Funding Support Center
Funding Resources
NCI Funding Opportunities and Resources
- Cancer Research Portfolio (CRP) - a one-stop web site for information on cancer research and funding opportunities supported by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and participating institutes of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). A search of the CRP offers easy access to information on extramural research awards, contracts, intramural studies, clinical trials, and funding opportunities, including Request for Applications, Program Announcements, and Notices in the NIH Guide to Grants and Contracts.
- Research Sponsored by by NCI (extramural)
- External Funding Opportunities from NCI/NIH/DHHS
- National Cancer Institute: Contacts - useful information about who has received funds and for what.
- Concepts Cleared at the NCI Board of Scientific Advisors Meeting
NIH Resources
Other funding resources
Many of these sites may be geared toward the funding agency/foundation, so it is always good to check with your funder to be sure the interests match and that the funding agency/foundation is approved by your grants office.
Funding sites with options for personalized email alerts
- Grants.gov - grant opportunities from all federal grantmaking agencies.
- GrantsNet - funds for training in the sciences and undergraduate science education; free through the support of HHMI and AAAS.
- Foundation Center - sign up to receive free electronic RFP announcements and newsletters.
- Google Alerts - email updates of the latest relevant Google results (web, news, etc.) based on your choice of query or topic.
- (NIH) NIH Guide to Grants and Contracts - subscribe/unsubscribe to weekly e-mail LISTSERV with new NIH guide postings and funding opportunities.
Other funding databases
- Search Commerce Business Daily/FedBizOpps and the Federal Register
- FEDIX
- National Academies - the Fellowship Office of Policy and Global Affairs administers predoctoral, dissertation, and postdoctoral fellowship programs in research-based fields of study.
- NIH Roadmap - FY 2009 Roadmap Requests for Applications (RFAs) and Planned RFAs.
- NIH Cancer Specific Funding Opportunites
- proposalCENTRAL - an e-grantmaking web site shared by many government, non-profit, and private grantmaking organizations. Over twenty thousand applicants and reviewers interact electronically with the grantmakers that are members of proposalCENTRAL.
- US Army - program assistance announcements.
- Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs - after noteworthy success in managing the research program in breast cancer, the CDMRP was tasked to manage research programs in neurofibromatosis, prostate cancer, ovarian cancer, tuberous sclerosis complex, chronic myelogenous leukemia, and prion diseases as well as other specified areas.
