Funding Opportunities

For questions regarding these opportunities, please contact Sarah Laye at: slaye@som.umaryland.edu.

Date Posted	Organization	Title	Website	Type	LOI or Pre-Application Due Date	Application Due Date	Expiration Date	Comments / Documents
11/14/25	NIH	Mechanisms that Impact Cancer Risk with Use of Incretin Mimetics (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)	Link	NIH		Standard due dates apply		LOI due 30 days prior to the application due date
11/14/25	NIH	Understanding Expectancies in Cancer Symptom Management (R01 Clinical Trial Required)	Link	NIH		Standard due dates apply
11/14/25	NIH	Modular R01s in Cancer Control and Population Sciences (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)	Link	NIH		Standard due dates apply
11/14/25	NIH	Integration of Imaging and Fluid-Based Tumor Monitoring in Cancer Therapy (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)	Link	NIH		Standard due dates apply		LOI due 30 days prior to the application due date
11/14/25	NIH	Mechanisms that Impact Cancer Risk after Bariatric Surgery (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)	Link	LOI due 30 days prior to the application due date.		Standard due dates apply
11/14/25	NIH	Assay development and screening for discovery of chemical probes, drugs or immunomodulators (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)	Link	NIH		Standard due dates apply
11/14/25	NIH	Interventions to Address Disparities in Liver Diseases and Liver Cancer (R01 - Clinical Trials Optional)	Link	NIH		Standard due dates apply
11/14/25	NCI	Population Approaches to Reducing Alcohol-related Cancer Risk (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)	Link	NIH		Standard due dates apply
11/14/25	NIH	NIH Pathway to Independence Award (Parent K99/R00 – Independent Clinical Trial Required)	Link	NIH		Standard due dates apply
11/14/25	NIH	NIH Pathway to Independence Award (Parent K99/R00 Independent Basic Experimental Studies with Humans Required)	Link	NIH		Standard due dates apply
11/14/25	NIH	Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (Parent K01 - Independent Clinical Trial Required)	Link	NIH		Standard due dates apply
11/14/25	NIH	Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award (Parent K08 – Independent Clinical Trial Required)	Link	NIH		Standard due dates apply
11/14/25	NIH	Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award (Parent K23 Independent Basic Experimental Studies with Humans Required)	Link	NIH		Standard due dates apply
11/14/25	American Society of Hematology	ASH Research Training Award for Fellows	Link	Foundation
11/14/25	American Gastroenterological Association	AGA-Bern Schwartz Family Fund Research Scholar Award in Pancreatic Cancer (Fund B)	Link	Foundation		12/02/26
11/14/25	American Academy of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery	2026 CORE Funding Opportunity (various)	Link	Foundation
11/14/25	NIH	Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)	Link	NIH		Standard due dates apply
11/14/25	UMGCCC Cancer Research Education and Training Coordination (CRTEC)	CRTEC Trainee Travel Award Application	Link	Internal		07/01/26
06/29/25	NCI	Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): RNA Modifications in Cancer Biology	Link	NIH NOSI			01/08/26
06/29/25	NCI	Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Exploratory Cancer Immunology Projects and Technologies (ExCITe)	Link	NIH NOSI			11/17/26
06/29/25	NCI	Exploratory Grants in Cancer Control (R21 Clinical Trial Optional)	Link	NIH		Standard due dates apply
06/29/25	NCI	Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)	Link	NIH		Standard due dates apply
06/29/25	NCI	Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Fellowship for Students at Institutions Without NIH-Funded Institutional Predoctoral Dual-Degree Training Programs (Parent F30)	Link	NIH		Standard due dates apply
06/29/25	NIH	Support for Research Excellence – First Independent Research (SuRE-First) Award (R16 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)	Link	NIH		Standard due dates apply
04/14/25	NIH	Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Quantum Sensing in Biomedical Applications (SBIR/STTR)	Link	NIH NOSI		01/27/27	01/27/27
04/14/25	NIH	Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Promoting Data Reuse for Health Research	Link	NIH NOSI		11/04/26	11/04/26
04/14/25	NIH	SBIR/STTR Commercialization Readiness Pilot (CRP) Program Technical Assistance and Late Stage Development (SB1 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)	Link	NIH		Standard due dates apply	09/06/25
04/14/25	NIH	PHS 2024-2 Omnibus Solicitation of the NIH and CDC for Small Business Innovation Research Grant Applications (Parent SBIR [R43/R44] Clinical Trial Required)	Link	NIH		Standard due dates apply	09/06/25
04/14/25	NIH	PHS 2024-2 Omnibus Solicitation of the NIH CDC and FDA for Small Business Innovation Research Grant Applications (Parent SBIR [R43/R44] Clinical Trial Not Allowed)	Link	NIH		Standard due dates apply	09/06/25
04/14/25	Children's Cancer Research Fund (CCRF)	Children's Cancer Research Fund Research Grant (various)	Link	Foundation
02/18/25	Breast Cancer Alliance	Exceptional Project Grants	Link	Foundation	03/31/2025
02/18/25	American Cancer Society	Extramural Discovery Science Accelerator Award	Link	Foundation				Applications submitted through June 1 will be reviewed in July. Applications submitted after June 1 will be reviewed in December. Grants start in September 2025 (July review) or 04/2026 (December)
02/18/25	NIH	Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Communication and Decision-Making in a Complex and Dynamic Cancer Treatment Environment	Link	NIH NOSI		09/08/28	09/08/28
12/17/24	NCI	Interventions to Address Disparities in Liver Diseases and Liver Cancer (R01 - Clinical Trials Optional)	Link	NIH		Standard due dates apply	01/08/28
12/17/24	NIH	Risk and Protective Factors of Family Health and Family Level Interventions (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)	Link	NIH		Standard due dates apply	05/08/27
07/09/24	NIH	Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Improving Adherence to Treatment and Prevention Regimens and Maintenance of Health Behaviors to Promote Health	Link	NIH NOSI		07/14/27	07/14/27
07/09/24	NCI	Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (Parent K01 Independent Basic Experimental Studies with Humans Required)	Link	NIH		Standard due dates apply	05/08/27
07/09/24	NIH	PHS 2024-2 Omnibus Solicitation of the NIH for Small Business Technology Transfer Grant Applications (Parent STTR [R41/R42] Clinical Trial Required)	Link	NIH		Standard due dates apply	09/06/25
05/07/24	Robert A. Winn Diversity in Clinical Trials Award Program	Robert A. Winn Diversity in Clinical Trials: Career Development Award (Winn CDA)	Link	Foundation
05/07/24	Maryland Department of Health	MHHD Grant Programs	Link	MDH				see each grant for specific deadline
05/07/24	NCI	Mentored Quantitative Research Development Award (Parent K25 Independent Basic Experimental Studies with Humans Required)	Link	NIH		Standard due dates apply	05/08/27
05/07/24	NCI	Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (Parent K01 - Independent Clinical Trial Required)	Link	NIH		Standard due dates apply	05/08/27
05/07/24	NCI	Imaging Biomarkers and Digital Pathomics for the Early Detection of Premetastatic Cancer and Precancerous Lesions Associated with Lethal Phenotypes (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)	Link	NIH		Standard due dates apply	09/08/25
03/31/24	OREF	OREF Research Grants (various)	Link	Foundation
03/31/24	Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer	SITC-MRA Women in Melanoma Fellowship Award	Link	Award
03/31/24	NCI	Notice of Special Interest: National Cancer Institute Supports Applications for the Mentored Research Scientist Development Awards (K01) Within the Mission of the Division of Cancer Prevention	Link	NIH NOSI		05/08/29	05/08/29
03/31/24	NCI	Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Developing and Testing Multi-level Physical Activity Interventions to Improve Health and Well-Being	Link	NIH NOSI		11/14/27	11/14/27
03/11/24	Society for Immunology of Cancer	SITC-Merck Cancer Immunotherapy Clinical Fellowship	Link	Foundation
03/11/24	Society for Immunology of Cancer	2024 SITC-Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals Adverse Events in Cancer Immunotherapy Clinical Fellowship	Link	Foundation
03/11/24	Colorectal Cancer Alliance	Project Cure CRC	Link	Foundation				rolling request for proposals