Conquer Cancer Young Investigator Award (YIA)
Conquer Cancer, the ASCO Foundation · Nonprofit
Source: Conquer Cancer, the ASCO Foundation (curated) · View original posting ↗
Annual cycle: the 2027 application opened July 1, 2026 with a September 11, 2026 deadline.
- AwardWhat a single award can be worth — the funder's published per-award amount or floor–ceiling range.
- Up to $50K
- DeadlineFinal application due date.
- Sep 11, 2026
- Letter of intentDue date for the letter of intent (a short pre-application some funders require or request before the full proposal).
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- MechanismNIH activity code — the grant type (R01 research project, R21 exploratory, K series career development, F series fellowship, …).
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- DurationMaximum project period for a single award.
- 1 yr
- Expected awardsHow many awards the funder anticipates making under this opportunity.
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- Funding cycleHow often the program accepts applications (annual, multiple cycles per year, rolling, or one-time).
- Recurring (annual)
- Open dateWhen applications open (or opened).
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- Total fundingThe overall pool the funder expects to commit across ALL awards under this opportunity — not what one project receives.
- $50K total
- Clinical trialWhether proposed projects must, may, or must not include a clinical trial.
- Optional / allowed
Research areas
Auto-classified from the title and description (keyword-based) — may be imperfect.
Description
One-year seed funding for physicians in the transition from a fellowship to a faculty appointment to encourage clinical cancer research careers. Curated entry; verify current terms at the program page.
This funder has no public API, so the entry is manually curated — confirm current amounts, deadlines, and eligibility on the source page.