As the nation's largest private, not-for-profit source of funds for scientists studying cancer, the American Cancer Society remains committed to funding basic, translational, clinical, and cancer control research now and in the future - as much as we are able given our available financial resources.
All research proposals must fall into at least 1 of these 6 priority areas:
How To Submit a Grant Application
Go to proposalCENTRAL to submit an electronic version by 11:59 pm ET on the specified deadline.* (We no longer require a paper copy, unless requested.)
Make sure to include contact information for yourself, the institution official, technology transfer officer, and the department head.
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Also see Arizona Discovery Boost and AHEAD (Advancing Health Equity and Addressing Disparities) Awards |
Who Can Apply: Independent investigators at any career stage. Purpose: To fund exploratory research to develop research methodologies, establish feasibility, or pilot test high-risk/high-reward research across the research continuum. UPDATED Funding: 2 years with $125K a year direct costs, plus 20% allowable indirect costs Deadlines: April 1* and Oct. 15* |
UPDATED—Who Can Apply: Current and past American Cancer Society grantees and now including former ACS Postdoctoral Fellows Purpose: Enables transition of patient-focused research to accelerate clinical impact Funding: Stage I: $240K over 2 years; Stage II: $600K for 1.5 years Deadlines: April 1* and Oct. 15* |
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Also see this special initiative PRIORITY FOCUS: |
UPDATED—Who Can Apply: Investigators within the first 10 years of an initial independent research career or full-time faculty appointment Funding: Up to 4 years with $165K a year direct costs, plus 20% allowable indirect costs Deadlines: April 1* and Oct. 15* |
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Increased Stipends and Expanded Eligibility! |
Who Can Apply: Investigators who are a US citizen or a non-citizen holding an appropriate visa when the application is submitted and are within 4 years of receiving a doctoral degree Funding: Progressive stipends of $66K, $68K, and $70K for up to 3 years, plus an annual $4K fellowship allowance and $1,500 travel allowance in the final year Application Deadlines: April 1* and Oct. 15* |
Clinician Scientist Development Grant (CSDG) Also see RFA: ACS-ASTRO CSDG |
Who Can Apply: Licensed clinicians who are within the first 6 years of their initial, full-time faculty appointment and who have an active role in patient care. Funding: 3 to 5 years with $135K direct costs a year, plus 8% allowable indirect costs Deadlines: April 1* and Oct. 15* |
INSTITUTIONAL BLOCK GRANTS |
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| Institutional Research Grants (IRG) | Who Can Apply: Awarded to institutions as block grants to provide seed money for newly independent investigators to initiate cancer research projects. The principal investigator of the grant should be a senior faculty member. Funding: 1 to 3 years with an average of $120K a year, renewable Deadline: April 1* |
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| St. Baldrick's Foundation - American Cancer Society Childhood Cancer Research RFA: Pilot Accelerator Award | Who Can Apply: Independent investigators at any career stage. Purpose: To advance innovative translational pediatric cancer research conducted within the context of a clinical trial. Funding: 2 years with $100K a year direct costs, plus 20% allowable indirect costs LOI Deadline: Dec. 5, 2022, at 10:59 PM EST Full Application Deadline: April 1* |
ACS Research Priority Area: Screening
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Who Can Apply: Applicants for Interdisciplinary Team Award, Research Scholar Grant (any career stage), and Clinician Scientist Development Grant Purpose: To fund innovative research that will facilitate more widespread cancer screening and early detection culminating in reduced cancer mortality. Funding: Award length and budget varies by grant mechanisms Application Deadline (all grant mechanisms): April 1* |
Cancer Health Equity Research Centers (CHERCs)
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Who Can Apply: Investigators at an accredited college, university, or medical school, within the United State (in accordance with ACS grant policies). Applicants from underrepresented groups and from Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs) are encouraged to apply. Funding: 4-year project with $4.08 M ($3.4 M direct cost plus 20% indirect cost) Interactive Webinar about the Grant: February 21, 2023 at 1 PM ET Resubmission Deadline: April 3, 2023 LOI Deadline: May 1, 2023 Application Deadline: October 16, 2023 |
Real-World Data Impact An American Cancer Society and |
Who Can Apply: American Cancer Society (ACS) current and former grantees conducting health services, health policy research, or public heal data using real-world data. (Eligible applicants are specifically invited.) Purpose: Use real-world data to accelerate cancer research on health equity that has a strong potential to inform public health, public policy, or to improve clinical practice and contribute to health equity Funding: 1 year with $75,000 direct costs, no indirect costs allowed LOI Required Application Deadline (if invited): April 1* |
The Role of Health Policy and
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Who Can Apply: Independent investigators at any career stage with a doctoral degree and a full-time faculty appointment or equivalent, who are evaluating changes in the health care system with a focus on cancer Funding: Award length and budget varies Deadlines: April 1* and Oct. 15* |
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Research Professor Grants (RP) Also see: ACS-Wilmott Family Professorship in Pancreatic Cancer |
Who Can Apply: Investigators who are full professors and made seminal contributions that have changed the direction of cancer care research and who expect to continue to provide leadership in their research area Funding: 5-year term with $80K a year; renewable Letter of Intent (LOI) Deadline: Feb. 1* Application Deadline: April 1* |
Who Can Apply: Investigators who are a full professor and made seminal contributions that have changed the direction of clinical, psychosocial, behavioral, health policy, or epidemiologic cancer research and who expect to continue to provide leadership in their research area Application Deadline: Oct. 15* |
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* If the grant application deadline falls on a weekend or holiday, applications will be accepted the following business day.