Funding Opportunities
Intramural Funding
The UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center facilitates multiple intramural funding programs, including for seed grant, tumor specific projects, fellowships, and more. To administer these funding programs, we've established an online funding resource, called InfoReady, where you can learn about the different opportunities available to you, as well as download and submit applications
To access the InfoReady portal, please click on the button below.
Extramural Limited Submission Funding Opportunities
Below is a list of limited extramural funding opportunities that are provided as a courtesy to UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center 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 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.
Posted Oct 24, 2024
NCCN Foundation 2025 Young Investigator Award (YIA) Program
Through its Young Investigator Award (YIA) Program, the NCCN Foundation invites proposals from young investigators with innovative ideas and an interest in improving the quality, effectiveness, equity, and accessibility of care provided to patients with cancer. A primary focus of the NCCN Foundation YIA Program is to identify and fund top investigators in the early stages of their careers interested in participating and contributing to cancer research. On average, four to seven grants are awarded per year.
The awards provide two-year grants of $150,000 for research expenses to promising young investigators across a broad range of oncology specialties and areas of interest. The award may be used to fund salary and benefits of the grant recipient, postdoctoral or clinical research fellows and/or research assistants, data collection and entry, patient costs, analysis, computer costs, necessary purchased services, surveys, and supplies. Within the total budget of $150,000, indirect expenses will be covered to a maximum of 8%. The award may include funds up to $3,000 for IRB review and continuing review. In addition to the $150,000 award, a separate administrative allowance of up to $575 will be provided for travel, lodging, and registration expenses to attend the 2028 NCCN Annual Conference. Attendance at the NCCN Annual Conference is mandatory in order for the awardees to present their research results at the General Poster Session.
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].
Deadline
Research summary and biosketch due to the Cancer Center by November 1, 2024 at 5pm PST. If your project is selected by the JCCC, please be prepared to submit a full application to the NCCN by Wednesday, January 22, 2025 at 2pm PST.
St. Baldrick’s Foundation 2025 Research Grant Awards
The St. Baldrick's Foundation is a volunteer and donor powered charity committed to supporting the most promising research to find cures for childhood cancers and give survivors long and healthy lives.
These grants are for specific two-year research projects which are hypothesis driven and may be either laboratory, clinical, or epidemiological in nature. Please submit a realistic budget for the project. Grants will be $100,000/year or less.
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].
Deadline
Research summary and biosketch due to the Cancer Center by October 31, 2024 at 5pm PST. If selected, the LOI is due December 9, 2024 at 2PM PST.
St. Baldrick’s Foundation 2025 Scholar (Career Development) Awards
The St. Baldrick's Foundation is a volunteer and donor powered charity committed to supporting the most promising research to find cures for childhood cancers and give survivors long and healthy lives.
The Scholar (Career Development) Award is meant to help develop the independent research of highly qualified individuals still early in their careers. Recipients are called St. Baldrick’s Scholars. Grants will be up to $110,000/year, for three years.
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].
Deadline
Research summary and biosketch due to the Cancer Center by October 31, 2024 at 5pm PST. If selected, the LOI is due December 9, 2024 at 2PM PST.
St. Baldrick’s Foundation 2025 International Scholar Awards
The St. Baldrick's Foundation is a volunteer and donor powered charity committed to supporting the most promising research to find cures for childhood cancers and give survivors long and healthy lives.
This three (3) year award, with an option for two (2) additional years based on progress, is to train researchers from low- and middle- income countries (as classified by the World Bank) to prepare them to fill specific stated needs in an area of childhood cancer research upon returning to their country of origin. Proposals should detail a realistic impact of the award on pediatric cancer research in their country of origin. Recipients are called St. Baldrick’s International Scholars. Grants will be up to $110,000/year, for three years.
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].
Deadline
Research summary and biosketch due to the Cancer Center by October 31, 2024 at 5pm PST. If selected, the LOI is due December 9, 2024 at 2PM PST.
Posted Oct 1, 2024
National Cancer Institute (NCI) Early Career Cancer Clinical Investigator Award (ECIA)
The primary purpose of the NCI Early Career Cancer Clinical Investigator Award (ECIA) is to incentivize clinical investigators who are interested in pursuing a career in academia and in supporting and growing participation in NCI-sponsored trials with an NCI-Designated Cancer Center. This program is a continuation of the Cancer Clinical Investigator Team Leadership Award and provides support and “protected time” to pursue activities such as enhancing and diversifying accrual to clinical trials, participating in Cancer Center committees, participating in NCI clinical trial networks, and working with mentors for their career development and training.
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].
Deadline
Research summary and biosketch due to the Cancer Center by October 14, 2024. Full application due to the NCI by November 25, 2024 at 5pm PST.
Posted Sep 3, 2024
NCI Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Fellow Transition Award
The purpose of the NCI Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Fellow Transition Award (F99/K00) is to encourage and retain outstanding graduate students recognized by their institutions for their high potential and strong interest in pursuing careers as independent cancer researchers. The award will facilitate the transition of talented graduate students into successful cancer research postdoctoral appointments and provide opportunities for career development activities relevant to their long-term career goals of becoming independent cancer researchers. The F99/K00 award is intended for individuals who require 1-2 years to complete their Ph.D. dissertation research training (F99 phase) before transitioning to mentored postdoctoral research training (K00 phase). Consequently, applicants are expected to propose an individualized research training plan for the next 1-2 years of dissertation research training and a plan for 3-4 years of mentored postdoctoral research and career development activities that will prepare them for independent cancer-focused research careers.
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].
Deadline
Research summary and biosketch due to the Cancer Center by October 4, 2024. Full application due to the NCI by November 19, 2024 at 5pm PST.