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Below are funding resources from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center and UCLA. For more information on UCLA Health JCCC-related funding opportunities, please visit our Internal Funding and External Funding pages.
NIH Funding Resources
NIH Grants and Funding Search Guide
UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center Funding Resources
Extramural Quarterly Funding Announcement
The UCLA Health JCCC provides an Extramural Quarterly Funding Announcement for UCLA investigators. This includes currently open extramural funding opportunities that are of interest to UCLA investigators. it is emailed directly to members.
Extramural Limited Submission Funding Opportunities
Limited extramural funding opportunities are provided below as a courtesy to UCLA Health JCCC members. For an opportunity to be included on this list, it must be a cancer-relevant Limited Submission Opportunity (LSO). LSOs for NIH Administrative Supplements responsive to the UCLA Health JCCC’s Support Grant, P30CA016042, are also included on this list. Submission instructions are noted below.
For more information, please visit our online funding portal, InfoReady. Here, you can find detailed information about available LSOs and explore the home page for more opportunities. If you have any questions about specific LSOs listed below or about NIH Administrative Supplements (under UCLA Health JCCC’s Support Grant, P30CA016042), please contact Sarah Anwar Tar via email.
Current LSOs
Breast Cancer Alliance 2027 Exceptional Project Grant
Breast Cancer Alliance invites clinical doctors and research scientists at any stage of their careers, including post docs, whose current proposal is focused on breast cancer, to apply for an Exceptional Project Grant. This award recognizes creative, unique and innovative research related to breast cancer. The grant provides salary support and project costs for a total of $100,000, distributed over a one-year period. Indirect costs, which are included in the $100,000 award, must be limited to 8% of total direct costs.
Qualifications
- This grant is open to applicants at institutions in the contiguous United States
- No for-profit institutions may apply.
Please find more information here: Exceptional Project Grant and Guidelines.
How to apply
To submit your nomination application, go to the Breast Cancer Alliance Exceptional Project Grant application via InfoReady.
Deadline
Please apply by Friday, March 8 at 5pm PST.
Breast Cancer Alliance 2027 Young Investigator Grant
This grant is intended to help advance the careers of young researchers who do not yet have their own major grant support, but who design and conduct their own independent research projects. The term of the Young Investigator Grant is two years, beginning on April 1, 2027. The grant provides salary support and project costs for a total of $125,000, distributed over a two-year period. Indirect costs, which are included in the $125,000 award, must be limited to 8% of total direct costs.
Applicants for the 2026 award must:
- Not have held a tenure track faculty or tenure track research position for more than four years following completion of their training, as of March 1, 2027;
- Not have been or are not a principal investigator on an NIH R01 or equivalent national/international non-mentored award as of March 1, 2027; and
- Dedicate at least 50% of their work effort to research.
- This grant is open to applicants at institutions in the contiguous United States.
- No for-profit institutions may apply.
Please see here for more information: Young Investigator Grant and Guidelines.
How to apply
To submit your nomination application, go to the Breast Cancer Alliance 2027 Young Investigator Grant application via InfoReady.
Deadline
Please apply by Friday, March 8 at 5pm PST.
UCLA Funding Resources
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