Funding Opportunities

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

Date Posted	Organization Sort descending	Title	Website	Type	LOI or Pre-Application Due Date	Application Due Date	Expiration Date	Comments / Documents
05/27/26	Department of War - Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP)	FY26 Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program (PRMRP) - various awards	website	DOW				Pre-application/LOI and application deadlines vary by award - visit website
05/27/22	AbbVie	Investigator-Initiated Studies	Link	Industry				IIS applications are accepted on a rolling submission basis.
02/05/24	Alan B. Slifka Foundation	Sarcoma Research Grants Initiative	Link	Foundation				send a 1-2 page letter of intent (LOI) to sarcomaLOI@slifkafoundation.org.
12/20/23	Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation	Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF) Grants - various	Link	Foundation				Deadlines vary by award
02/07/20	Amazon Web Services Inc.	AWS Machine Learning Research Awards (MLRA)	Link	Industry				Applications accepted on a rolling basis.
11/14/25	American Academy of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery	2026 CORE Funding Opportunity (various)	Link	Foundation
05/07/26	American Association for Cancer Research	AACR-Novocure Cancer Research Grant	website	Foundation		06/04/26
03/13/20	American Association for Cancer Research	AACR SCHOLAR-IN-TRAINING AWARDS: OTHER CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS (various)	Link	Training				various deadlines depending on meeting
05/07/26	American Association for Cancer Research	AACR-Exelixis Renal Cell Carcinoma Research Fellowship	website	Foundation		06/11/26
12/14/21	American Association for Cancer Research	AACR Funding Opportunities (various)	Link	Foundation		https://www.aacr.org/professionals/research-funding/current-funding-opportuniti…
11/13/20	American Association for Cancer Research	AACR Funding Opportunities (various)	Link	Foundation		https://www.aacr.org/professionals/research-funding/current-funding-opportuniti…
10/09/19	American Association for Cancer Research	PLGA Fund at the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation Research Grant to Optimize Drug Dosing Strategies for Pediatric LGA/LGG Patients	Link	Foundation				Applications are accepted by continuous receipt.
10/04/23	American Association for Cancer Research	AACR MINORITY SCHOLAR IN CANCER RESEARCH AWARDS	Link	Foundation
09/19/19	American Association for Cancer Research	AACR Basic Cancer Research Fellowships	Link	Foundation
11/13/20	American Brain Tumor Association	ABTA Research Collaboration Grant	Link	Foundation				Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the ABTA is not able to accept applications for the Research Collaboration Grants for the 2021 grant cycle.
01/17/24	American Cancer Society	American Cancer Society Grants (various)	Link	Foundation				Deadlines April 1 and October 15
02/19/26	American Cancer Society	ACS Spring 2026 Grant Opportunities Webinar for the Northeast Region	Register for webinar			06/01/26		This webinar (on 3/23/26) will provide an overview of the ACS grant funding opportunities available during the Summer 2026 cycle. The application deadline for this cycle is June 1st, 2026.
11/14/25	American Cancer Society	RFA: Leukemia Exploration and Prevention Grant Program (LEAP)	Link	Foundation		06/01/26
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)
05/07/26	American Gastroenterological Association	AGA-Caroline Craig Augustyn & Damian Augustyn Award in Digestive Cancer	website	Award		09/15/26
05/07/26	American Gastroenterological Association	AGA-R. Robert & Sally Funderburg Research Award in Gastric Cancer	website	Award		09/15/26
06/14/19	American Gastroenterological Association	AGA Research Awards (Various)	Link	Foundation		https://www.gastro.org/research-and-awards/research-awards/apply-for-awards
11/14/25	American Gastroenterological Association	AGA-Bern Schwartz Family Fund Research Scholar Award in Pancreatic Cancer (Fund B)	Link	Foundation		12/02/26
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
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
08/29/23	American Lung Association	American Lung Association (various)	Link	Foundation				due dates vary -- see application for each award
09/24/21	American Lung Association	ALA Awards and Grants (various)	Link	Foundation		https://www.lung.org/research/awards-and-grants-opportunities
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/
01/20/26	American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO)	ASTRO Funding Opportunities (various)	Link	Foundation
10/09/20	American Society of Clinical Oncology	ASCO Grants and Awards	Link	Foundation
05/07/26	American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)	American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Young Investigator Award Special Competitions	website	Foundation		07/15/26
05/15/20	American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (ASCRS)	ASCRS Grants and Awards (various)	Link	Foundation				There are two cycles of funding opportunities, spring and fall, with submission deadlines on March 15 and August 15.
11/14/25	American Society of Hematology	ASH Research Training Award for Fellows	Link	Foundation
12/17/19	Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health	ASPPH Fellowships and Internships (various)	Link	Fellowship		https://www.aspph.org/study/fellowships-and-internships/
08/21/19	Bayer US	Medical Educational Grants - various grants in Oncology/Hematology	Link	Training		http://www.grants-contributions.bayer.com/en/home/medical-educational-grants/ap…
02/17/19	BD Biosciences	BD Biosciences research grants (immunology cancer)	Link	Foundation		http://www.bdbiosciences.com/us/applications/research/research-grants/m/researc…
07/30/21	Boehringer Ingelheim	Independent Medical Education (IME) Grants	Link	Industry
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…
05/27/22	Bone Cancer Research Trust	Bone Cancer Research Trust grants (various)	Link	Foundation		https://www.bcrt.org.uk/research/for-researchers/
02/18/25	Breast Cancer Alliance	Exceptional Project Grants	Link	Foundation	03/31/2025
09/22/22	Breast Cancer Alliance	Breast Cancer Alliance grants (various)	Link	Foundation		https://breastcanceralliance.org/what-we-fund
01/30/22	Breast Cancer Now	Breast Cancer Now Tissue Bank	Link	Foundation
03/06/19	Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA)	CANSA Travel Study or Overseas Visitors Grant	Link	Foundation		https://www.cansa.org.za/apply-for-a-travel-study-or-overseas-visitors-grant-2/
10/28/22	Cancer Research Institute	CRI Grants (various)	Link	Foundation		https://www.cancerresearch.org/apply-for-grants
06/17/22	ChadTough Defeat DIPG Foundation	ChadTough DIPG 2024 grants (various)	Link	Foundation		https://www.chadtough.org/research/grant-application/
09/24/18	Children with Cancer UK	Grants for the support of conferences and meetings	Link	Foundation				This funding stream is open throughout the year.
04/14/25	Children's Cancer Research Fund (CCRF)	Children's Cancer Research Fund Research Grant (various)	Link	Foundation
07/01/22	Children’s Cancer Research Fund (CCRF)	CCRF Research Grant Programs (various)	Link	Foundation		https://childrenscancer.org/awards/
03/29/19	Chordoma Foundation	TBXT Challenge	Link	Prize
09/18/20	Chordoma Foundation	Chordoma Foundation Funding Opps (various)	Link	Foundation		https://www.chordomafoundation.org/funding-opportunities/