Clinician Scientist Development Grant (CSDG)
Clinician Scientist Development Grant (CSDG) supports clinician faculty with cancer research and career development to become independent investigators while continuing to care for patients.
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Funder: American Cancer Society
Due Dates: October 15, 2026 (Winter eligibility exception requests) | December 1, 2026 (Winter applications) | April 15, 2027 (Summer eligibility exception requests) | June 1, 2027 (Summer applications)
Funding Amounts: $135,000 per year in direct costs, plus 8% allowable indirect costs, for 3–5 years
Summary: Supports full-time clinician faculty in developing independent cancer research careers while maintaining clinical practice.
Key Information: Current or former PIs of individual mentored training grants are not eligible.
Description
The American Cancer Society’s Clinician Scientist Development Grant supports full-time faculty members trained primarily as clinicians who want to become independent investigators while continuing to care for patients. Career development is central to the program: it provides support for cancer research alongside an ongoing commitment to clinical practice, rather than requiring clinicians to leave patient care.
The grant sits within the Society’s Extramural Discovery Science funding portfolio. Applications are reviewed and managed through the Biochemistry and Immunology of Cancer Research, Cell Biology and Preclinical Cancer Research, or Clinical and Population Sciences program offices. Applicants select the office and peer review committee that best fit their proposed science, with ACS making the final committee assignment.
