH NIH Advanced Development of Informatics Technologies for Cancer Research and Management (U24 Clinical Trial Optional) website NIH 10/19/26
NIH NIH Sustained Support for Informatics Technologies for Cancer Research and Management (U24 Clinical Trial Optional) website NIH 10/19/26
NIH NIH Early-Stage Development of Informatics Technologies for Cancer Research and Management (U01 Clinical Trial Optional) website NIH 10/19/27
NCI NCI Community Oncology Research Program (NCORP) Community Sites (UG1 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) website NCI 09/18/26
NCI NCI Community Oncology Research Program (NCORP) Research Bases (UG1 Clinical Trial Required) website NCI 09/18/26
Pfizer Pfizer Guideline Concordant Care and Emerging Data for Patients with Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer (MIBC) through locally advanced or metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma (la/mUC) RFP Industry 07/02/26
Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr. Foundation Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr. Foundation Grant Program website Foundation 07/01/26
Hopper-Belmont Foundation The Hopper-Belmont Foundation (“HBF”) 2026 Awards website Foundation 06/30/26