UCLA cancer research Dr. Tanya Stoyanova
Dr. Tanya Stoyanova (right) in her lab. She and her research team are developing new early detection approaches and therapeutic strategies for late stage cancers.

Below are funding resources from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center and UCLA. For more information on UCLA Health JCCC-related funding opportunities, please visit our Internal Funding and External Funding pages.

NIH Funding Resources

UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center Funding Resources

Extramural Quarterly Funding Announcement

The UCLA Health JCCC provides an Extramural Quarterly Funding Announcement for UCLA investigators. This includes currently open extramural funding opportunities that are of interest to UCLA investigators. Our latest Announcement is for Q3 2024. You can download in PDF form below.

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Extramural Limited Submission Funding Opportunities

Below is a list of limited extramural funding opportunities that are provided as a courtesy to UCLA Health JCCC members. For an opportunity to be included on this list, it must be a Limited Submission Opportunity (LSO) and applications are supported administratively by the Cancer Center's Grants Facilitation Team. Submission instructions are noted below. If you have any questions about a specific LSO listed below, please contact Sarah Anwar via email.

Listings are generally updated on a bimonthly basis. Entries are ordered by posting date, with most recent postings first. Opportunities are removed from this list once their final application due date has passed.

Posted Nov 20, 2024

Administrative Supplements for Assessing Capacity to Address Obesity for Cancer Prevention and Control
This NOSI, NOT-CA-25-004, encourages NCI-funded investigators to apply for administrative supplement funds to support research addressing obesity for cancer prevention and control. The research objectives of this supplement notice are to

  • Examine the prevalence of obesity in cancer center catchment areas or relevant administrative units such as cities, counties, or states;
  • Carry out an environmental scan of key collaborators and the policy landscape in these areas that are related to or addressing obesity and its determinants; and
  • Convene representatives of these groups and report out on the community and organizational readiness to develop and evaluate a whole of systems approach to obesity.

How to apply
If you are interested in being considered for this LOS, please respond with a one-page research summary along with your biosketch to Sarah Anwar at [email protected].

Deadline
Research summary and biosketch due to the Cancer Center by November 25, 2024 at 5pm PST. If your project is selected by the JCCC, please be prepared to submit a full application by January 31, 2025.

Posted Nov 7, 2024

2025 Mary Kay Ash Foundation Innovative/Translational Cancer Research Grant
The Mary Kay Ash Foundation, a funding source for cancer research, is currently accepting applications for innovative grants for translational research of cancers affecting women, including but not limited to breast, cervical, endometrial, ovarian, uterine or cancers predominantly affecting women. Grants will be awarded in the amount of $100,000 over a two-year period. UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center has been invited to select one nominee to submit a full application.

How to apply
If you are interested in being considered for this LOS, please respond with a one-page research summary along with your biosketch to Sarah Anwar at [email protected] and Genevieve Ortega-Alves at [email protected]. Please direct any specific questions about this opportunity to [email protected].

Deadline
Research summary and biosketch due to the Cancer Center by November 22, 2024 at 5pm PST. If your project is selected by the JCCC, please be prepared to submit a full application by February 1, 2025.

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