Breast Cancer Research Foundation-AACR NextGen Grants for Transformative Cancer Research
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation-AACR NextGen Grants for Transformative Cancer Research represent the AACR’s flagship funding initiative to stimulate highly innovative research from young investigators. This grant mechanism is intended to promote and support creative, paradigm-shifting cancer research that may not be funded through conventional channels. It is expected that these grants will catalyze significant scientific discoveries and help talented young investigators gain scientific independence.
This grant is a focused effort to encourage and support investigators from diverse backgrounds that are underrepresented in cancer research to foster their career advancement and build a more diverse, inclusive future for cancer research.
The grants provide $450,000 over three years for expenses related to the research project, which may include salary and benefits of the grant recipient, postdoctoral or clinical research fellows, graduate students (including tuition costs), and research assistants, research/laboratory supplies, equipment, travel applicable to the research project, publication charges for manuscripts that pertain directly to the funded project, other research expenses, and indirect costs.
Please review all Program Guidelines and Application Instructions before submitting an application.
While the research proposed for funding may be basic, translational, or clinical in nature in any area of cancer research, the BCRF-AACR NextGen Grant will be awarded only to breast cancer-focused projects.
Applicants must have a doctoral degree (PhD, MD, MD/PhD, or equivalent) in a related field and not currently be a candidate for a further doctoral degree.
At the start of the grant term on July 1, 2023 applicants must:
- Hold a tenure-eligible appointment (or equivalent, if institution does not follow a tenure system) at the rank of assistant professor
- appointments such as research assistant professor, adjunct assistant professor, assistant professor research track, visiting professor, or instructor are not eligible. Applicants that have progressed to associate professor appointments are also not eligible
- Have held a tenure-eligible assistant professor appointment for no more than three years
- cannot have held a tenure-eligible appointment prior to July 1, 2020
- Work at an academic, medical, or research institution anywhere in the world
Final determinations of eligibility will not be completed until the AACR is in receipt of the submitted application.
There are no citizenship or geographic requirements. However, by submitting a Letter of Intent for this grant, an applicant applying from an institution located in a country in which they are not a citizen or a permanent resident assures that their visa status will provide sufficient time to complete the project and grant term at the institution from which they applied.
Applicants must be AACR members. Nonmembers interested in this grant opportunity must submit a satisfactory application for AACR Active membership by the application deadline. Nonmembers can apply for membership online. Members can renew their membership through myAACR to bring their membership current. You will need your logon (email address) and password to access the member portal. If you require assistance logging in, please submit a help form. Lapsed members must be members in good standing by the application deadline and should contact the Membership Department at [email protected] for assistance.
The AACR requires applicants to complete an online Letter of Intent submission by 1:00 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time on Monday, January 23, 2023, using the ProposalCentral website at https://proposalcentral.com.
Please review all Program Guidelines and Application Instructions before submitting an application.