UCLA cancer research Dr. Tanya Stoyanova
Dr. Tanya Stoyanova (right) in her lab. She and her research team are developing new early detection approaches and therapeutic strategies for late stage cancers.

Below are funding resources from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center and UCLA. For more information on UCLA Health JCCC-related funding opportunities, please visit our Internal Funding and External Funding pages.

NIH Funding Resources

NIH Grants and Funding Search Guide

UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center Funding Resources

Extramural Quarterly Funding Announcement

The UCLA Health JCCC provides an Extramural Quarterly Funding Announcement for UCLA investigators. This includes currently open extramural funding opportunities that are of interest to UCLA investigators. it is emailed directly to members. 

Extramural Limited Submission Funding Opportunities

Limited extramural funding opportunities are provided below as a courtesy to UCLA Health JCCC members. For an opportunity to be included on this list, it must be a cancer-relevant Limited Submission Opportunity (LSO). LSOs for NIH Administrative Supplements responsive to the UCLA Health JCCC’s Support Grant, P30CA016042, are also included on this list. Submission instructions are noted below. 

For more information, please visit our online funding portal, InfoReady. Here, you can find detailed information about available LSOs and explore the home page for more opportunities. If you have any questions about specific LSOs listed below or about NIH Administrative Supplements (under UCLA Health JCCC’s Support Grant, P30CA016042), please contact Sarah Anwar Tar via email.

InfoReady Portal

Current LSOs

2026 W. M. Keck Foundation Research Program Grants

The Research Program seeks to benefit humanity by supporting projects that are distinctive and novel in their approach, question the prevailing paradigm, or have the potential to break open new territory in their field. Research program grants seek to support high-risk, high-reward projects that will have an outsized impact in advancing basic science, including groundbreaking research that might not otherwise be supported through government agency funding. Keck is looking for projects that aim to deliver pioneering and fundamental scientific discoveries in important and emerging areas of research. It funds high-impact research in basic physical, life, and biomedical sciences, including instrumentation development and engineering approaches in service of answering basic scientific questions.

How to apply
To submit your nomination application, please access our 2026 W.M. Keck Foundation Research Program Grants online application via InfoReady.

Deadline
Please submit an application by Tuesday, November 25, 2025 at 5pm PST.

UCLA Funding Resources

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