Funding Opportunities

For questions regarding these opportunities, please contact Sarah Laye at: slaye@som.umaryland.edu.
Date Posted Organization Title Website Type LOI Due Application Due Date Expiration Date Comments / Documents
NCI DCP Early Career Scientist Opportunity Annual Call for Nominations Now Open NIH 07/31/25 Instructions for Nominators , NCI DCP Call for Nominations
NIH Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Quantum Sensing in Biomedical Applications (SBIR/STTR) NIH NOSI 01/27/27 01/27/27
Children's Cancer Research Fund (CCRF) Children's Cancer Research Fund Research Grant (various) Foundation
Pfizer Diagnosis and Treatment of Cancer Cachexia Foundation 05/13/25
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) AACR-ALK Positive Lung Cancer Research Fellowship Foundation 05/15/25
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) AACR Grant For Innovative Bladder Cancer Research Foundation 06/05/25
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) AACR-Novocure Cancer Research Grant Foundation 06/30/25
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) AACR-Novocure Career Development Award for Cancer Research Foundation 06/30/25
Fibrolamellar Cancer Foundation Fibrolamellar Cancer Foundation Research Grant Program Foundation 07/01/25
Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute Phased Large Awards for Comparative Effectiveness Research PCORI Funding Announcement -- Cycle 2 2025 Foundation 05/13/2025 09/03/25
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) NIH Standard due dates apply 09/06/25
NIH Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Promoting Data Reuse for Health Research NIH NOSI 11/04/26 11/04/26
Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy 2025 Investigator Award in Cell and Gene Therapy for Gynecological Cancer Research Foundation 05/16/25
NIH Method to Extend Research in Time (MERIT) Award Extension Request (Type 4 eSubmission Clinical Trial Optional) NIH 07/01/25 09/08/28
NIH SBIR/STTR Commercialization Readiness Pilot (CRP) Program Technical Assistance and Late Stage Development (SB1 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) NIH Standard due dates apply 09/06/25
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) NIH Standard due dates apply 09/06/25
V Foundation for Cancer Research 2025 Pediatric Cancer Research Award Foundation 04/21/2025 06/05/25 If interested, please send materials to Sarah Laye at SLaye@som.umaryland.edu by Monday, April 21, 2025.
Breast Cancer Alliance Exceptional Project Grants Foundation 03/31/2025
NIH Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Communication and Decision-Making in a Complex and Dynamic Cancer Treatment Environment NIH NOSI 09/08/28 09/08/28
American Cancer Society Extramural Discovery Science Accelerator Award 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)
NCI Interventions to Address Disparities in Liver Diseases and Liver Cancer (R01 - Clinical Trials Optional) NIH Standard due dates apply 01/08/28
NIH Risk and Protective Factors of Family Health and Family Level Interventions (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) NIH Standard due dates apply 05/08/27
NCI Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (Parent K01 Independent Basic Experimental Studies with Humans Required) NIH Standard due dates apply 05/08/27
NIH PHS 2024-2 Omnibus Solicitation of the NIH for Small Business Technology Transfer Grant Applications (Parent STTR [R41/R42] Clinical Trial Required) NIH Standard due dates apply 09/06/25
NIH Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Improving Adherence to Treatment and Prevention Regimens and Maintenance of Health Behaviors to Promote Health NIH NOSI 07/14/27 07/14/27
Robert A. Winn Diversity in Clinical Trials Award Program Robert A. Winn Diversity in Clinical Trials: Career Development Award (Winn CDA) Foundation
Maryland Department of Health MHHD Grant Programs MDH see each grant for specific deadline
NCI Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (Parent K01 - Independent Clinical Trial Required) NIH Standard due dates apply 05/08/27
NCI Mentored Quantitative Research Development Award (Parent K25 Independent Basic Experimental Studies with Humans Required) NIH Standard due dates apply 05/08/27
NCI Imaging Biomarkers and Digital Pathomics for the Early Detection of Premetastatic Cancer and Precancerous Lesions Associated with Lethal Phenotypes (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) NIH Standard due dates apply 09/08/25
NCI Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): NIH Research Project Grants on Down Syndrome (R01) for the INCLUDE (INvestigation of Co-occurring conditions across the Lifespan to Understand Down syndromE) Project NIH NOSI 05/01/25 05/01/25
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 NIH NOSI 05/08/29 05/08/29
Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer SITC-MRA Women in Melanoma Fellowship Award Award
NCI Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Epidemiologic Studies to Assess the Impact of Incretin Mimetics on New and Recurrent Cancer Risk NIH NOSI 05/09/26 05/09/26
OREF OREF Research Grants (various) Foundation
NCI Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Developing and Testing Multi-level Physical Activity Interventions to Improve Health and Well-Being NIH NOSI 11/14/27 11/14/27
Colorectal Cancer Alliance Project Cure CRC Foundation rolling request for proposals
NCI Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Assessing Real-World Effectiveness and Implementation of Telehealth-Guided Provider-to-Provider Communication among Rural Communities NIH NOSI 10/10/26 10/10/26
Society for Immunology of Cancer 2024 SITC-Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals Adverse Events in Cancer Immunotherapy Clinical Fellowship Foundation
Society for Immunology of Cancer SITC-Merck Cancer Immunotherapy Clinical Fellowship Foundation
NCI Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Telehealth Research in Cancer Care NIH NOSI 03/17/26 03/17/26
NCI Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Epidemiologic Studies to Assess the Impact of Incretin Mimetics on New and Recurrent Cancer Risk NIH NOSI 05/09/26 05/09/26
Pew Pew-Stewart Scholars for Cancer Research Foundation
Alan B. Slifka Foundation Sarcoma Research Grants Initiative Foundation send a 1-2 page letter of intent (LOI) to sarcomaLOI@slifkafoundation.org.
Melanoma Research Foundation Melanoma Research Foundation RFP (various) Foundation https://melanoma.org/research-science/research-grants/research-grant-rfps/
NCI Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Utilization of Cohorts and Prospective Study Designs for Liquid Biopsy Assay Validation for Early Detection of Cancers NIH NOSI 07/02/25 07/02/25
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 Control and Population Sciences NIH NOSI 05/08/29 05/08/29
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 NIH NOSI 05/08/29 05/08/29
NCI Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Chronic Inflammation of the Oral Cavity - An Agent for Oral Mucosal Disease NIH NOSI 05/10/27 05/10/27
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 Control and Population Sciences NIH NOSI 05/08/29 05/08/29