Sponsor Deadline
Posted: 1/15/2025

Young Investigator Awards

BCAN’s Young Investigator Awards support outstanding early-career scientists and clinical cancer researchers with a demonstrated commitment to improving the understanding and treatment of bladder cancer and/or upper tract urothelial cancer. Applicants may be working in basic, translational, clinical, epidemiologic, bioengineering sciences or any other field, but projects must be specific to bladder cancer and/or upper tract urothelial carcinoma, and the applicant’s research environment must be capable of supporting transformational bladder cancer research.

Applicants may also be investigating studies of patient-centered clinical research including shared decision making, access to care, quality of care, quality of life, health disparities, comparative effectiveness research, patient-centered outcomes research, and survivorship.

Applicants must have a mentor within or approved by the sponsoring institution that will assume responsibility for the overall conduct of the project and provide guidance and protected research time.

Deadline: Feb. 21, 2025

Eligibility Requirements
  • Applicant must be from a US or Canadian sponsoring academic, non-profit or governmental institution.
  • Applicant must be within 6 years of completion of a professional degree or clinical training and may not hold the title of Associate Professor or higher at the time of submission.
  • Prior BCAN Young Investigator Award winners are not eligible to apply for this award.
  • The applicant may not have other funding with significant scientific overlap.
  • Eligible applicants are allowed to hold only one active grant from BCAN at a time.
Amount Description

Project Period: 1 year

Total Funding: $75,000; Indirect costs are not allowable