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.
Behavioral Research
Title |
Announcement # |
Expiration Date |
NIH-Supported Centers for Population Health and Health Disparities (CPHHD) |
RFA-CA-09-001 (P50) |
May 29, 2009 |
Research on Social Work Practice and Concepts in Health - Trans-NIH Program Announcements |
PA-07-292 (R01s)
PA-06-233 (R03s)
PA-06-234 (R21s) |
May 8, 2009 |
Applied Cancer Screening Research
Title |
Announcement # |
Expiration Date |
Small Grants Program for Behavioral Research in Cancer Control (Reissued PA)
Investigators may wish to refer to the DCCPS Small Grants Web site for detailed information about this program. |
PAR-09-003 (R03) |
December 21, 2011 |
Exploratory Grants for Behavioral Research in Cancer Control |
PA-06-351 |
May 8, 2009 unless reissued |
Basic and Biobehavioral Research
Title |
Announcement # |
Expiration Date |
Outcomes, Cost-Effectiveness and the Decision Making Process to Use Complementary and Alternative Medicine |
PAR-08-045 (R01) |
May 20, 2010 |
Decision Making in Cancer: Single-Event Decisions |
PA-08-063 (R01s)
PA-08-064 (R21s) |
January 8, 2011 |
Research on Mind-Body Interactions and Health, The program announcement on Mind-Body Interactions and Health Trans-NIH |
PA-07-046 |
January 8, 2010 |
Small Grants Program for Behavioral Research in Cancer Control (Reissued PA)
Investigators may wish to refer to the DCCPS Small Grants Web site for detailed information about this program. |
PAR-09-003 (R03) |
December 21, 2011 |
Exploratory Grants for Behavioral Research in Cancer Control |
PA-06-351 |
May 9, 2009 unless reissued |
Health Communication and Informatics Research
Title |
Announcement # |
Expiration Date |
Exploratory Grants for Behavioral Research in Cancer Control |
PA-06-351 |
May 8, 2009 unless reissued |
Information Technologies and the Internet in Health Services and Intervention Delivery – Trans-NIH program announcements |
PA-06-224 (R21)
PA-06-225 (R03)
PA-06-226 (R01) |
May 8, 2009 |
Understanding and Promoting Health Literacy, Trans-NIH Program Announcements |
PAR-07-020 (R01s)
PAR-04-117 (R03s) |
January 26, 2010 |
Multimedia Technology/Health Communications Grants for Small Businesses/Non-Profit Organizations
Health Promotion Research
Title |
Announcement # |
Expiration Date |
Impact of Health Communication Strategies on Dietary Behaviors |
PA-08-239 (R01)
PA-08-240 (R21) |
September 8, 2011 |
Information Technologies and the Internet in Health Services and Intervention Delivery – Trans-NIH program announcements |
PA-06-224 (R21)
PA-06-225 (R03)
PA-07-295 (R01) |
May 8, 2009
May 8, 2009
Jan 3, 2010 |
Exploratory Grants for Behavioral Research in Cancer Control |
PA-06-351 (R21) |
May 2, 2009 unless reissued |
Reducing Risk Behaviors by Promoting Positive Youth Development |
PA-08-242 (R03) |
September 8, 2011 |
Health Promotion Among Racial and Ethnic Minority Males |
PA-07-422 (R01 and R21) |
September 8, 2010 |
Tobacco Control Research
Title |
Announcement # |
Expiration Date |
NIDA Research "Center of Excellence" Grant Program |
PAR-08-046 (P50) |
May 8, 2010 |
Testing Tobacco Products Promoted to Reduce Harm |
PA-07-174 (R01s)
PA-06-361 (R21s) |
May 8, 2009
March 6, 2009 |
Small Grants Program for Behavioral Research in Cancer Control (Reissued PA)
Investigators may wish to refer to the DCCPS Small Grants Web site for detailed information about this program. |
PAR-09-003 (R03) |
December 21, 2011 |
Exploratory Grants for Behavioral Research in Cancer Control |
PA-06-351 |
May 9, 2009 unless reissued |
Designing for Dissemination
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.
Go to the Archive of Funding Opportunities http://cancercontrol.cancer.gov/funding_archive.html#ocs 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.
Applied Research
Title |
Announcement # |
Expiration Date |
Methodology and Measurement in the Behavioral and Social Sciences |
PAR-08-212 (R01)
PAR-08-213 (R21)
PAR-08-214 (R03) |
September 8, 2011 |
Geographic and Contextual Influences on Energy Balance-Related Health Behaviors
Announcement Summary |
PA-08-192 (R21)
PA-08-193 (R01) |
September 8, 2011 |
Development, Application, and Evaluation of Prediction Models for Cancer Risk and Prognosis |
PA-07-022 (R21)
PA-07-021 (R01) |
January 8, 2010 unless reissued |
Understanding the Effects of Emerging Cellular, Molecular, and Genomic Technologies on Cancer Health Care Delivery |
PA-09-004 (R01s)
PA-09-005 (R21s) |
January 8, 2012
January 8, 2012 |
Research on the Economics of Diet, Activity, and Energy Balance |
PA-08-078 (R01s)
PA-08-077 (R21s) |
January 8, 2011
November 6, 2011 |
Effects of Racial/Ethnic Discrimination/Bias on Health Care Delivery |
PA-08-083 (R01s)
PA-08-084 (R21s)
PA-08-085 (R03s) |
May 11, 2011 |
Cancer Surveillance Using Health Claims-Based Data System |
PA-07-254 (R01)
PA-06-386 (R21) |
May 8, 2009, unless reissued |
Diet & Physical Activity Assessment |
PAR-07-259 |
May 2, 2009 |
Applied Research Program Funding Opportunities
Surveillance Research
Go to the Archive of Funding Opportunities http://cancercontrol.cancer.gov/funding_archive.html#srp 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
Title |
Announcement # |
Expiration Date |
Transdisciplinary Cancer Genomics Research: Post-Genome Wide Association Initiative |
RFA-CA-09-002 (U19) |
May 29, 2009 |
Mitochondria in Cancer Epidemiology, Detection, Diagnosis and Prognosis - Trans-NCI Program Announcement |
PA-08-143 (R01)
PA-08-144 (R21) |
May 8, 2011 unless reissued. |
Epigenetic Approaches in Cancer Epidemiology |
PA-07-298 (R01)
PA-07-299 (R21) |
January 8, 2010, unless reissued. |
Pilot Studies in Pancreatic Cancer |
PA-08-208 (R03)
PA-08-209 (R21) |
September 8, 2011, unless reissued. |
Studies of Energy Balance and Cancer in Humans |
PA-07-176 (R01)
PA-06-405 (R21) |
May 2, 2009, unless reissued. |
Exfoliated Cells, Bioactive Food Components, and Cancer |
PA-08-030 (R01s)
PA-08-031 (R21s) |
January 8, 2011, unless reissued |
Small Grants Program for Cancer Epidemiology
*Note this reissued PAR stipulates a 10-page limit to the research plan, including tables and figures. |
PAR-08-237 (R03) |
November 19, 2011 |
Development, Application, and Evaluation of Prediction Models for Cancer Risk and Prognosis |
PA-07-022 (R21)
PA-07-021 (R01) |
January 8, 2010 unless reissued |
Occupational Safety and Health Research |
PA-07-318 (R01) |
March 6, 2010 |
Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) of Human Genome Research |
PA-08-012 (R01)
PA-08-013 (R03) |
January 8, 2011 |
Research on Malignancies in the Context of HIV/AIDS |
PA-07-455 (R01)
PA-07-454 (R21) |
September 8, 2010 |
NCI Innovative Molecular Analysis Technologies (IMAT) Program RFAs
http://epi.grants.cancer.gov/Bulletins/Jan2908.html#imat
Women's Health
Title |
Announcement # |
Expiration Date |
Advancing Novel Science in Women's Health Research (ANSWHR) |
PAS-07-381 (R21s)
PAS-07-382 (R03s) |
January 8, 2010, unless reissued |
Health Disparities
Title |
Announcement # |
Expiration Date |
NIH-Supported Centers for Population Health and Health Disparities (CPHHD) |
RFA-CA-09-001 (P50) |
May 29, 2009 |
Behavioral and Social Science Research on Understanding and Reducing Health Disparities |
PAR-07-379 (R01)
PAR-07-380 (R21) |
September 19, 2009 |
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