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 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.

UCLA Funding Resources

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