Previous opportunities are listed below to offer interested investigators an opportunity to view funding that may be offered again in the future. Details are subject to change.
Research Fellowships
Pathway to Leadership Grants
Fellows Grants
Research Fellowships
AACR-AstraZeneca Fellowship for Translational Lung Cancer Research
Two-year grant of $90,000. Applicants must be in the first five years of a fellowship at the start of the grant term.
AACR Basic Cancer Research Fellowships
AACR Basic Cancer Research Fellowships are one-year grants of up to $45,000 to support the salary and benefits of the fellow. A partial amount of funds, up to 25 percent of the total grant, may be designated for direct research expenses. Open to fellows who will be in the first, second or third year of their training at the start of the grant term. Research projects are restricted to basic cancer research. It is anticipated that multiple fellowships will be awarded.
AACR Clinical and Translational Cancer Research Fellowships
The AACR Clinical and Translational Cancer Research Fellowships are open to postdoctoral and clinical research fellows working at an academic, medical or research institution who will be in the first five years of their postdoctoral training at the start of the grant term. Proposed research projects may be in any area of clinical and/or translational cancer research. The fellowships provide a one-year $45,000 grant to support the salary and benefits of the fellow while working on a mentored clinical and/or translational cancer research project. A partial amount of funds may be designated for research/laboratory supplies and equipment. It is anticipated that at least two fellowships will be funded.
AACR-Conquer Cancer Foundation of ASCO Young Investigator Translational Cancer Research Award
The AACR-Conquer Cancer Foundation of ASCO Young Investigator Translational Cancer Research Award provides a one-year grant of $50,000 to support direct research expenses, which may include the salary and benefits of the grant recipient, postdoctoral or clinical research fellows and/or research assistants, research/laboratory supplies, and equipment. The purpose of this award is to fund physician-scientists during the transition from a fellowship program to a faculty appointment. The Award is open to physicians (M.D., D.O., or international equivalent) or physicians holding a combined M.D./Ph.D. Applicants must be working in an oncology laboratory or clinical research setting in an academic medical institution and be in the last two years of his/her final subspecialty training. Research projects are restricted to translational cancer research.
AACR-Genentech BioOncology Fellowship for Cancer Research on the HER Family Pathway
The AACR-Genentech BioOncology Fellowship for Cancer Research on the HER Family Pathway represents a joint effort to encourage and support postdoctoral and clinical research fellows who are in the first five years of their fellowship training (at the start of the grant term) to conduct cancer research on the HER family pathway and establish successful career paths in this field. Proposed research projects are restricted to basic, translational, clinical or epidemiological projects that substantially advance the field of cancer research on the HER family pathway. The fellowship provides $90,000 over two-years ($45,000 per year) to support the salary and benefits of the Fellow while working on a mentored cancer research project. A partial amount of funds may be designated for research/laboratory supplies and equipment.
AACR Judah Folkman Fellowship for Angiogenesis Research
Two-year grant of $90,000. The fellowship is open to physicians (M.D., D.O. or international equivalent) or physicians holding a combined M.D./Ph.D. and who are affiliated with an institution in the U.S. Applicants must be in the first five years of a fellowship at the start of the grant term.
AACR-National Brain Tumor Society Fellowship, in memory of Bonnie Brooks
One-year grant of $40,000. Applicants must be in the first five years of a fellowship at the start of the grant term.
Colorectal Cancer Coalition-AACR Fellowship, in memory of Lisa Dubow
The Colorectal Cancer Coalition-AACR Fellowship, in memory of Lisa Dubow, is a one-year grant of $45,000 to support the salary and benefits of the fellow. A partial amount of funds, up to 25 percent of the total grant, may be designated for direct research expenses. Open to fellows who will be in the first five years of their training at the start of the grant term. Research projects are restricted to translational or clinical cancer research that has an ultimate goal of developing or improving therapeutic interventions for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer. It is anticipated that one fellowship will be funded.
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network-AACR Fellowship
The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network-AACR Fellowship supports early-career scientists during the mentored research phase. Applicants must have started postdoctoral or clinical research fellowships on or after July 2, 2009 (i.e., must be in the first three years of a fellowship at the start of the grant term). The fellowship is a one-year grant, totaling $45,000.
Raymond and Beverly Sackler AACR Fellowships for Ileal Carcinoid Tumor Research
Two-year grant of $100,000. The fellowships are open to postdoctoral and clinical research fellows. Applicants must be in the first five years of a fellowship at the start of the grant term. Applications are invited from researchers currently in the field as well as from investigators with experience in other areas of cancer research who have promising ideas or research approaches that can be applied to ileal carcinoid tumor research. Proposed research may be basic, translational, clinical or epidemiological in nature and must have direct application and relevance to ileal carcinoid tumors.
Independent researchers interested in carcinoid tumor or pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor research funding are encouraged to apply for the Caring for Carcinoid Foundation-AACR Grants for Carcinoid Tumor and Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor Research.
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Pathway to Leadership Grants
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network-AACR Pathway to Leadership Grant
The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network-AACR Pathway to Leadership Grant is designed to build future leaders in the pancreatic cancer research community by supporting promising early-career scientists in their postdoctoral positions through the transition to independence. Applicants must have started postdoctoral or clinical research fellowships on or after July 2, 2007 (i.e., must be in the first five years of a fellowship at the start of the grant term). The Pathway to Leadership Grant provides up to five years of support, totaling $600,000.
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Fellows Grants
AACR-Colorectal Cancer Coalition Fellows Grant, in memory of Lisa Dubow
One-year grant of $30,000. Research projects are restricted to translational or clinical cancer research that has an ultimate goal of developing or improving therapeutic interventions for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer. This grant is now a fellowship and will no longer be offered as a fellows grant.
AACR-FNAB Fellows Grant for Translational Pancreatic Cancer Research
One-year grant of $35,000. Applicants must be in the first five years of a fellowship at the start of the grant term. Research projects are restricted to translational pancreatic cancer research that includes the use of human tissue and has implications for therapeutic application and individualized medicine. Proposed research must have implications for individualized cancer treatment and must make use of human biopsies or samples, such as needle biopsies or circulating cancer cells. In vivo primary tumor explants meet these criteria, but xenografts from established cell lines do not.
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Hanna Hopfinger, Program Associate
Telephone: (215) 446-7191
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Email: grants@aacr.org