Apply for Cancer Control Grants

The Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences funds a large portfolio of grants and contracts. The portfolio currently includes over 900 grants valued at almost $400 million. Here we provide a listing of funding opportunities that are currently accepting applications. Please visit this page regularly as new funding opportunities are added upon approval by NCI. To learn more about past funding opportunities, please visit the archive at: http://cancercontrol.cancer.gov/funding_archive.html.

For information on the portfolio of over 900 grants, please go the Cancer Control Research section of this Web site at http://cancercontrol.cancer.gov/current_research.html.

Announcements are available on-line for the following areas:

Behavioral Research

• Research on Social Work Practice and Concepts in Health - Trans-NIH Program Announcements. PA-07-292 for R01s, PA-06-233 for R03s, and PA-06-234 for R21s. All expire February 2009 unless reissued.

Applied Cancer Screening Research

• Small Grants Program for Behavioral Research in Cancer Control (R03) (Reissued PA) PAR-06-458 Expiration Date: December 23, 2008
  Investigators may wish to refer to the DCCPS Small Grants Web site for detailed information about this program.
• Exploratory Grants for Behavioral Research in Cancer Control - PA-06-351 - This Program Announcement expires on May 2, 2009 unless reissued.

Basic and Biobehavioral Research

• Outcomes, Cost-Effectiveness and the Decision Making Process to Use Complementary and Alternative Medicine (R01) PAR-08-045. Expiration Date: May 20, 2010.
• Decision Making in Cancer: Single-Event Decisions, PA-08-063 for R01s and PA-08-064 for R21s. Expiration Date: January 8, 2011.
• Research on Mind-Body Interactions and Health, The program announcement on Mind-Body Interactions and Health Trans-NIH PA-07-046 – This program announcement expires on January 3, 2010.
• Small Grants Program for Behavioral Research in Cancer Control (R03) (Reissued PA) PAR-06-458 Expiration Date: December 23, 2008.
  Investigators may wish to refer to the DCCPS Small Grants Web site for detailed information about this program.
• Exploratory Grants for Behavioral Research in Cancer Control - PA-06-351 - This Program Announcement expires on May 2, 2009 unless reissued.

Health Communication and Informatics Research

• Exploratory Grants for Behavioral Research in Cancer Control - PA-06-351 - This Program Announcement expires on May 2, 2009 unless reissued.
• Information Technologies and the Internet in Health Services and Intervention Delivery – Trans-NIH program announcements. Expires on May 9, 2009.
  http://grants2.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-224.html (R21) http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-225.html (R03)
  http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-226.html (R01)
• Understanding and Promoting Health Literacy, Trans-NIH Program Announcements - PAR-07-020 for R01s and PAR-04-117 for R03s. Both close Jan 26, 2010 unless reissued.
• Multimedia Technology/Health Communications Grants for Small Businesses/Non-Profit Organizations

Health Promotion Research

• Information Technologies and the Internet in Health Services and Intervention Delivery – Trans-NIH program announcements.
  http://grants2.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-224.html (R21). Expires on May 9, 2009
  http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-225.html (R03). Expires on May 9, 2009.
  http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-295.html (R01). Expires Jan 3, 2010.
• Exploratory Grants for Behavioral Research in Cancer Control - PA-06-351 - This Program Announcement expires on May 2, 2009 unless reissued

Tobacco Control Research

• Testing Tobacco Products Promoted to Reduce Harm,
  PA-07-174 (R01s). Expires May 2, 2009.
  PA-06-361 (R21s). Expires March 6, 2009.
• Small Grants Program for Behavioral Research in Cancer Control (R03) (Reissued PA) PAR-06-458 Expiration Date: December 23, 2008
  Investigators may wish to refer to the DCCPS Small Grants Web site for detailed information about this program.
• Exploratory Grants for Behavioral Research in Cancer Control - PA-06-351 - This Program Announcement expires on May 2, 2009 unless reissued

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Designing for Dissemination

• Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (R01),PAR-07-086. Expires September 2, 2009 (Domestic and International Funding Opportunity)
  • Frequently Asked Questions: Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (R01)
  • PowerPoint Presentation: Closing the Gap Between Discovery and Delivery
• Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (R03), PAR-06-520. Expires October 2, 2009 (Domestic and International Funding Opportunity)
  • Frequently Asked Questions: Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (R03)
  • PowerPoint Presentation: Closing the Gap Between Discovery and Delivery
• Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (R21), PAR-06-521. Expires October 2, 2009 (Domestic and International Funding Opportunity)
  • Frequently Asked Questions: Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (R21)
  • PowerPoint Presentation: Closing the Gap Between Discovery and Delivery

Cancer Survivorship

Survivorship research is promoted through investigator-initiated R01 applications pertaining to the physiological, psychosocial, economic, and surveillance aspects of cancer survivorship and the R03 Small Grants Program for Behavioral Research in Cancer Control applications.

NCI Funding Opportunities in Symptom Management and Palliative Care Research.


• Administrative Supplements to Study Economic Impact of Interventions Targeting Cancer Survivors and/or their Families. NOT-CA-08-013. Application due June 9, 2008.
  • Instructions

Applied Research

• Development, Application, and Evaluation of Prediction Models for Cancer Risk and Prognosis. PA-07-022 (R21), and PA-07-021 (R01). Both expire January 3, 2010 unless reissued.
• Understanding the Effects of Emerging Cellular, Molecular, and Genomic Technologies on Cancer Health Care Delivery. R01s: PA-07-260; R21s: PA-06-281. Program announcement expires March 2, 2009, unless reissued.
• Methodology and Measurement in the Behavioral and Social Sciences - PA-07-060 - This Program Announcement expires on May 2, 2008 unless reissued
  Methodology and Measurement in the Behavioral and Social Sciences Factsheet
• Research on the Economics of Diet, Activity, and Energy Balance,
  PA-08-078 (R01s). Expires January 8, 2011.
  PA-08-077 (R21s). Expires November 6, 2011.
• Effects of Racial/Ethnic Discrimination/Bias on Health Care Delivery, PA-08-083 (R01s), PA-08-084 (R21s) and PA-08-085 (R03s). All expire May 11, 2011.
• Cancer Surveillance Using Health Claims-Based Data System (R21, R01) Program Announcement – PA-07-254 (R01) and PA-06-386 (R21). Both expire on May 2, 2009, unless reissued.
• Diet & Physical Activity Assessment, PAR-07-259. Expires March 2, 2009
• Applied Research Program Funding Opportunities
  

Surveillance Research

• Go to the Archive of Funding Opportunities http://cancercontrol.cancer.gov/funding_archive.html for information on recent funding announcements. Visit the Cancer Control Research http://cancercontrol.cancer.gov/current_research.html section of this Web site for descriptive information on currently funded grants in this area.

Epidemiology and Genetics Research

• Mitochondria in Cancer Epidemiology, Detection, Diagnosis and Prognosis - Trans-NCI Program Announcement – PA-08-143 (R01) and PA-08-144 (R21). Both expire May 11, 2011 unless reissued.
• NCI Innovative Molecular Analysis Technologies (IMAT) Program RFAs
  http://epi.grants.cancer.gov/Bulletins/Jan2908.html#imat
• Rare Diseases Clinical Research Consortia (RDCRC) for the Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network (U54), RFA-OD-08-001. Applications due August 20, 2008.
• Administrative Supplements for Gene Identification Efforts: Replication and Fine-Mapping Studies: The Genes, Environment, and Health Initiative (GEI), NOT-CA-08-011. Application due May 1, 2008.
  • Instructions
  • Frequently Asked Questions
• Comparative Systems Genetics of Cancer (R01) RFA-CA-08-017. Applications due May 15, 2008
• Epigenetic Approaches in Cancer Epidemiology - PA-07-298 (R01) and PA-07-299 (R21). Both announcements expire January 3, 2010, unless reissued.
• Pilot Studies in Pancreatic Cancer – PA-06-314 for R03s, and PA-06-303 for R21s. Both expire July 2, 2008, unless reissued.
• Studies of Energy Balance and Cancer in Humans – PA-07-176 (R01), and PA-06-405 (R21). Both expire on May 2, 2009, unless reissued.
• Exfoliated Cells, Bioactive Food Components, and Cancer - PA-08-030 for R01s and PA-08-031 for R21s. Both expire January 8, 2011, unless reissued.
• Small Grants Program for Cancer Epidemiology (R03) - PAR-06-294. This Program Announcement expires on November 22, 2008, unless reissued. Note this reissued PAR stipulates a 10-page limit to the research plan, including tables and figures.
• Development, Application, and Evaluation of Prediction Models for Cancer Risk and Prognosis. PA-07-022 (R21), and PA-07-021 (R01). Both expire January 3, 2010 unless reissued.
• Occupational Safety and Health Research (R01), PA-07-318, expires March 6, 2010.
• Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) of Human Genome Research, PA-08-012 (R01) and PA-08-013 (R03). Both expire January 8, 2011.
• Research on Malignancies in the Context of HIV/AIDS - PA-07-455 (R01), and PA-07-454 (R21). Both expire September 8, 2010

Women's Health

• Advancing Novel Science in Women's Health Research (ANSWHR) – PAS-07-381 for R21s, and PAS-07-382 for R03s. Both expire January 8, 2010, unless reissued.

Health Disparities

• Behavioral and Social Science Research on Understanding and Reducing Health Disparities, PAR-07-379 (R01) and PAR-07-380 (R21). Both expire September 19, 2009.

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