Yale Internal Grants
Competitions are announced in the newsletter and on InfoReady. Applications need to be submitted through InfoReady, and the selection of awardees is conducted by an internal grant review committee.
Funding Resources
For decades, Yale Cancer Center research has been supported by a wide range of grants — from government-funded programs to foundations, non-profit organizations and more — from around Connecticut, the country, and the world. While they require similar applications for grant money, each is different in some way from the others and have differing parameters including deadlines, restrictions, and requirements. This page has links to three different groupings of grants as outline below. Other useful information:
- For regular updates on funding opportunities, subscribe to the cancerfunding@yale.edu newsletter by going to Yale subscriptions. There, login with your net ID and subscribe to “YCC Grants and Funding Opportunities” is at the bottom of the list
- National Cancer Institute grant website
- Yale InfoReady
Grant Categories
Limited Submissions
Foundations prefer limited representation from each research organization. Submit via InfoReady. Yale nominee is selected by an internal grant review committee.
External Funding
Application is made directly to the foundation. Information on InfoReady. No involvement by Development Funds.
Yale Cancer Center Internal Award Competitions | Discipline/Subject Area | Approximate Funding | Approximate Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
YCC Disparities Research Award | Health disparities; clinical, basic, community and translational research; population science | up to $150,000 | March |
Leslie H. Warner Postdoctoral Fellowships for Cancer Research | Postdoctoral Cancer Researchers | 68000 | April |
YCC Internal Pilot Grants | Innovative Cancer Research | 65000 | April |
Yale SPORE in Skin Cancer Career Enhancement Program | Translational Skin Cancer | 50000 | May |
Yale SPORE in Skin Cancer Developmental Research Program | Translational Skin Cancer | 50000 | May |
The Chenevert Family Brain Tumor Center at Yale, Developmental Research Awards | Metastatic Brain Cancer | 50000 | TBD |
Yale SPORE in Head/Neck Cancer, Career Enhancement Program | Head and Neck Cancers | 50000 | TBD |
Yale SPORE in Head/Neck Cancer, Developmental Research Program | Head and Neck Cancers | 50000 | TBD |
Yale SPORE in Lung Cancer, Career Enhancement Program | Translational Lung | 50000 | May |
Yale SPORE in Lung Cancer, Developmental Research Program | Translational Lung | 50000 | May |
YCC Stephen A. Sherwin '70 MD Translational Research Award | Translational Research | 65000 | June |
Team Challenge Awards | Multi-disciplinary teams composed of YCC researchers with complementary expertise | 200000 | August |
ACS-IRG Pilot Awards | Cancer research for Assistant Professors and/or Research Scientists | 56000 | September |
Limited Submission Grants - Foundations would like limited representation from Yale. Nominee(s) are chosen through an internal competition | Discipline/Subject Area | Approximate Funding | Approximate Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
Breast Cancer Alliance Young Investigator Grant | Breast Cancer | 125000 | January |
Breast Cancer Alliance Exceptional Project Grant | Breast Cancer | 100000 | January |
V Foundation: Adult Translational Cancer Research in Therapeutic Resistance | Adult Cancer with end point planning or initiation of a new clinical trial | 800000 | January |
V Foundation Women Scientists Innovation Award for Cancer Research | Specifically funds women cancer researchers | 800000 | January |
K99/R00 NCI Pathway to Independence Award for Early-Stage Postdoctoral Researchers (Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | Postdoctoral researchers, fellows, early career, cancer | Unknown | February |
NCI Pathway to Independence Award for Early-Stage Postdoctoral Researchers (K99/R00 - Independent Clinical Trial Required) | Postdoctoral researchers, fellows, early career, cancer | Unknown | February |
K99/R00 NCI Pathway to Independence Award for Early-Stage Postdoctoral Researchers (K99/R00 - Independent Basic Experimental Studies with Humans Required) | Postdoctoral researchers, fellows, early career, cancer | Unknown | February |
V Foundation Pediatric Cancer Research Grant (Scholar or Translational) | Pediatric Cancer | 600000 | March |
V Foundation V Scholar Cancer Research Grant | Adult Cancer | 600000 | April |
Pew-Stewart Scholars Program for Cancer Research Award | Cancer Research | 300000 | April |
V Foundation Pediatric Cancer Research Grant (Scholar or Translational) | Pediatric Cancer | 600000 | April |
K99/R00 NCI Pathway to Independence Award for Early-Stage Postdoctoral Researchers (Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | Postdoctoral researchers, fellows, early career, cancer | Unknown | June |
K99/R00 NCI Pathway to Independence Award for Early-Stage Postdoctoral Researchers (Independent Clinical Trial Required) | Postdoctoral researchers, fellows, early career, cancer | Unknown | June |
K99/R00 NCI Pathway to Independence Award for Early-Stage Postdoctoral Researchers (K99/R00 - Independent Basic Experimental Studies with Humans Required) | Postdoctoral researchers, fellows, early career, cancer | Unknown | June |
Gabrielle's Angel Foundation for Cancer Research - Medical Research Awards | Junior Faculty - Hematologic Malignancies | 225000 | June |
Susan G. Komen Career Transition Award | Breast Cancer | 650000 | June |
Susan G. Komen Career Catalyst Research Grants | Breast Cancer | 450000 | June |
K99/R00 NCI Pathway to Independence Award for Early-Stage Postdoctoral Researchers (Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | Postdoctoral researchers, fellows, early career, cancer | Unknown | August |
K99/R00 NCI Pathway to Independence Award for Early-Stage Postdoctoral Researchers (Independent Clinical Trial Required) | Postdoctoral researchers, fellows, early career, cancer | Unknown | August |
K99/R00 NCI Pathway to Independence Award for Early-Stage Postdoctoral Researchers (Independent Basic Experimental Studies with Humans Required) | Postdoctoral researchers, fellows, early career, cancer | Unknown | August |
NCCN Foundation - Young Investigator Award | Oncology Specialties | 150000 | October |
K99/R00 NCI Pathway to Independence Award for Early-Stage Postdoctoral Researchers (Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | Postdoctoral researchers, fellows, early career, cancer | Unknown | October |
K99/R00 NCI Pathway to Independence Award for Early-Stage Postdoctoral Researchers (Independent Clinical Trial Required) | Postdoctoral researchers, fellows, early career, cancer | Unknown | October |
K99/R00 NCI Pathway to Independence Award for Early-Stage Postdoctoral Researchers (Independent Basic Experimental Studies with Humans Required) | Postdoctoral researchers, fellows, early career, cancer | Unknown | October |
Mary Kay Ash Foundation Innovative/Translational Cancer Research Grant | Translational Research; Cancer affecting women | 100000 | November |
Hyundai Hope on Wheels - Young Investigator Grant | Pediatric oncology, childhood cancer, hematology oncology, MD, MD/PhD | 250000 | December |
Hyundai Hope on Wheels - Hope Scholar Award | Pediatric Cancer | 400000 | December |
Bulletin Boards/External Funding Opportunities
Announcements from Organizations/Foundations. Applications are submitted directly to the organization or foundation. | Discipline/Subject Area | Approximate Funding | Approximate Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
The Mark Foundation Emerging Leader Awards | Early Career Investigators - Cancer research | 750000 | January |
The Mark Foundation Endeavor Awards | Team based prevention, diagnosis and treatment of Cancer | 3000000 | January |
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Fellowship Award | Cancer prevention, diagnosis, and treatment | 292000 | January |
Lung Cancer Research Foundation Grants (4 total) | Lung Cancer Research | 150000 | January |
IASLC-LCRF Team Science Research Grant on Advancing Therapies Towards Curing Oncogenic-Driven Lung Cancers | Oncogene-driven lung cancer | 2500000 | January |
CRI Postdoctoral Fellowships (3 in total) | Fellowships provide career development in immunology and immuno-informatics. | 228000 | January |
Alex's Lemonade Stand Reach Grant | Childhood Cancer | Unknown | January |
DOD Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs Prostate Cancer Research Program | Prostate Cancer | Unknown | February |
Melanoma Research Alliance - Advancing Drug Discovery to Identify New Therapies | New therapeutic modalities in Melanoma | 250000 | February |
Charles H. Hood Foundation - Child Health Research Awards | Direct relevance to child health | 200000 | February |
The HMTF Pilot Award Program for MDS Research | MDS Research | 100000 | February |
Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF) R Accelerated Grant | Pediatric Cancers | 800000 | March |
Yosemite-American Cancer Society Award | AI tools that can impact cancer patients, biotechnology & healthcare delivery | 300000 | March |
HHMI - Cohort of the Freeman Hrabowski Scholars Program | Basic biological and biomedical sciences; early career faculty | 8600000 | March |
Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance (OCRA) Funding Opportunitites | Ovarian Cancer | 100000 | March |
DOD Rare Cancers Research Program (RCRP) Concept Award | Rare Cancers | Unknown | April |
DOD Rare Cancers Research Program Idea Development Award | Rare Cancers | Unknown | April |
DOD Rare Cancers Research Program Resource Community Development Award | Rare Cancers | Unknown | April |
Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF) 'A' Award Grant | Pediatric oncology, childhood cancer | 800000 | April |
Prevent Cancer Foundation Grant | All cancers | 100000 | April |
AACR-MPM Oncology Charitable Foundation Transformative Cancer Research Grants | Basic, translational or clinical | 400000 | April |
DOD Defense Health Program Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs Ovarian Cancer Research Program Clinical Trial Award | Ovarian Cancer Research | Unknown | April |
DOD Defense Health Program Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs Ovarian Cancer Research Program Clinical Trial Translational Endpoints Research Award | Ovarian Cancer Research | Unknown | April |
DOD Defense Health Program Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs Ovarian Cancer Research Program Ovarian Cancer Academy - Leadership Award | Ovarian Cancer Research | Unknown | April |
DOD Defense Health Program Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs Lung Cancer Research Program Career Development Award | Lung Cancer Research | Unknown | April |
DOD Defense Health Program Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs Lung Cancer Research Program Concept Award | Lung Cancer Research | Unknown | April |
DOD Defense Health Program Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs Lung Cancer Research Program Idea Development Award | Lung Cancer Research | Unknown | April |
DOD Defense Health Program Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs Lung Cancer Research Program Patient-Centered Outcomes and Survivorship Award | Lung Cancer Research | Unknown | April |
DOD TDefense Health Program Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs Lung Cancer Research Program Translational Research Award | Lung Cancer Research | Unknown | April |
ASPIRE Award: Breaking Ground in Targeting Gastric and Esophageal Tumors | Gastric and Esophageal Tumors | 250000 | April |
DOD Defense Health Program Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs Breast Cancer Research Program Clinical Research Extension Award | Breast Cancer | Unknown | April |
DOD Defense Health Program Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs Breast Cancer Research Program Era of Hope Scholar Award | Breast Cancer | Unknown | April |
DOD Defense Health Program Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs Breast Cancer Research Program Breakthrough Award Levels 1 and 2 | Breast Cancer | Unknown | April |
DOD Defense Health Program Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs Breast Cancer Research Program Transformative Breast Cancer Consortium Development Award | Breast Cancer | Unknown | April |
DOD Defense Health Program Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs Breast Cancer Research Program Breakthrough Award Level 3 | Breast Cancer | Unknown | April |
DOD Defense Health Program Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs Breast Cancer Research Program Breakthrough Award Level 4 | Breast Cancer | Unknown | April |
DOD Defense Health Program Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs Breast Cancer Research Program Transformative Breast Cancer Consortium Award | Breast Cancer | Unknown | April |
DOD Defense Health Program Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs Ovarian Cancer Research Program Investigator-Initiated Research Award | Ovarian Cancer Research | Unknown | April |
DOD Defense Health Program Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs Ovarian Cancer Academy – Early-Career Investigator Award | Ovarian Cancer Research | Unknown | April |
DOD Defense Health Program Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs Ovarian Cancer Research Program Pilot Award | Ovarian Cancer Research | Unknown | April |
VICTORIA’S SECRET GLOBAL FUND FOR WOMEN’S CANCERS CAREER DEVELOPMENT AWARD, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PELOTONIA & AACR | Breast or Gynecologic Cancer | 206000 | April |
DOD Pancreatic Cancer Research Program Focused Pilot Award | Pancreatic Cancer | Unknown | May |
DOD Prostate Cancer Research Program (3 Opportunities | Prostate Cancer | Unknown | May |
Patterson Mentored Research Award | Mentored senior postdoctoral researchers | 200000 | May |
DOD Melanoma Cancer Research Program Awards (5 in total) | Melanoma | Unknown | May |
DOD Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program (2 Research Awards) | Various Cancers | Unknown | May |
FANCONI CANCER FOUNDATION – AACR NEXTGEN GRANT FOR TRANSFORMATIVE CANCER RESEARCH | Fanconi anemia (FA) and FA associated cancers | 450000 | May |
DOD Prostate Cancer Research Program Idea Development Award | Prostate Cancer | Unknown | May |
DOD Pancreatic Cancer Research Programs Idea Development & Translational Research Partnership | Pancreatic Cancer | Unknown | May |
Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation Research Fellow Award | Multiple Myeloma | 150000 | May |
DOD Prostate Cancer Research Program - Exploration – Hypothesis Development Award | Prostate Cancer | Unknown | May |
DOD Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program (2 Program Awards) | Various Cancers | Unknown | May |
NCCN and AstraZeneca Quality Improvement Initiative RFP | Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia & Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma | Unknown | May |
DOD THREE Breast Cancer Research Awards Announced | Breast Cancer | Unknown | June |
Hyundai Hope on Wheels: Bridge 2 K Award | Pediatric Oncology | 150000 | June |
Damon Runyon Fellowship Award | Cancer Research | 300000 | June |
ACS Professor Awards | Professors in Cancer Research | 400000 | June |
NCCN Investigator Sponsored Research for Understanding the Mechanisms and Formulating the Optimal Management of Hematological Toxicity of PARPi in the Treatment of Prostate Cancer | Prostate Cancer | Unknown | June |
DOD Era of Hope Scholar Award II | Breast Cancer | Unknown | June |
DOD Kidney Cancer Research Programs | Kidney Cancer | Unknown | July |
DOD Kidney Cancer Research - Idea Development Award | Kidney Cancer | Unknown | July |
DOD Academy of Kidney Cancer Investigators – Leadership Award | Kidney Cancer | Unknown | July |
DOD Kidney Cancer Research Program Concept Award & Postdoctoral and Clinical Fellowship Award | Kidney Cancer | Unknown | July |
Damon Runyon-St. Jude Pediatric Cancer Research Fellowship Award | Pediatric Cancer | 300000 | July |
Melanoma Research Alliance Next Steps Program | Melanoma | 150000 | July |
Michael F. Price Memorial Grant | Gastroesophageal cancer malignancies | 500000 | August |
Melanoma Research Alliance Grants (7 in total) | Melanoma Research | Unknown | August |
Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Prize | Innovative Cancer Research | 750000 | August |
Melanoma Research Alliance Grants | Melanoma Research | Unknown | August |
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Translation Research Program | Prevention, diagnosis, or treatment of hematological malignancies | 750000 | August |
Charles H. Hood Foundation - Child Health Research Awards | Direct relevance to child health | 200000 | August |
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Discovery Grant Program | Leukemia, lymphoma, myeloma, and all other rare blood cancers | 750000 | August |
Rally Foundation Pediatric Cancer Research Awards Programs (4 Programs) | Pediatric Cancer | 50000 | August |
NCCN/Pfizer - Investigator Sponsored Research for Understanding the Mechanisms and Formulating the Optimal Management of Hematological Toxicity of PARPi in the Treatment of Prostate Cancer | Prostate Cancer | Unknown | August |
Melanoma Research Alliance - Special Opportunities (3 in total) | Melanoma Research | Unknown | August |
American Cancer Society Catalyst Awards | Early-stage Cancer Investigators | 150000 | August |
CRI Irvington Postdoctoral Fellowships (3 in total) | Postdoctoral Researchers | 228000 | August |
RISING TIDE: Pediatric Blood Cancer Clinical Research Awards | Pediatric blood cancers to reduce short- and long-term treatment toxicities | Unknown | September |
Tower Cancer Research Foundation: Dr. Susan Love Fund for Breast Cancer Research | Breast Cancer | 100000 | September |
Alex's Lemonade Stand: INNOVATION award | Childhood cancers | 250000 | September |
Alex's Lemonade Stand: RUNX1 Early Career Investigator Grant Program | Childhood Cancer | 180000 | September |
NCCN and Taiho Oncology Clinical Studies on Trifuridine/Tipiracil and Futibatnib in GI Cancers | Clinical Trials GI Cancer | 2500000 | September |
Mark Foundation: Drug Discovery Award | Translation of academic discoveries into new cancer therapies | 1000000 | September |
AACR Clinical Oncology Research (CORE) Training Fellowships | Early Career Clinical Scientists interested in Drug Development | 100000 | September |
DOD Glioblastoma Research Program Hypothesis Development Award & Resource Development Award | Glioblastoma Research | Unknown | September |
NCI Equity & Inclusion Early Investigator Advancement Program (EIAP) | Early Investigators | Unknown | September |
Bladder Cancer Career Development Award (Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network) | Jr. Investigators studying bladder cancer or upper tract urothelial carcinoma | 250000 | September |
American Cancer Society (see description for grants) | Cancer Research | Unknown | September |
Lustgarten Foundation-AACR Career Development Award for Pancreatic Cancer Research, in Honor of John Robert Lewis | Pancreatic Cancer | 300000 | September |
Lustgarten Foundation-AACR Career Development Award for Pancreatic Cancer Research, in Honor of Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Pancreatic Cancer | 300000 | September |
The Bosarge Family Foundation-Waun Ki Hong Scholar Award for Regenerative Cancer Medicine | Postdoctoral or Clinical Research Fellows | 120000 | October |
CNS Metastasis Research Grant | CNS metastases or leptomeningeal disease | 50000 | October |