AACR Career Development Awards

Applications are closed.

Career Development Award Summary

AACR Career Development Awards are open to junior faculty at an academic, medical, or research institution who completed postdoctoral studies or clinical fellowships no more than four years prior to the start of the grant term.

The Awards provide two-year grants for direct research expenses and salary support. 

Applications must be completed online using the proposalCENTRAL web site, with one paper copy submitted to the AACR office. Application instructions and program guidelines are available below and on the proposalCENTRAL web site.

Closed Applications:

AACR Career Development Awards for Pediatric Cancer Research (Joint Application)

Two-year grants of $100,000 ($50,000 per year) for direct research expenses and salary support.

Application Deadline: December 7, 2009, at 12:00 noon, Eastern Standard Time

• Program Guidelines and Application Instructions

AACR-FNAB Career Development Award for Translational Cancer Research
Proposed project must have implications for individualized cancer treatment and must make use of human biopsies or samples, such as needle biopsies or circulating cancer cells. One two-year grant of $100,000 ($50,000 per year) for direct research expenses and salary support is available.

Application Deadline: December 7, 2009, at 12:00 noon, Eastern Standard Time 

• Program Guidelines and Application Instructions

AACR-Genentech BioOncology Career Development Award for Cancer Research on the HER Family Pathway
Two-year grant of $100,000. Applicants must have a medical degree (M.D., D.O., or international equivalent) or hold a combined M.D./Ph.D. and be affiliated with an institution in the U.S. One Career Development Award will be awarded this cycle. 

Application Deadline:  August 10, 2010, at 12 noon, Eastern Time

• Program Guidelines and Application Instructions

AACR Judah Folkman Career Development Award for Anti-Angiogenesis Research
Two-year grant of $100,000. One Career Development Award will be awarded this cycle. 

Application Deadline:  August 10, 2009, at 12 noon, Eastern Time

• Program Guidelines and Application Instructions

Pancreatic Cancer Action Network-AACR Career Development Awards
Candidates must be affiliated with an institution in the U.S. Three two-year grants of $200,000 will be presented in 2010.

Application Deadline:  October 28, 2009, at 12:00 noon, Eastern Time

• Program Guidelines and Application Instructions

Inquiries

Julia Laurence, Program Associate
Telephone: (267) 646-0655
Fax: (215) 440-9372
E-mail: grants@aacr.org