Funding Opportunities

The Cancer Center is committed to developing nationally competitive multidisciplinary team science programs. The Team Science Development Program provides a structured pathway to help investigators build collaborative research initiatives from early scientific planning through submission of complex externally funded grants, including Program Project Grants (P01s), Specialized Programs of Research Excellence (SPOREs), U54 Cooperative Agreements, multi-PI R01s, and similar team science mechanisms.

Learn more about the Team Science Development Program and its opportunities at the webpage.

The cancer center collaborates with the Vice Chancellor's Office of Research Development to nominate highly qualified candidates from the university to apply for cancer-focused limited submission opportunities. More information about open opportunities can be found on the University's Limited Submission Webpage. Please see this list for the commonly offered cancer-focused limited submission opportunities. The annual cancer-focused opportunities include:

• Gabrielle's Angel Foundation
• St. Baldrick's Foundation
• V Foundation for Cancer Research
• Pew-Stewart Scholars for Cancer Research
• Damon Runyon Foundation
• NCI F99/K00 Graduate Student to Postdoctoral Fellow Transition Award
• NCI Early K99/R00 Award for Early Stage Postdoctoral Researchers

Internal

• AB Nexus
• CCTSI funding programs
• School of Medicine Funding Opportunities
• OCRST-IIT Funding Opportunities
• SPARK/REACH
• Office of Grants and Contracts
• Research Administration Offices
• Office of Research Development and Strategy

Federal

• National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
• National Science Foundation (NSF)
• National institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) 

National Peer Reviewed Foundations 

• Alex's Lemonade Stand
• American Association for Cancer Research
• American Cancer Society
• American Institute for Cancer Research
• amfAR
• Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
• Melanoma Research Alliance 
• Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation 
• Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute
• Prevent Cancer Foundation
• Prostate Cancer Foundation
• Susan G. Komen 

Local Foundations 

• Cancer League of Colorado