The Research Development team actively monitors the funding landscape so you don’t have to — maintaining curated lists of external opportunities, running internal competitions open to UF Health Cancer Institute members, and delivering the latest discoveries directly to your inbox each week
Funding Opportunities Newsletter
A weekly digest of curated cancer-related funding opportunities, delivered directly to your inbox.
Currently Available Funding Opportunities
Funding Opportunities
Upcoming Deadlines
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May 22
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V Scholar (Adult) Cancer Research Award
12:00am to 11:59pm
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One Comprehensive Universal Radiotherapy for Everyone (1-CURE)
12:00am to 11:59pm
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Research
Looking for something specific?
Not finding what you’re looking for? Our team provides personalized funding searches tailored to your research focus, career stage, and sponsor preferences.
Lists of Funding Opportunities
Internal Funding
UFHCI-sponsored funding mechanisms designed to seed new projects, support early-career investigators, and advance collaborative research across our membership.
National Cancer Institute
The NCI is the nation’s leading funder of cancer research, offering a broad portfolio of mechanisms from R01s to large program grants and RFAs, relevant to investigators at all career stages.
National Institutes of Health
Beyond the NCI, numerous NIH institutes fund cancer-relevant research from NIA and NHLBI to NIMHD and NIBIB. Explore opportunities across the full NIH portfolio that align with your science
All External Cancer Research Funding Opportunities
Conduct a keyword search of our entire assortment of federal, non-federal, extramural, limited, peer reviewed, and non peer reviewed funding opportunities currently being tracked by the UFHCI, or search by targeted category below.
Targeted Funding
Internal and External funding
Limited
Restricted opportunities requiring institutional nomination or eligibility verification
EXTERNAL FUNDING
State Government, Private Foundations, and Other Agencies
Florida Breast Cancer Foundation, American Cancer Society, Ocala Royal Dames and others
EXTERNAL FUNDING
Fellowship and Training Opportunities
Fellowships, Pre- and Postdoctoral awards and training opportunities
External Funding
Community, Population, Outreach and Prevention
Funding opportunities focused on community-based research, patient care, public health and the development of cancer prevention and control strategies.
External Funding
Scientific Innovation and Advancement
Funding opportunities spanning the full translational spectrum from genetics, genomics, and bioinformatics to drug development and therapeutics for investigators driving discoveries from bench to bedside
External Funding
Development Opportunities for Early-Stage Investigators
Funding mechanisms designed to launch and accelerate early-career investigators, including mentored career development awards, startup grants, and transition-to-independence opportunities
Don’t see what you’re looking for? Reach out to ResearchDevelopment@cancer.ufl.edu and we’ll build a personalized funding list tailored to your research focus, career stage, and target sponsors.
