The mission of the American Cancer Society is to improve the lives of people with cancer and their families through advocacy, research, and patient support, aiming to ensure everyone has the opportunity to prevent, detect, treat, and survive cancer.
The Institutional Research Grants (IRG) aim to support junior faculty in beginning their cancer research endeavors, providing them with the financial assistance to gain preliminary results that will make them competitive for national research grants. This program is targeted at early-career researchers at U.S. academic institutions or eligible non-profits who have achieved a certain level of academic and leadership stature, such as Associate or Full Professor ranks with a history of mentoring and administration. The institutions where these individuals work should have a solid background in cancer research and a mix of experienced and junior faculty members. Each institution awarded will receive $120,000 annually for three years, which can fund three one-year pilot grants at $40,000 each, covering direct costs only.