American Cancer Society
(www.cancer.org)

Support areas:

• Any organ or tissue system

Research grants mission:

• Per grant webpage here, “As the nation's largest private, not-for-profit source of funds for scientists studying cancer, the American Cancer Society (ACS) focuses its funding on investigator-initiated, peer-reviewed proposals. This process ensures that scientists propose projects that they believe are ready to be tackled with the available knowledge and techniques. This intellectual freedom encourages discovery in areas that scientists believe are most likely to solve the problems of cancer.”

Research funding and grant applications:

• Multiple grant opportunities are offered of varying size, duration, requirements, and deadlines. Please see here for grant opportunities.

Size and duration of research grants supported:

• Multiple grant opportunities are offered of varying size, duration, requirements, and deadlines. Please see here for grant opportunities.

Geographic locations funded:

• U.S./National 

Application deadlines:

• “Grant applications for most grant types are accepted 2 times per year—April 1 and October 15)”

Application requirements:

• Varies depending on grant

Other notes:

• Funding rates for ACS grants: 
  Grant Mechanism                                      2014-2016           2017
  Research Scholar Grants                                         9%            13%
  Mentored Research Scholar Grants                 13%               9%
  Postdoctoral Fellowships                                       14%            19%

• Send requests for evaluation of eligibility and any questions to grant.eligibility@cancer.org