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| Title | Organization | Keywords | LOI Due Date | Application Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NIAID Physician - Scientist Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00 Clinical Trial Required) | National Institutes of Health | Early Career Investigator, Gene Editing | 6/12/2025 | |
| NIAID Physician - Scientist Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | National Institutes of Health | Early Career Investigator, Gene Editing | 6/12/2025 | |
| Mentored Career Development Program for Early Stage Investigators Using Nonhuman Primate Research Models (K01 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | National Institutes of Health | Early Career Investigator, Gene Editing | 6/12/2025 | |
| Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Fellowship for Students at Institutions with NIH - Funded Institutional Predoctoral Dual - Degree Training Programs (Parent F30) | National Institutes of Health | Early-stage, predoctoral, training, clinical, fellowship, physician | 4/8/2025 | |
| Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (Parent F31) | National Institutes of Health | Early-stage, predoctoral, training, clinical, fellowship, physician | 4/8/2025 | |
| Pathway to Independence Award in Tobacco Regulatory Research (K99/R00 - Independent Clinical Trial Required ) | National Institutes of Health | Early-Stage, Tobacco, postdoctoral, | 5/12/2024 | 3/12/2025 |
| Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship (Parent F32) | National Institutes of Health | Fellowship, Postdoctoral, early-stage, mentor, | 4/8/2025 | |
| Cancer Research Education Grants Program - Curriculum or Methods Development (R25 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | National Institutes of Health | Training, clinical, biomedical, innovation, | 5/25/2025 | |
| Cancer Research Education Grants Program - Research Experiences (R25 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | National Institutes of Health | Training, clinical, biomedical, innovation, | 5/25/2025 | |
| Cancer Research Education Grants Program - Courses for Skills Development (R25 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | National Institutes of Health | Training, clinical, biomedical, innovation, | 5/25/2025 | |
| Research Scholar Grants | American Cancer Society (ACS) | OAFS, Postdoctoral cancer researchers, mentored research training | 4/1/2025 | |
| Postdoctoral Fellowships | American Cancer Society (ACS) | OAFS, Cancer research training, career development | 6/1/2025 | |
| Immuno - Informatics Postdoctoral Fellowship Program | Cancer Research Institute (CRI) | OAFS, Immuno-informatics research, cancer immunotherapy | 9/1/2025 | |
| CRI Irvington Postdoctoral Fellowship | Cancer Research Institute (CRI) | OAFS, Cancer research training, career development | 9/1/2025 | |
| 2025 Early Career Investigator Award (Breast Cancer) | METAvivor | OAFS, Breast cancer, early-career researchers, independent research, clinical research optional | 3/12/2025 | 8/20/2025 |
| The NCI Transition Career Development Award (K22 Independent Clinical Trial Optional) | National Cancer Institute | cancer research, tenure-track faculty position, mentored research training, career development, clinical trials | 6/12/2025 | |
| (NOSI): Research Supplements to Promote Re - Entry, Re - integration into, and Re - training in Health - Related Research Careers (Admin Supp - Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | National Institutes of Health | Research Supplements, Re-entry, Re-integration, Re-training, Health-Related Research Careers, Clinical Trial Not Allowed | 10/8/2026 | |
| Support for Research Excellence (SuRE) Award (R16 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | National Institutes of Health | support, early career, | 5/28/2025 | |
| Support for Research Excellence – First Independent Research (SuRE - First) Award (R16 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | National Institutes of Health | support, early career, | 5/28/2025 | |
| (NOSI): Administrative Supplements to Promote Research Continuity and Retention of NIH Mentored Career Development (K) Award Recipients and Scholars | National Institutes of Health | supplement, early career, development, scholar, | 10/1/2025 | |
| The NCI Worta McCaskill - Stevens Career Development Award for Community Oncology and Prevention Research (K12 Clinical Trial Optional) | National Cancer Institute | Community oncology, Cancer prevention research, Career development, Clinical trials, early career | 6/18/2025 | |
| NHLBI Emerging Investigator Award (EIA) (R35 Clinical Trial Optional) | National Institutes of Health | Emerging Investigator Award, EIA, R35, clinical trial optional, early career | 1/20/2026 | 2/19/2026 |
| NHLBI Outstanding Investigator Award (OIA) (R35 Clinical Trial Optional) | National Institutes of Health | Emerging Investigator Award, clinical trial optional, early career | 1/20/2026 | 2/19/2026 |
| Small Business Transition Grant for New Entrepreneurs (R41/R42 Clinical Trial Required) | National Institutes of Health | small business, transition grant, new entrepreneurs, early career, translational | 3/6/2025 | 4/5/2025 |
| Small Business Transition Grant for New Entrepreneurs (R41/R42 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | National Institutes of Health | small business, transition grant, new entrepreneurs, early career, translational | 3/6/2025 | 4/5/2025 |
| Small Business Transition Grant for New Entrepreneurs (R43/R44 Clinical Trial Required) | National Institutes of Health | small business, transition grant, new entrepreneurs, early career, translational | 3/6/2025 | 4/5/2025 |
| Small Business Transition Grant for New Entrepreneurs (R43/R44 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | National Institutes of Health | small business, transition grant, new entrepreneurs, early career, translational | 3/6/2025 | 4/5/2025 |
| NIH Pathway to Independence Award (Parent K99/R00 Independent Basic Experimental Studies with Humans Required) | National Institutes of Health | independent, basic experimental, early career, early stage, transition, translational | 10/12/2025 | |
| NIH Pathway to Independence Award (Parent K99/R00 – Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | National Institutes of Health | independent, basic experimental, early career, early stage, transition, translational | 10/12/2025 | |
| NIH Pathway to Independence Award (Parent K99/R00 – Independent Clinical Trial Required) | National Institutes of Health | independent, basic experimental, early career, early stage, transition, translational | 10/12/2025 | |
| Mentored Quantitative Research Development Award (Parent K25 Independent Basic Experimental Studies with Humans Required) | National Institutes of Health | mentored, quantitative research development, clinical, early career | 10/12/2025 | |
| Mentored Quantitative Research Development Award (Parent K25 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | National Institutes of Health | mentored, quantitative research development, clinical, early career | 10/12/2025 | |
| Mentored Quantitative Research Development Award (Parent K25 Independent Clinical Trial Required) | National Institutes of Health | mentored, quantitative research development, clinical, early career | 10/12/2025 | |
| Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award (Parent K08 Independent Basic Experimental Studies with Humans Required) | National Institutes of Health | mentored, research development, clinical, early career | 10/12/2025 | |
| Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award (Parent K08 – Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | National Institutes of Health | mentored, research development, clinical, early career | 10/12/2025 | |
| Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award (Parent K08 – Independent Clinical Trial Required) | National Institutes of Health | mentored, research development, clinical, early career | 10/12/2025 | |
| Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (Parent K01 Independent Basic Experimental Studies with Humans Required) | National Institutes of Health | mentored, research development, clinical, early career | 10/12/2025 | |
| Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (Parent K01 - Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | National Institutes of Health | mentored, research development, clinical, early career | 10/12/2025 | |
| Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (Parent K01 - Independent Clinical Trial Required | National Institutes of Health | mentored, research development, clinical, early career | 10/12/2025 | |
| Midcareer Investigator Award in Patient - Oriented Research (Parent K24 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | National Institutes of Health | mid-career health professionals, patient-oriented research, mentor junior investigators, Early career | 6/12/2025 | |
| Midcareer Investigator Award in Patient - Oriented Research (Parent K24 Independent Clinical Trial Required) | National Institutes of Health | mid-career researchers, clinician-scientists, independent research careers, early career | 6/12/2025 | |
| Damon Runyon–St. Jude Pediatric Cancer Research Fellowship | Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation | OAFS, pediatric cancer research, fellowship award, early career | 8/15/2025 | |
| Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Senior Fellowship (Parent F33) | National Institutes of Health | Independent, fellowship | 4/8/2025 | |
| Pancreatic Cancer Postdoctoral Fellowship Award | Robert L. Fine Cancer Research Foundation | OAFS, Pancreatic, Postdoctoral | 3/15/2025 | |
| NIH HEAL Initiative PainCare Clinician Training Program (PCTP): Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Awards (K08 - Clinical Trials Required) | National Institutes of Health | Pain management, clinical trials, mentored research, career development | 6/12/2025 | |
| NIH HEAL Initiative PainCare Clinician Training Program (PCTP): Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Awards (K08 - Basic Experimental Studies with Humans (BESH) Required) | National Institutes of Health | Pain management, clinical trials, mentored research, career development | 6/12/2025 | |
| NIH HEAL Initiative PainCare Clinician Training Program (PCTP): Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Awards (K08 - Clinical Trials Not Allowed) | National Institutes of Health | Pain management, clinical trials, mentored research, career development | 6/12/2025 | |
| NIH HEAL Initiative PainCare Clinician Training Program (PCTP): Mentored Patient - Oriented Research Career Development award (K23 - Clinical Trial Required) | National Institutes of Health | Pain management, patient-oriented research, career development, clinical trial | 6/12/2025 | |
| 2024 Immuno - Informatics Postdoctoral Fellowship | Cancer Research Institute | OAFS, Early-stage, Postdoctoral, Immuno-informatics, fellowship | 9/1/2025 | |
| NHLBI Career Transition Award for Intramural Postdoctoral Fellows and Research Trainees (K22 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | National Institutes of Health | Career development, postdoctoral fellows, training | 6/12/2025 | |
| NHLBI Career Transition Award for Intramural Postdoctoral Fellows and Research Trainees (K22 Clinical Trial Required) | National Institutes of Health | Career development, postdoctoral fellows, training, clinical trial | 6/12/2025 | |
| Innovative Programs to Enhance Research Training (IPERT) (R25 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | National Institutes of Health | Career development, training, education | 10/15/2025 | |
| Transition to Aging Research for Predoctoral Students (F99/K00 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | National Institutes of Health | Training, aging, geriatrics, predoctoral | 10/18/2024 | |
| INCLUDE (INvestigation of Co-occurring conditions across the Lifespan to Understand Down syndromE) Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Fellow Transition Award (F99/K00 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | National Institutes of Health | Training, Down syndrome, comorbidities, lifespan, developmental biology, genetics, predoctoral, postdoctoral | 7/1/2025 | |
| NIDCR Dual Degree Dentist Scientist Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Transition Award (F99/K00 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | National Institutes of Health | Training, dental, oral, craniofacial, head and neck, health disperities | 4/8/2025 | |
| Short-term Mentored Career Enhancement Award in Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research for Mid-Career and Senior Investigators (K18- Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | National Institutes of Health | Training, head and neck, mid-career, senior investigators | 10/12/2024 | |
| NIDCR Dual Degree Dentist Scientist Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | National Institutes of Health | Training, head and neck, mid-career, senior investigators, career development | 10/12/2024 | |
| KUH Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Fellow Transition Award (F99/K00 - Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | National Institutes of Health | Training, kidney, urology, nephrology, predoctoral, postdoctoral | 12/3/2024 | |
| NINDS Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) for Training of Postdoctoral Fellows (F32 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | National Institutes of Health | neurology, neuroscience, postdoctoral | 12/8/2024 | |
| 2025 Moore Inventor Fellows | Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation | Limited, early-stage inventions, discovery, innovation | 9/19/2024 | |
| (NOSI): Career Development Opportunities for Research on Cancer in Global Settings at the Center for Global Health at the National Cancer Institute | National Cancer Institute | Training, Global Health, international, collaboration, (LMICs) | 5/8/2027 | |
| Physician Scientist Fellow Award | Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Canada | OAFS, Training, hematology, blood cancers, career development | 11/6/2024 | 1/29/2025 |
| 2025 Summer Fellowship Award | St. Baldrick's Foundation | OAFS, Taining, fellowship, career development | 2/20/2025 | |
| ASTRO-AstraZeneca Radiation Oncology Research Training Fellowships | American Society for Radiation Oncology | OAFS, career development | 1/10/2025 | |
| ASTRO Residents/Fellows in Radiation Oncology Seed Grant | American Society for Radiation Oncology | OAFS, Training, career development | 2/23/2025 | |
| ASTRO Residents/Fellows in Radiation Oncology Biology Seed Grant | American Society for Radiation Oncology | OAFS, Training, career development | 2/23/2025 | |
| 2025 Physician-Scientist Training Award Overview | Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation | OAFS, Training, physician-scientist, career development | 12/2/2024 | |
| 2025 Clinical Investigator Award | Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation | OAFS, Training, clinical trials, career development | 2/3/2025 | |
| 2025 Quantitative Biology Fellowship Award | Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation | OAFS, Training, quantitative biology, computational biology, bioinformatics, career development | 12/2/2024 | |
| Career Advancement Grant | International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) | OAFS, lung, training | 10/1/2024 | 1/15/2025 |
| Adi F. Gazdar Fellowship Grant | International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) | OAFS, Training, lung, career development | 1/8/2025 | |
| Young Investigator Grant | International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) | OAFS, Training, lung, career development | 1/8/2025 | |
| (NOSI): Availability of Administrative Supplements for Childcare Costs for Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Fellows | National Institutes of Health | childcare, fellowship, carerr devlopment | 10/7/2027 | |
| AACR-John and Elizabeth Leonard Family Foundation Basic Cancer Research Fellowship | American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) | OAFS, early-career investigators, basic, career development | 12/17/2024 | 4/1/2025 |
| NCI Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00 – Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | National Cancer Institute | postdoctoral, transition, early career, career development | 6/17/2025 | |
| New Investigator Research Grant | Leukemia Research Foundation | OAFS, new investigator, early career, fellowship, leukemia, startup, career development | 2/14/2025 | 4/25/2025 |
| NIAID Career Transition Award (K22 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | National Institutes of Health | career transition, independent research, postdoctoral fellows, Training | 6/12/2205 | |
| Investigator-Initiated Research Grant Program | American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) | OAFS, prevention, treatment, survival, diet, nutrition, body composition, physical activity, sleep, stress, early career, outcomes | 1/17/2025 | 5/16/2025 |
| NCMRR Early Career Research Award (R03 Clinical Trial Optional) | National Cancer Institute | Biomedical Informatics, Cancer Informatics, Health Data Management, Cancer Research | 6/18/0275 | |
| Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Institutional Research Training Grant (Parent T32) | National Institutes of Health | Career development, training, fellowship | 5/25/2025 | |
| International Research Scientist Development Award (IRSDA) (K01 Independent Clinical Trial Required) | National Institutes of Health | early career, career development, international collaboration, HIV, AIDS | 3/10/2025 | |
| Catalyst Award for Early-Stage Investigators (ESIs) Pursuing Research on HIV Comorbidities, Coinfections, and Complications (DP1- Clinical Trial Optional) | National Institutes of Health | HIV comorbidities, early career, coinfections, complications | 4/1/2025 | 5/1/2025 |
| Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Fellowship for Students at Institutions Without NIH-Funded Institutional Predoctoral Dual-Degree Training Programs (Parent F30) | National Institutes of Health | predoctoral fellowship, biomedical, training | 4/8/2025 | |
| Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Short - Term Institutional Research Training Grant (Parent T35) | National Institutes of Health | Health Careers Opportunity Program, Cancer Symptom Management, Gene Editing, Cancer Survivorship, Training | 5/25/2025 | |
| 2025 Young Investigator Award | Prostate Cancer Foundation | OAFS, emerging scientists, support, early-career, innovative, career development, training | 3/10/2025 | |
| 2025 Fellowship Award | Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation | OAFS, fellowship, training, academic, career development | 3/17/2025 | |
| Bridge to K Award for NIH K Award Applicants | Hyundai Hope on Wheels | OAFS, training, academic, career development | 6/13/2025 | |
| Career Development Award (CDA) | Melanoma Research Foundation | OAFS, career development, advancement, mentorship, training | 3/31/2025 | |
| NLM Research Grants in Biomedical Informatics and Data Science (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) | National Institutes of Health | Early Career Investigator, Cancer Disparities, Gene Editing, Cancer Health Disparities | 6/5/2025 | |
| NCI Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00 – Clinical Trial Required) | National Cancer Institute | early career researchers, career development, mentorship, clinical, training | 6/17/2025 | |
| Immuno-Informatics Postdoctoral Fellowship | Cancer Research Institute | OAFS, computational biology, immunology, data analysis, bioinformatics, cancer immunotherapy, early career, training | 9/1/2025 | |
| Career Development Award | LUNGevity | OAFS, early-stage, translational, mentorship, training | 2/14/2025 | 5/12/2025 |
| ASTRO-LUNGevity Residents / Fellows in Radiation Oncology Seed Grant | LUNGevity | OAFS, Training, lung, Career development | 3/10/2025 | |
| 2025 Research Grant | The Childhood Brain Tumor Foundation | OAFS, early career, innovation, biomedical, therapeutics | 3/17/2025 | |
| New Investigator Gateway Awards for Collaborative T1D Research (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | National Institutes of Health | Early Career, career development, Small Grant, Health Disparities, Mentorship, Innovation | 5/26/2025 | 6/26/2025 |
| Short Courses on Innovative Methodologies and Approaches in the Behavioral and Social Sciences (R25 Clinical Trials Not Allowed) | National Institutes of Health | Training, career Development | 3/8/2025 | 4/9/2025 |
| AACR-EMD Serono “I’M IN” Oncodisparity Fellowships in Lung and Urothelial Cancers | American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) | OAFS, Lung, Career Development, training | 3/18/2025 | |
| AACR-Ocular Melanoma Foundation Research Fellowship | American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) | OAFS, Lung, Career Development, training, melanoma | 4/8/2025 | |
| Scholars for Cancer Research | Pew Charitable Trusts | Limited, OAFS, post-doctoral, fellows, early-stage investigators, mentored, training, career development | 3/31/2025 | |
| 2025 Young Investigator Award (YIA) | American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) | OAFS, early career, clinical oncology research | 3/13/2025 | |
| Emerging Investigator Fellowship Grants | The Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation | Limited, OAFS, fellowship, early career, postdoctoral, mentored, training, career development | 3/12/2025 | |
| AACR-Exelixis Renal Cell Carcinoma Research Fellowship | American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) | OAFS, Fellowship, kidney, RCC, physician-scientists, postdoctoral, clinical, translational | 4/23/2025 | |
| Emerging Leader Award | Mark Foundation for Cancer Research | OAFS, early career, labortory, data, medical | 5/5/2025 | 7/28/2025 |
| Career Development Award (Winn CDA) | Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation | OAFS, clinical trials, mentorship, workforce development, community, health outcomes, clinical investigator, early-stage, Training | 5/12/2025 | |
| Damon Runyon-Dale F. Frey Award for Breakthrough Scientists Overview | Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation | OAFS, postdoctoral, fellows, mentorship, prevention, treatment, innovation | 7/15/2025 | |
| Early Career Investigator Grant | Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance | OAFS, Early-stage, Ovarian | 3/26/2025 | 6/11/2025 |
For opportunities with Letter of Intent (LOI) due date listed, the LOI is required for full application submission. Please refer to RFA for details.
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