Deadline: 3 March 2025
The Lung Cancer Research Foundation is seeking grant applications to fund innovative projects across the full spectrum of basic, translational, clinical, epidemiological, health services, early detection, disparities, and social determinants of health research.
Focus Areas
- Lung cancer biology
- Identification of new biomarkers
- Machine learning and digital pathology
- Development of more effective and less toxic therapies including but not limited to targeted and immune-therapies
- Genetic and gene-environment interactions
- Interactions and contributions of multiple factors (e.g. smoking, genetics, environment, societal factors) to disparities in lung cancer outcomes
- Mechanism of Antibody Drug Conjugates
- Novel approaches to immunotherapy such as bispecific antibodies, vaccines, cellular therapies etc.
- Bioengineering approaches to understanding and/or treating lung cancer (i.e., theranostics, biomaterials, nanotechnology, controlled-drug release, and gene-therapy)
- Supportive measures for people with lung cancer and their families, such as palliative care and telemedicine
- Identification of metabolic vulnerabilities in lung cancer
Funding Information
- The maximum award amount is $150,000 for a period of two years (disbursed at $75,000 per year).
Eligibility Criteria
- Investigators must be affiliated with a non-profit academic or research institution and must be post-doctoral researchers, clinical fellows, or early-career and mid-career investigators with less than ten years’ experience since their initial faculty appointment.
- Applicants from US-based and international institutions are eligible to apply and may hold any residency/citizenship status.
- Senior investigators with more than ten years’ experience since faculty appointment are generally not eligible for funding and are encouraged to mentor a junior team member through the application process. However, exceptions will be made for investigators with more than ten years’ experience in other disease areas or topics.
- Ineligible applications and new requests under special circumstances will not be considered after submission deadline.
Ineligibility Criteria
- Applicants are prohibited from applying if they have received funding from the LCRF within the last 4 years.
- Applicants are prohibited from applying in more than one of LCRF’s funding tracks in the same cycle.
For more information, visit LCRF.
