Breast Cancer Research Foundation-AACR NextGen Grant for Transformative Cancer Research in Honor of Nancy E. Davidson, MD

The Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF)-AACR NextGen Grant for Transformative Cancer Research In Honor OF Nancy E. Davidson, MD represents the AACR’s flagship funding initiative to stimulate highly innovative research from young investigators.

The funded project must have the potential to lead to groundbreaking discoveries in the field, and transform our understanding of the tumorigenesis process and/or our ability to treat, detect, or prevent cancer.

Eligibility is limited to junior faculty who, at the start of the grant term, have held a full‐time, tenure‐track appointment as an assistant professor for no more than three years (i.e. did not have held a tenure-eligible appointment prior to July 1st, 2023).

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Funding: $150,000 per year

Duration: 3 years 

Research Authority due date: 11.12.25
LOI (required) due date: 18.12.25
Full proposal due date: 7.4.26

Applicants must be AACR members. Nonmembers interested in this grant opportunity must submit a satisfactory application for AACR Active membership by the application deadline.