Development Opportunities for Early Stage Investigators

TitleOrganizationKeywordsLOI Due DateApplication Due Date
NIH Pathway to Independence Award (Parent K99/R00 Independent Basic Experimental Studies with Humans Required)National Institutes of Healthindependent, basic experimental, early career, early stage, transition, translational10/12/2025
NIH Pathway to Independence Award (Parent K99/R00 – Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)National Institutes of Healthindependent, basic experimental, early career, early stage, transition, translational10/12/2025
NIH Pathway to Independence Award (Parent K99/R00 – Independent Clinical Trial Required)National Institutes of Healthindependent, basic experimental, early career, early stage, transition, translational10/12/2025
(NOSI): Advancing Precision Imaging for Enhanced Diagnosis and Treatment of Oral LesionsNational Institutes of Healthprecision medicine, imaging, oral lesions, diagnosis, treatment9/8/2027
Exploratory Grants in Cancer Control (R21 Clinical Trial Optional)National Cancer InstituteExploratory, Early-stage, cancer control, novel, ESI5/17/20256/16/2025
(NOSI): Mechanisms Driving Obesity and Prostate Cancer RiskNational Cancer Instituteprostate, risk, prevention1/8/2028
Trailblazer Award for New and Early Stage Investigators (R21 Clinical Trial Optional)National Institutes of HealthCancer Immunotherapy, B Cell Malignancies, Immunotherapeutic Interventions, Cancer Research6/16/2025
Mechanistic links between diet, lipid metabolism, and tumor growth and progression (UH2 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)National Institutes of HealthGut, Diet, digestive, lipids, biology, early-stage, biochemistry9/23/202510/23/2025
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship (Parent F32)National Institutes of HealthFellowship, Postdoctoral, early-stage, mentor, 8/8/2025
David J. Sugarbaker Surgical Resident Investigator AwardAmerican Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS)OAFS, Surgical residents, cancer research, pilot studies12/2/2025
Young Investigator Awards in Pediatric OncologyCureSearch for Children's CancerOAFS, Pediatric oncology, young investigators, early-stage4/14/20257/16/2025
'A' Award GrantAlex's Lemonade Stand FoundationOAFS, pediatric, innovation, early career, early stage6/16/2025
Prostate Cancer Research Program (PCRP) - Idea Development AwardDepartment of Defense (DoD)OAFS, Prostate, early stage8/8/20258/29/2025
2024 Immuno - Informatics Postdoctoral FellowshipCancer Research Institute OAFS, Early-stage, Postdoctoral, Immuno-informatics, fellowship9/1/2025
ASTRO Residents/Fellows in Radiation Oncology Seed GrantAmerican Society for Radiation OncologyOAFS, Training, career development2/23/2025
Extramural Discovery Science Accelerator AwardAmerican Cancer Society (ACS)OAFS, innovation, early stage12/1/2025
Seed Funding for Early Stage ResearchGastric Cancer FoundationOAFS, early stage, gastric, pilot, innovation4/7/20256/13/2025
Ovarian Cancer Research Pilot AwardDepartment of Defense (DoD)OAFS, pilot, early stage, exploratory, career development6/12/20259/10/2025
Pilot and Feasibility Research AwardThe LAM FoundationOAFS, hypothesis, novel, translational, clinical6/16/20259/15/2025
Rare Cancers Research Program - Idea Development Award (IDA)Department of Defense (DoD)OAFS, innovative, high risk, preliminary data, exploratory, novel concepts, translational, early stage7/1/202510/6/2025
AACR Trailblazer Cancer Research Grants for Early-Stage InvestigatorsAmerican Association for Cancer Research (AACR)OAFS, innovative, developmental, exploratory, career development6/12/20259/25/2025
Peer Reviewed Cancer, Career Development Award – Fellow and Resident OptionDepartment of Defense (DoD)OAFS, early career, fellowship, resident, career development6/19/20257/3/2025
AGA-Caroline Craig Augustyn & Damian Augustyn Award in Digestive CancerAmerican Gastroenterological AssociationOAFS, early career, career development, pathogenesis, treatment9/18/2025
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