Exploratory Grants in Cancer Control (R21 Clinical Trial Optional)
National Cancer Institute (NIH)
Two-year exploratory grants for the early conceptual stages of novel cancer control ideas, including new techniques, methodologies or applications in population-based cancer research. Preliminary data are not expected.
- Indicative award
- up to $275k (total award)Page states combined direct costs for the two-year project period may not exceed $275,000, with no more than $200,000 in any single year. No floor published.
- Timing
- Several times a yearSeveral times a year · Feb, Jun, OctNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.Recurring R21 cycle beginning February 16, 2025 and continuing through 2028; expiration date September 8, 2028. The fetched page did not enumerate a single next date, so none is asserted.
- Who can apply
- Early-career faculty, Mid-career & senior, Any faculty rank
- Eligibility
- Higher education institutions, nonprofits, for-profit businesses, government entities, tribal organisations and faith-based organisations; foreign entities are eligible. Any individual with the necessary skills and institutional resources may serve as PD/PI.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- exploratory research · cancer control · novel methods · behavioural science
- Apply at
- https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-25-253.html
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. The funder link has not yet been machine-checked.
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