AACR Clinical Oncology Research (CORE) Training Fellowships Program

The AACR Clinical Oncology Research (CORE) Training Fellowships Program is designed for early career clinical scientists who hold a medical degree (MD, DO, or MD/PhD) and are interested in acquiring the knowledge and skills related to clinical trial design and execution from the perspective of the pharmaceutical industry. Each fellowship provides $100,000 over one year for the fellow to work on site at the facility of one of the AACR’s pharmaceutical industry partners. View more information, including eligibility requirements, program guidelines and application instructions. Application deadline: Tuesday, August 31, 1:00 p.m.

The AACR Anna D. Barker Basic Cancer Research Fellowship encourages and supports postdoctoral or clinical research fellows to establish a successful career path in cancer research. This fellowship provides $110,000 over a two-year period to support the salary and benefits of the fellow while working on a mentored basic cancer research project. View program guidelines and letter of intent instructions. Letter of intent deadline: October 14, 2021, 1 p.m.; application deadline: January 25, 2022, 1 p.m.

The AACR-Debbie’s Dream Foundation Career Development Award for Gastric Cancer Research represents a joint effort to encourage and support junior faculty to conduct gastric cancer research and to establish a successful career path in this field. This award provides $200,000 over two years for expenses related to the research project, which may include salary and benefits of the grant recipient, collaborators, postdoctoral or clinical research fellows, graduate students (including tuition costs associated with graduate students’ education and training), or research assistants; research/laboratory supplies; equipment; publication charges for manuscripts that pertain directly to the funded project; and other research expenses. View program guidelines and letter of intent instructions. Letter of intent deadline: October 28, 2021, 1 p.m.; application deadline: February 1, 2022, 1 p.m.

The Cancer Research Institute is currently accepting applications for the CRI Irvington Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. This program furthers career development and supports laboratory research for promising young scientists working under the mentorship of leading immunologists. Postdoctoral fellows are invited to apply for funding to support hypothesis-driven, mechanistic studies in both basic immunology and tumor immunology that aim to directly impact our understanding of the immune system’s role in cancer. Funding is $175,500 over three years. Submit applications electronically. Application deadline: Friday, October 1, at 5 p.m.

Cancer Target Discovery and Development (CTD²) Funding Opportunity

Cancer Target Discovery and Development (CTD²) is soliciting applications for research projects focused on identifying and understanding: pathways that influence cancer phenotypes (including understanding the function of the genes/targets which are essential in cancer transformation, maintenance and metastasis); perturbagens that can modulate such pathways; biomarkers predicting responses to treatments, prognosis, and other aspects of cancer etiology that need to be understood in order to develop effective treatments in the future and how to predict them. Proposed projects must combine informatics and complementary experimental approaches. View full funding opportunity announcement. Application deadline: Wednesday, October 6, at 5 p.m.

NEW Cancer Immunotherapy Translational Research Program Grant

The Cancer Research Institute offers Clinic and Laboratory Integration Program (CLIP) grants to qualified scientists who are working to explore clinically relevant questions aimed at improving the effectiveness of cancer immunotherapies. The grants support basic, preclinical, and translational research that provides information that can be directly applied to optimizing cancer immunotherapy in the clinic. Applicants must hold a faculty appointment as a tenure-track assistant professor (or higher rank) at the time of award activation. Funding: $200,000 over two years. LOI deadline: December 1. Full application deadline: March 1, 2022. View application guidelines.

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