Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) Grants and Awards

They are also committed to actively changing the health disparities landscape by supporting research and clinical trials that will develop successful strategies, measurable outcomes, and robust outreach to historically underrepresented racial and ethnic minority populations.

Core Principles

• Patients can’t wait for new breakthroughs so SU2C does not operate on traditional grant cycles; rather they open Request For Applications (RFAs) as soon as funds are available. The core principles that guide the application selection process include:
  • Maximizing innovation while minimizing bureaucracy
  • Collaboration over competition
  • Advancing Health Equity in project goals and in grantee team makeup
  • Team environment to facilitate information sharing
  • Goal-oriented projects with defined milestones and deliverables
  • Regular progress reviews
• Stand Up To Cancer is committed to eliminating barriers of access to new treatments for all cancer patients by harnessing the promise of precision medicine inclusive of diverse patient populations. They support clinical trials and research studies that have developed successful strategies, measurable outcomes, and robust outreach plans to include historically underrepresented racial and ethnic minority populations.

Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) Nina Nicolai Innovation in Collaboration Award 

• The Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) Nina Nicolai Innovation in Collaboration Award is available to members of the SU2C scientific community to explore synergistic and innovative collaborations that enhance the SU2C mission to accelerate the development of new cancer treatments for pancreatic cancer. Emphasis will be placed on submissions that involve new SU2C collaborations.
• Award Amount: Depending on the scope of the project, up to $225,000 will be available for a period of 1-2 years.

Eligibility 

• At least one of the Co-leaders must be an Early Career Investigator.
• At least one of the applicants must be affiliated with an academic, medical, or research institution.
• Industry applicants, non-profit applicants, and applicants from governmental agencies are eligible to apply but are not eligible to receive funds.
• Both you and your Co-leader are submitting only 1 application.
• Early Career Investigators are defined as junior faculty (e.g. independent investigators who have completed their training within the past seven years), postdoctoral fellows, clinical research fellows, or other researchers-in-training who are working under the direction of a scientific mentor.

Requirements

• The grantees will be required to submit progress and financial reports annually to SU2C in advance of the SU2C Scientific Summit and may also be asked to provide a brief update of their funded research to the SU2C community during a subsequent SU2C Scientific Summit.

For more information, visit Stand Up To Cancer.