Research Opportunities
We want to help kidney cancer researchers locate funding opportunities. We’ll update this page with grant opportunities as we learn about them. Know of one we haven’t listed? Email us at [email protected], or tweet at us, and we’ll get it posted!
KidneyCAN is dedicated to accelerating kidney cancer research.
Our advocacy for the DoD Kidney Cancer Research Program resulted in appropriations of $40 million in fiscal year 2020 for kidney cancer research. In 2016, this number was $0.
Our Kidney Cancer Research Summit brings translational researchers in kidney cancer together in an annual collaborative meeting. Additionally, KidneyCAN’s “Rock the Cure” events have raised over $1,000,000 toward private research support.
We are reaching out to you to create the best ideas yet for your KCRP proposal this year.
Please share this notice with other researchers in your network.
- Develop your ideas
- Build your team – even including members from other institutions
- Gather letters of support
- Review the grant mechanisms (including the new ones) and consider which would best support your idea
- Consider partnerships (including industry partnerships) and collaborations
FY21 KCRP Program Announcements Released
As new announcements are posted we will keep you updated.
Translational Research Partnership Award
Idea Development Award
Postdoctoral and Clinical Fellowship Award
AACR-MPM Oncology Charitable Foundation Transformative Cancer Research Grants
The AACR-MPM Oncology Charitable Foundation Transformative Cancer Research Grants represents a joint effort to stimulate “high-risk, high-reward” research from early- to mid-career investigators. This novel grant mechanism is intended to promote and support creative, paradigm-shifting cancer research that might not be funded through conventional channels. It is expected that these grants will catalyze significant scientific discoveries that will advance our understanding of cancer and have a potentially transformative impact on future clinical practice.
The application is due on September 30, 2021.
AACR: New Funding Opportunities
We’d love to see more RCC applicants for these prestigious grant opportunities. AACR has just updated their site with this note:
We hope you and your loved ones are well, given the difficult circumstances surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. Please note that several funding opportunities are currently under development. Although we expect that the process may likely take longer than originally expected, please know that our team is working diligently to ensure that the new grants will be launched at the earliest possible date. We are closely monitoring the situation and will post upcoming funding opportunities here once a launch date has been confirmed.
However, if you have specific questions or concerns, please feel free to contact [email protected].
Sincerely,
The Scientific Review and Grants Administration Team
The goal for KCRS is to present the important, innovative research funded by the KCRP. We also aim to connect researchers from around the world to share their work.
Join us on October 7 and 8 for this dynamic, interactive meeting focused on the latest basic science, translational, and clinical research in kidney cancer.
Kidney cancer is the ideal sandbox for these new approaches, and without a doubt the same approach can, should and will be suitable for other cancers.
Dr. Hans Hammers, UTSW
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KidneyCAN is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit and does not receive any funding through the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) or KCRP (Kidney Cancer Research Program). Our work is funded by grassroots donors in the kidney cancer community.
