Funding Opportunities

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

Date Posted	Organization	Title Sort descending	Website	Type	LOI or Pre-Application Due Date	Application Due Date	Expiration Date	Comments / Documents
03/11/24	Society for Immunology of Cancer	2024 SITC-Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals Adverse Events in Cancer Immunotherapy Clinical Fellowship	Link	Foundation
11/14/25	American Academy of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery	2026 CORE Funding Opportunity (various)	Link	Foundation
09/19/19	American Association for Cancer Research	AACR Basic Cancer Research Fellowships	Link	Foundation
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…
10/04/23	American Association for Cancer Research	AACR MINORITY SCHOLAR IN CANCER RESEARCH AWARDS	Link	Foundation
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
05/07/26	American Association for Cancer Research	AACR-Novocure Cancer Research Grant	website	Foundation		06/04/26
05/07/26	The American Association for Thoracic Surgery	AATS Foundation Research Scholarship	website	Scholarship		12/02/26
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.
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	NIH	Advancing Healthcare for Older Adults from Populations that Experience Health Disparities (R01 - Clinical Trial Optional)	Link	NIH		Standard due dates apply
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
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
06/14/19	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
05/07/26	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
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
08/02/19	American Lung Association	ALA Awards and Grants (various opps)	Link	Foundation		https://www.lung.org/our-initiatives/research/awards-and-grant-funding/
09/24/21	American Lung Association	ALA Awards and Grants (various)	Link	Foundation		https://www.lung.org/research/awards-and-grants-opportunities
12/20/23	Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation	Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF) Grants - various	Link	Foundation				Deadlines vary by award
01/17/24	American Cancer Society	American Cancer Society Grants (various)	Link	Foundation				Deadlines April 1 and October 15
08/29/23	American Lung Association	American Lung Association (various)	Link	Foundation				due dates vary -- see application for each award
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
10/09/20	American Society of Clinical Oncology	ASCO Grants and Awards	Link	Foundation
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/
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
01/20/26	American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO)	ASTRO Funding Opportunities (various)	Link	Foundation
06/14/19	Project Athena Foundation	Athenaship Grant	Link	Foundation				Grant applications are reviewed on a quarterly basis with meetings taking place in March June September and December.
02/07/20	Amazon Web Services Inc.	AWS Machine Learning Research Awards (MLRA)	Link	Industry				Applications accepted on a rolling basis.
02/17/19	BD Biosciences	BD Biosciences research grants (immunology cancer)	Link	Foundation		http://www.bdbiosciences.com/us/applications/research/research-grants/m/researc…
05/27/22	Bone Cancer Research Trust	Bone Cancer Research Trust grants (various)	Link	Foundation		https://www.bcrt.org.uk/research/for-researchers/
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
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
05/13/26	NCI	Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program	website	NCI		08/06/26		Application Cycle Opens May 4, 2026; Application Due Date: Aug 6, 2026; Reference Letter Due Date: Aug 13, 2026
11/14/25	NIH	Cancer Research Education Grants Program - Courses for Skills Development (R25 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)	Link	NIH		Standard due dates apply
11/14/25	NIH	Cancer Research Education Grants Program - Curriculum or Methods Development (R25 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)	Link	NIH		Standard due dates apply
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/
07/01/22	Children’s Cancer Research Fund (CCRF)	CCRF Research Grant Programs (various)	Link	Foundation		https://childrenscancer.org/awards/
06/12/23	NCI	Center for Inherited Disease Research (CIDR) High Throughput Sequencing and Genotyping Resource Access (X01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)	Link	NIH			07/09/26	Applications are accepted by continuous receipt.
06/17/22	ChadTough Defeat DIPG Foundation	ChadTough DIPG 2024 grants (various)	Link	Foundation		https://www.chadtough.org/research/grant-application/
04/14/25	Children's Cancer Research Fund (CCRF)	Children's Cancer Research Fund Research Grant (various)	Link	Foundation
09/18/20	Chordoma Foundation	Chordoma Foundation Funding Opps (various)	Link	Foundation		https://www.chordomafoundation.org/funding-opportunities/
11/14/25	NIH	Clinical Characterization of Cancer Therapy-induced Adverse Sequelae and Mechanism-based Interventional Strategies (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)	Link	NIH		Standard due dates apply		LOI due 30 days prior to the application due date
08/29/23	Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center	Clinical Chemistry Fellowship	Link	Foundation				Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Early application is encouraged.