Career Development Award
The Career Development Award funds early-career clinical investigators to conduct mentored, patient-focused clinical or translational cancer research involving human subjects.
Funder: Conquer Cancer - the ASCO Foundation
Due Dates: October 8, 2026 (Career Development Award full application; applications accepted July 1, 2026 – October 8, 2026)
Funding Amounts: $200,000 total over 3 years; supports personnel, research expenses, and travel to ASCO Annual Meeting.
Summary: Supports early-career clinical investigators in establishing independent, patient-focused cancer research programs under mentorship.
Description
The Career Development Award (CDA) provides three years of research funding to early-career clinical investigators who have recently received their first faculty appointment and are working to establish an independent clinical cancer research program. This mentored award is intended for patient-oriented research, requiring a clinical research study and/or translational research involving human subjects. Projects focused primarily on in vitro or animal studies are not eligible. The CDA is open to applicants from the U.S. and internationally, in all areas of cancer research, and is designed to foster the transition to independent research careers under the guidance of a scientific mentor.
