External Funding Opportunities
Federal funding for interdisciplinary approaches to cancer research are available through various agencies. We will list a few.
Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation is dedicated to funding breast health and breast cancer research. Since its inception in 1982, the Foundation has awarded more than 1,000 breast cancer research grants totaling more than $180 million. Applications identified for funding are selected based on their scientific merit and their potential to have an impact on breast cancer.
Department of Defense - Army
Congressionally Mandated Medical Research Programs
International Union Against Cancer
UICC Translational Cancer Research Fellowships
UICC International Cancer Technology Transfer (ICRETT) Fellowships
UICC American Cancer Society International Fellowships for Beginning Investigators
UICC Yamagiwa-Yoshida Memorial International Cancer Study Grants (YY)
Breast Cancer
Prostate Cancer
Ovarian Cancer
Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
American Cancer Society
Research Scholar Grants in Basic, Preclinical, Clinical and Epidemiology Research
Research Scholar Grants in Cancer Control: Psychosocial and Behavioral Research
Research Scholar Grants in Cancer Control: Health Services and Health Policy Research
Research Opportunity Grants for Beginning and Senior Investigators (ROG)
Institutional Research Grants
Mentored Research Scholar Grant in Applied and Clinical Research
Cancer Control Career Development Awards for Primary Care Physicians
Research Professorships
Research Proposals Directed at Poor and Underserved Populations
The Canary Fund
The Canary Fund and the American Cancer Society Early Detection Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
Canary Fund Research Grants
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
Career Development Program - The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Career Development Program provides awards intended to meet the specific needs of investigators at different states in their research careers
Specialized Center of Research Program - SCOR supports research programs in leukemia, lymphoma and Hodgkin lymphoma
Translational Research Program - This program supports projects that translate laboratory findings into clinical applications
American Joint Committee on Cancer
Improving AJCC/UICC TNM Cancer Staging: Developing and Validating New Algorithms for Cancer Prognosis, Staging, and Predicting Response to Therapy
The American Association for Cancer Research Provides Support for Scientists (AACR)
The mission of the American Association for Cancer Research is to prevent and cure cancer. Founded in 1907, AACR is the world's oldest and largest professional organization dedicated to advancing cancer research. The membership includes more than 24,000 basic, translational, and clinical researchers; health care professionals; and cancer survivors and advocates in the United States and more than 60 other countries. AACR marshals the full spectrum of expertise from the cancer community to accelerate progress in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer through high-quality scientific and educational programs. It funds innovative, meritorious research grants. The AACR Annual Meeting attracts over 16,000 participants who share the latest discoveries and developments in the field. Special Conferences throughout the year present novel data across a wide variety of topics in cancer research, treatment, and patient care. AACR publishes fivemajor peer-reviewed journals:Cancer Research; Clinical Cancer Research; Molecular Cancer Therapeutics; Molecular Cancer Research;and Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention. Its most recent publication, CR, is a magazine for cancer survivors, patient advocates, their families, physicians, and scientists. It provides a forum for sharing essential, evidence-based information and perspectives on progress in cancer research, survivorship, and advocacy. Contact: Yarissa Ortiz,,215-440-9300 ext. 101,ortiz@aacr.org
About Oncological Sciences
The mission of the Oncological Sciences Center is to seek new opportunites, forge new partnerships, and nurture new relationships to advance cancer research beyond the laboratory.
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Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship
1201 W. State Street, Room 120
West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
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