Deadline: June 1, 2025 1 pm Amount: New IRGs will be $120K per year for 4 years (for a total of $480K). For new applications, applicants may request up to $120,000 per year for 4 years. The funds may be distributed at the discretion of the IRG review committee with respect to the number of pilot grants awarded each year – a minimum of 2 and a maximum of 6 pilot awards, with a minimum of $20,000 and a maximum of $60,000. The number and amounts of pilot grants do not have to remain the same year-over-year during the 4-year grant.
Renewal IRGs will be $100K per year for 4 years(for a total of $400K).
For renewals, supplementation by the institution of at least $80,000 over the 4-year funding period is required, but there are no restrictions related to the source of the institutional resources (e.g., philanthropy, other grants, etc.).
Summary: Grant OverviewInstitutional Research Grants are awarded to institutions as block grants, providing seed money for newly independent investigators to initiate cancer research projects.The intent is to support these junior faculty in initiating cancer research projects so they can obtain preliminary results that will enable them to compete successfully for national...
Deadline: June 18, 2025 1 pm Amount: This grant is for an allocation of CZI’s GPU resource (minimum request of 96 GPU). This is an in-kind award; there are no cash funds, financial contributions, or fees of any kind associated with the award.
Summary: The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) invites proposals to build large-scale AI/ML models that cannot be created with conventional university resources. CZI is the only philanthropic organization to fund and build one of the largest computing systems dedicated to nonprofit life sciences research in the world. CZI’s cluster is optimized for...
Deadline: July 1, 2025 2 pm Amount: Duration: 2 years
Amount: $150,000 ($75,000 per year)
Summary: George Ferry Young Investigator Development AwardThis grant is awarded to support a meritorious clinical, quality improvement, translational or basic science research project related to diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, liver, pancreas, or nutritional disorders of children.Eligibility:Applicants must:Be a NASPGHAN member in good standing for at least two years.No more than...
Deadline: July 1, 2025 3 pm Amount: The Stage 1 award will be for two years, $200,000 per year ($400,000 total) with the opportunity for up to two additional years of funding (up to four years total for $800,000). Stage 2 support for years three and four will be granted to those awardees who demonstrate progress on their proposed research during years one and two of the award. The Award cannot be used for indirect costs or institutional overhead.
Summary: The Damon Runyon-Rachleff Innovation Award is designed to provide support for the next generation of exceptionally creative thinkers with “high-risk/high-reward” ideas that have the potential to significantly impact our understanding of and/or approaches to the prevention, diagnosis or treatment of cancer.The Innovation Award is specifically designed to provide funding to...
Summary: PurposeThe purpose of this Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) is to encourage grant applications to support the evaluation of the utility and validity of digital health and artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) tools and technologies in biomedical and behavioral research. The intent is to support the addition of new measurement modalities...
Deadline: August 7, 2025 2 pm Amount: The CHEX awards will provide up to $2,000,000 a year for five years
Summary: New institutional awards of up to $10,000,000 to stimulate the development of strong research, education, and public communications connections between fields that aim to understand and mitigate the impact of climate change on human health. In general, this award will support institutions or consortia that are already moving toward establishing...
Deadline: August 15, 2025 3 pm Amount: Stipend
Year 1 $70,000; Year 2 $72,000; Year 3 $74,000 ; Year 4 $76,000
plus $2000 expenses each year
Summary: Due to the lack of funding opportunities in pediatric oncology research, fewer scientists are focusing their efforts on prevention and new treatments for childhood cancer. The goal of this Award, a partnership between the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, is to address the critical...
Deadline: December 31, 2025 3 pm Amount: Applicants may propose an amount necessary to complete the proposed research, plus an additional twelve percent (12%) of indirect costs. Up to three (3) years of funding may be requested
Summary: The Path to a Cure: Pioneer Award is intended for exceptional investigators developing paradigm shifting technologies that could ultimately lead to a cure for CF. Proposals should be ambitious and utilize cutting edge techniques and strategies. Proposals must align with the goals of the Path to a Cure initiative. Applicants...
