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Mission Statement
The NCI Mission is to lead, conduct, and support cancer research across the nation to advance scientific knowledge and help all people live longer, healthier lives.
Interest Areas
General Topics
Cancer Biology: Supports research that advances fundamental understanding of the causes and biology of cancer, including cancer genomics, to improve prevention, detection, diagnosis, and treatment.
Cancer Prevention: Supports cancer prevention research to identify factors that cause cancer in humans and to develop risk-reduction strategies and preventive interventions.
Cancer Screening and Early Detection Research: Supports a variety of programs designed to improve early detection and enhance cancer screening.
Cancer Treatment, Diagnosis and Prognosis: Supports research to advance cancer treatment and disease control, as well as improve diagnosis, prognosis, screening, and early detection.
Cancer Control, Population Sciences, Survivorship, and Outcomes Research: Supports research to reduce cancer burden and improve quality of life for cancer survivors through effective methodology, interventions, and dissemination on a population-wide scale.
Cancer Training: Provides support to nonprofit and for-profit institutions and to individuals for biomedical training opportunities supporting careers in cancer research.
Assistance Listing
Assistance listings are detailed public descriptions of federal programs used across government agencies that provide grants, loans, scholarships, insurance, and other types of assistance awards. They are maintained in the System for Award Management (SAM) and can be used to search for opportunities in Grants.gov.
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Funding Opportunities and Notices
Search for NCI’s funding opportunities and notices
ICO Funding Policies and Considerations
Visit NIH Fiscal Policies for NIH-wide information on appropriations and other budgetary information (salary limits, stipends, tuition/fees) and Funding Decisions to learn about NIH's consistent and unified approach for making funding decisions.
NCI Funding Policies and Considerations builds on that general information.
Additional Information by Funding Category
Administrative Supplements
NCI prioritizes funding new, renewal and ongoing grants and cooperative agreements
- The institute has limited flexibility to support administrative supplements.
- Given this prioritization, the number of successful administrative supplement applications will likely be low in any given year.
- Examples of unsolicited administrative supplement requests that NCI will generally consider are replacement of critical lab equipment and resources.
NCI will accept and consider administrative supplement requests at any time through July 31. Requests received after July 31 will not be considered for funding.
Program Contacts:
- The NCI Program Official for the parent award
Grants Management Contact
- Office of Grants Administration Email: [email protected]
Conferences and Meetings
Conferences and meetings may address any area of cancer research, including cancer biology, prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and cancer control. Appropriate topics include basic, translational, clinical, population-based, interdisciplinary, and emerging research that advances understanding of cancer etiology, progression, detection, survivorship, treatment and outcomes. Meetings may focus on presenting, developing, disseminating, or critically evaluating scientific knowledge; integrating emerging technologies, methods, or clinically relevant models; or advancing collaborative, multidisciplinary research. Topics may also address health drivers, implementation science, data and AI-driven research, workforce development, and HIV-associated cancers when directly relevant to cancer research. Applications not aligned with cancer research objectives are not responsive. Applicants are encouraged to contact NCI ([email protected]) at least six weeks prior to submission for guidance.
NCI has limited discretionary funds to support conferences and meetings that advance its mission to drive progress in cancer research. Budgets must be well justified and aligned with the meeting’s scope, scale, and expected impact. Awards depend on fiscal constraints and program priorities. Applicants should contact NCI ([email protected]) at least six weeks before submission for guidance.
Consistent with the associated R13/U13 NOFO and NIH policy, NCI will not issue a conference grant award unless the Federal award date precedes the conference start date.
NCI typically considers applications requesting one year of support. Applicants seeking up to five years in a single application should consult with NCI ([email protected] ) at least six weeks before submission. The associated R13/U13 NOFO requires additional details for each proposed future year to inform peer review.
Scientific Program Contact:
NCI Referral Officer
Email: [email protected]
Grants Management Contact:
Office of Grants Administration
[email protected]
Small Business
NCI supports the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs by engaging domestic small business concerns in federal cancer research and development that has the potential for commercialization.
- NCI accepts Phase IIB SBIR projects
- NCI accepts Commercialization Readiness Pilot (CRP) projects
- NCI accepts clinical trials through the SBIR programs
- NCI accepts clinical trials through the STTR programs
- NCI accepts clinical trials through the Phase IIB SBIR program
NCI SBIR Development Center
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