Career Development Awards and Fellowships
NRG Health Equity Fellows
Application Deadline: September 20, 2024
ASTRO co-funds one of the NRG Health Equity Fellows with a goal of training the next generation of researchers and physicians who have the support base required to confidently conduct inclusive research. This is a $50,000 over two-year award for early-stage investigators.
ASTRO-ACS Clinician Scientist Development Grant (CSDG)
Application Deadline: October 15, 2024
The Clinician Scientist Development Grant (CSDG) supports full-time faculty members in becoming independent investigators as clinician scientists. This grant is designed for people trained primarily as clinicians who want to maintain clinical practice and conduct cancer research. Specifically, for this RFA in partnership with ASTRO, the applicant must be in the radiation oncology field.
ASTRO-MRA Young Investigator Award
Application Deadline: November 4, 2024
ASTRO partners with the Melanoma Research Alliance to offer a Young Investigator Award to offer a special opportunity to support research in radiation oncology to improve treatment options for melanoma patients. This is a $255,000 award over three years; early career radiation oncology, radiation or cancer biology, or physicist investigators are encouraged to submit radiation oncology Research Proposals that include at least 50% effort on melanoma.
ASTRO-AstraZeneca Radiation Oncology Research Training Fellowships
Application Deadline: January 10, 2025, 11:59 p.m. Eastern time
Two fellowships are designed to provide U.S.-based residents or other trainees with real-world training experience in the development, administration and application of sponsored clinical research and real-world studies from a pharmaceutical company perspective. Opportunities within AstraZeneca programs focused on immuno-oncology and targeted therapies as treatment strategies for non-small cell and small cell lung cancer are included.
Seed Grants
The Seed Grants provide up to $25,000 over one year. They are designed to foster the research careers of residents and fellows interested in radiation oncology related basic, translational and/or clinical research. Applicants must be enrolled in a U.S. residency or fellowship at the time of application.
ASTRO Residents/Fellows in Radiation Oncology Seed Grant and ASTRO Residents/Fellows in Radiation Oncology Biology Seed Grant
Application Deadline: February 23, 2025; 11:59 p.m. Eastern time
These grants will support trainees developing any area of research that has the potential to advance the radiation oncology field. The biology-focused seed grant supports trainees advancing biological research in radiation oncology and/or cancer focused sciences.
ASTRO-LUNGevity Residents/Fellows in Radiation Oncology Seed Grant
Application Deadline: TBD
This is a joint effort with the LUNGevity Foundation (LUNGevity) to foster the career advancement of residents or fellows conducting radiation oncology related research for the benefit of patients with lung cancer. For more information and to apply, please visit ProposalCentral.
ASTRO-AAPM Physics Residents/Postdoctoral Fellows Seed Grant
Application Deadline: March 18, 2025; 11:59 p.m. Eastern time
This is a joint effort with the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) to support the research of medical physics residents and postdoctoral fellows and advance their careers. The proposed project must be focused on physics-related research in radiation oncology. Applicants (PhD or equivalent) must be a postdoctoral fellow or medical physics resident and be a member of ASTRO and AAPM or have applied for the respective memberships at the time of application. Up to two awards are anticipated. To apply and view the detailed eligibility criteria, visit the AAPM website.
ASTRO-BCRF Emerging Investigator Award – EXTENDED DEADLINE
Application Deadline: June 1, 2025, 11:59 p.m. Eastern time
Award Amount:$100,000 over one year
This is a joint effort with the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF) to support one Emerging Investigator Award (EIA) to Build a Diverse Scientific Workforce. The goal of the ASTRO-BCRF EIA is to foster and develop talented early career breast radiation oncology researchers. Multiple PIs are not allowed. The award may be for one year with $100,000 total for direct costs (no indirect cost is allowed). View the Program Announcement to learn more.
Optimizing the Experience of Patients with Bladder Cancer through Multi-Disciplinary Care
Application Deadline: July 23, 2025; 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time
Award Amount: Up to $250,000 over two years
ASTRO is collaborating with Pfizer and Conquer Cancer, the ASCO Foundation to offer a Quality Improvement grant funding opportunity to optimize the patient experience in bladder cancer care, specifically focusing on the multi-disciplinary management of care. This grant program will support innovative projects to improve the quality of bladder cancer care in diverse clinical settings in the United States. The scientific focus of the program is guided by bladder cancer experts representing patients, urologists, medical, surgical, and radiation oncologists to expressly meet the needs of patients with bladder cancer. Conquer Cancer is the lead organization for the review and evaluation of applications. Grant funding will be provided directly from Pfizer, and $1.5 million is collectively available to fund approximately six research projects.