Funding Opportunities

Comparative Oncology Research Program (CORP)

This opportunity supports CU and CSU investigative teams to carry out collaborative research using resources provided by companion animals being treated for cancer at the Flint Animal Cancer Center. All areas of cancer research are eligible to apply with the lone criterion being the inclusion of companion animal resources as a significant component of the approach.

Eligibility: Co-Principal investigative teams- must include a CSU and a CU Investigator

Duration: 2 Years for Basic Studies; 2-3 Years for Clinical Studies

Amount: $100,000 maximum request for 2-year basic sciences studies, $150,000 maximum request for 2-year (can be extended to 3 years) studies utilizing companion animal clinical patients

Additional information and requirements can be found in the RFP linked below. If you have any questions, please email Cancer Center Administration. 

Proposal submission deadline: 11:59 pm MT on Monday, February 23rd.

CORP RFP

Golfers Against Cancer

The Denver chapter of GAC is committed to promoting the development of strong, competitive research projects by Cancer Center members with the potential to secure NCI or other national peer-reviewed cancer research funding.

Eligibility: Must be a member of the Cancer Center. Individuals who received a GAC award or Wings of Hope pilot grant in 2023, 2024, or 2025, or who hold earlier awards from these sponsors that are still active, are ineligible. Anyone listed as a co‑PI on those grants is also ineligible.  

Duration: 1 year.

Amount:  For fiscal year 2026-27, funding will be available for 2-3 pilot projects, up to $50,000 each

Intent to Apply (REQUIRED!) deadline: 5 pm MT on Friday, January 30th.  

Proposal deadline: 11:59 pm MT on Thursday, February 26th. 

Additional information and requirements can be found in the RFP linked below. If you have any questions, please email Cancer Center Administration.

Golfers Against Cancer (GAC) Funding Opportunity 2026 – 2027 Award Cycle

Ovarian Cancer RFA

The purpose of this RFA is to stimulate impactful translational, clinical, or basic science research projects that have the potential to advance understanding, treatment, or prevention of ovarian cancer. There are two award types: 

 

Collaborative Pilot Grant

Eligibility: supports research involving two or more co-PIs (one of whom must be a Cancer Center member) focused on ovarian cancer that has a high likelihood of leading to a multi-PI NIH or other national grant submission within 15-18 months of award start. 

Duration: 24 months, beginning July 1, 2026. 

Amount: Request may be up to $100,000. 

 

Team Science Awards

Eligibility: support the development of ovarian cancer-focused team science grants such as large multi-PI R01 (>$250K directs/yr), P, U or other multi-project team grants offered by a national-level sponsor. The proposal must involve three or more investigators (one of whom must be a Cancer Center member), each providing substantive contributions to the proposed research. 

Duration: 24 months, beginning July 1, 2026. 

Amount: Request may be up to $100,000. 

Additional information and requirements can be found in the RFA linked below.

 

If you have any questions, please email Cancer Center Administration.

Proposal deadline: 5 pm MT on Tuesday, March 31, 2026.

 

Ovarian Cancer RFA

V Foundation - V Scholar

This award supports early‑career, tenure‑track faculty who are building their careers in cancer research. Funding is intended for projects grounded in either fundamental laboratory-based science or translational research. The V Scholar mechanism focuses on any adult cancer type research that is exploratory or translational in nature. Areas outside the scope of this program include epidemiology, behavioral science, and health services research.

 

Eligibility: Applicants must hold a full‑time tenure‑track faculty appointment and must have been appointed to their first full‑time Assistant Professor position no more than five years prior to the nomination due date (June 2026). Applicants must not be current or previous V Scholar nominees and must not have accepted or received notice of an R01 or R01‑equivalent award. All applicants must complete and submit the V Scholar Financial worksheet (linked below) with their internal LOI submission.

 

Duration: Four (4) years; earliest possible start date is October 2026.
Amount: $800,000, paid in $200,000 installments. No indirect costs allowed.
The CU Cancer Center may submit one (1) nomination to the V Foundation.   Additional information and requirements can be found in the RFA linked below. 

 

Internal LOI deadline: 5 pm MT on Friday, March 13, 2026.

2026 V Scholar RFA

V Scholar Financial Worksheet