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 Sort descending	Expiration Date	Comments / Documents
05/07/24	NCI	Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (Parent K01 - Independent Clinical Trial Required)	Link	NIH		Standard due dates apply	05/08/27
02/14/23	Lung Cancer research Foundation (LCRF)	LCRF (various)	Link	Foundation
01/14/21	American Heart Association	AHA grants (various)	Link	Foundation		https://professional.heart.org/en/research-programs/application-information		Earliest LOI due 2/9/21 for Disparities in Cardio-Oncology Strategically Focused Research Network grant
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
11/14/25	NIH	Advancing Healthcare for Older Adults from Populations that Experience Health Disparities (R01 - Clinical Trial Optional)	Link	NIH		Standard due dates apply
06/11/26	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
07/10/26	NIH	NIH Toward Translation of Nanotechnology Cancer Interventions (TTNCI; R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)	website	NIH			11/16/27	Check website for award cycles and next due date
10/28/22	Cancer Research Institute	CRI Grants (various)	Link	Foundation		https://www.cancerresearch.org/apply-for-grants
10/22/20	Sanofi Genzyme	Research and Medical Education Contributions	Link	Foundation				Applications can be submitted online at any time all year round.
11/14/25	NIH	Advancing Healthcare for Older Adults from Populations that Experience Health Disparities (R01 - Clinical Trial Optional)	Link	NIH		Standard due dates apply
06/11/26	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
09/22/22	Breast Cancer Alliance	Breast Cancer Alliance grants (various)	Link	Foundation		https://breastcanceralliance.org/what-we-fund
05/22/20	American Gastroenterological Association (AGA)	AGA Research Awards (various)	Link	Foundation		https://www.gastro.org/research-and-awards/research-awards/apply-for-awards
06/29/25	NCI	Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)	Link	NIH		Standard due dates apply
12/04/25	NIH	NIH HEAL Initiative PainCare Clinician Training Program (PCTP): Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Awards (K08 - Clinical Trials Not Allowed)	Link	NIH		Standard due dates apply
06/11/26	NCI	NIH Basic Research in Cancer Health Disparities (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)	website	NIH		Standard due dates apply	01/08/28
08/02/22	Rivkin Center	Rivkin Center Scientific Grants (various)	Link	Foundation		https://rivkin.org/research/apply/
03/27/20	Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation	Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation (PBTF) Research Grants	Link	Foundation				Online portal for submitting investigator-initiated general applications will open on April 1, 2025
06/29/25	NCI	Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): RNA Modifications in Cancer Biology	Link	NIH NOSI			01/08/26
01/20/26	American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO)	ASTRO Funding Opportunities (various)	Link	Foundation
06/11/26	NCI	NIH Academic-Industrial Partnerships for Translation of Technologies for Diagnosis and Treatment (R01 - Clinical Trial Optional)	website	NCI		Standard due dates apply	01/08/28
08/18/26	Foundation for Women’s Cancer	Foundation for Women’s Cancer Research Grants, Awards and Prizes	website	Foundation				Call for LOI Applications Opens 8/26/26 – STAY TUNED
05/27/22	AbbVie	Investigator-Initiated Studies	Link	Industry				IIS applications are accepted on a rolling submission basis.
01/10/20	Colorectal Cancer Alliance	Health Disparities Research Grant	Link	Foundation				Currently accepting grant applications. Grant selections will be completed in Spring 2020 and awards will be announced in Summer 2020.
03/04/26	Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs	Defense Health Agency Research and Development Medical Research and Development Command Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs Lung Cancer Research Program Anticipated Funding Opportunities for Fiscal Year 2026 (various)	Link	Foundation
06/11/26	NIH	NIH Population Approaches to Reducing Alcohol-related Cancer Risk (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)	website	NIH		Standard due dates apply	01/08/27
08/18/26	NCI	NIH Cancer Prevention and Control Clinical Trials Planning Grant Program (R34 Clinical Trials Optional)	website	NCI			10/26/27	Next application due date is 10/25/26
10/07/26	NIH	NIH Collaborative International Research Project (Parent PF5 Clinical Trial Optional)	website	NIH		Standard due dates apply	05/08/29
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
05/07/24	Maryland Department of Health	MHHD Grant Programs	Link	MDH				see each grant for specific deadline
04/08/22	Hope Foundation for Cancer Research	Hope Foundation funding opps (various)	Link	Foundation		https://www.thehopefoundation.org/funding-opportunities/
10/30/19	Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc. (BIPI)	Independent Medical Education Grants	Link	Foundation		https://www.boehringer-ingelheim.us/sites/us/files/files/medical-grants-brochur…
11/14/25	NIH	Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award (Parent K08 – Independent Clinical Trial Required)	Link	NIH		Standard due dates apply
06/11/26	NIH	NIH Advancing Healthcare for Older Adults from Populations that Experience Health Disparities (R01 - Clinical Trial Optional)	website	NIH		Standard due dates apply	01/08/28
08/18/26	NCI	NIH Utilizing the PLCO Biospecimens Resource to Bridge Gaps in Cancer Etiology and Early Detection Research (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)	website	NCI			10/09/27	Next application due date is 10/9/26
10/07/22	NCI	Precision Approaches in Radiation Synthetic Combinations (PAIRS R01 Clinical Trial Optional)	Link	NIH		Standard due dates apply	09/08/25	LOI due 30 days before application due date
03/31/24	OREF	OREF Research Grants (various)	Link	Foundation
03/10/22	Genentech	Independent Medical Education (IME)	Link	Foundation				Grant requests must be submitted at least 60 days prior to the project/program/event start date.
09/19/19	American Association for Cancer Research	AACR Basic Cancer Research Fellowships	Link	Foundation
11/14/25	NIH	NIH Pathway to Independence Award (Parent K99/R00 – Independent Clinical Trial Required)	Link	NIH		Standard due dates apply
06/12/26	Blood Cancer United	Blood Cancer United Equity in Access Research Grants	website	Foundation	09/10/2026
07/22/22	NIH	HEAL Initiative: Career Development Awards in Implementation Science for Substance Use Prevention and Treatment (K23 - Clinical Trial Required)	Link	NIH		Standard due dates apply	11/13/25	LOI Not Applicable
03/11/24	Society for Immunology of Cancer	SITC-Merck Cancer Immunotherapy Clinical Fellowship	Link	Foundation
01/30/22	International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC)	IASLC Research Grants (various)	Link	Foundation
08/02/19	American Lung Association	ALA Awards and Grants (various opps)	Link	Foundation		https://www.lung.org/our-initiatives/research/awards-and-grant-funding/
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
08/05/20	NIH	Secondary Analysis and Integration of Existing Data to Elucidate the Genetic Architecture of Cancer Risk and Related Outcomes (R21 Clinical Trials Not Allowed)	Link	NIH		Standard due dates apply	09/08/26
01/22/24	Melanoma Research Foundation	Melanoma Research Foundation RFP (various)	Link	Foundation		https://melanoma.org/research-science/research-grants/research-grant-rfps/
09/24/21	American Lung Association	ALA Awards and Grants (various)	Link	Foundation		https://www.lung.org/research/awards-and-grants-opportunities
05/06/19	Thiel Foundation	Breakout Labs	Link	Foundation				Proposals are received evaluated and funded on a rolling basis. The number of proposals we fund will depend on the quality and quantity of the submissions we receive and their fit within our funding