About Funding

Click on the links below to read information about NCI SBIR & STTR Programs funding.

NIH Funding Mechanisms – The NIH offers over 40 mechanisms for funding in eight major areas ranging from research project grants to construction grants. To read full descriptions of each mechanism, click here.

Funding Resources – To view links that provide more information about upcoming and existing funding opportunities, including NCI extramural funding opportunities and NIH grants and contracts, click here.

Funding Tutorial – To learn more about applying for funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), including important information about the electronic submission process and links to other important resources, click here.

Grants and Cooperative Agreements – The NCI employs both grants and cooperative agreements to provide financial assistance for research. For more information about when grants are to be used to fund research versus when cooperative agreements are to be used, the steps that lead to the awarding of each mechanism, and several resources for accessing available funding opportunities, click here.

Contracts – The National Cancer Institute (NCI) uses the contract mechanism, through both Broad Agency Announcements (BAAs) and Master Agreement Announcements (MAAs), to acquire cancer research and developmental efforts and other resources or services it requires. For more information about these mechanisms, and the steps that lead to the awarding of a contract, click here.