Breast Cancer Research Foundation-AACR Career Development Awards

The Breast Cancer Research Foundation-AACR Career Development Awards are competitive grants to support early-career investigators conducting basic, translational, clinical, epidemiological, population-based or community-based research with direct relevance to breast cancer. The program provides $375,000 over three years to support expenses related to the research project, including salary, trainees, supplies, equipment, publication charges, and other research costs. The awards consider projects addressing cancer health disparities in racial and ethnic minorities when relevant to breast cancer. The grant term begins July 1, 2027.

$375,000 over three years for project-related expenses, including salary support, trainee support, supplies, equipment, and publication charges.

Applicants must have a doctoral degree (PhD, MD, MD/PhD, or equivalent) and hold a faculty position (assistant professor, instructor, research assistant professor, or equivalent) with their first independent faculty position started within the past six years as of the grant start date. Applicants must have independent laboratory space and work at an academic, medical, or research institution anywhere in the world. By the LOI deadline applicants must be AACR Active members in good standing.

Submit an online Letter of Intent via the ProposalCentral website; program guidelines and LOI instructions available as PDFs on the AACR site.