A hallmark of the AACR is the promotion and support of the highest quality cancer research. The AACR offers an outstanding array of support mechanisms for cancer researchers at various stages in their careers, from fellowships to career development awards to major grants for independent investigators. Since 1993, the AACR has provided $16.3 million in funding to 172 projects.
To enhance the education and training of investigators, the AACR offers a variety of Scholar Awards and travel grants that provide financial support for attendance at AACR Annual Meetings, Special Conferences, and other scientific meetings sponsored by the AACR worldwide. Since the first travel grant was offered in 1986, the AACR has provided over 4,000 awards.
Check eligibility criteria carefully. Requirements of residency, citizenship, seniority, and research area are specific to each award or grant.
Some funding opportunities are open to researchers all over the world, while others are limited to investigators conducting research in the U.S., or U.S. citizens or permanent residents.
Stand Up To Cancer is an unprecedented collaboration uniting the major television networks, entertainment industry executives and celebrities, and prominent leaders in cancer research and patient advocacy in a major new initiative to move groundbreaking cancer research out of the lab and into the clinic.
Today's cancer scientists are on the verge of life-saving discoveries. But what they desperately need are the funds required to mount an all-out assault. Stand Up To Cancer is dedicated to providing this much needed new source of cancer research funding.
As the scientific brain trust in all subfields of cancer research, the AACR is a partner in the Stand Up To Cancer initiative and will provide scientific oversight and will conduct expert scientific review of the research projects and administer funds raised under the direction of a Scientific Advisory Committee.