Cancer

Cancer Research Education Grants Program – Courses for Skills Development

Due Date: 01/25/2026

NCI R25 to deliver innovative, cancer-focused skills courses. All instructional activities must be completed within 12 months each funded year. Clinical trials not allowed.

Eligibility Criteria:

  • U.S. institutions and eligible nonprofits/for-profits, governments, tribal/faith-based/community orgs; foreign institutions not eligible (foreign components allowed).

  • PD/PI should be an established investigator (Associate Professor or equivalent).

  • Course must be cancer-focused, offered each funded year, and not an adaptation of a prior NCI R25 for a different audience.

Funding Details:

  • Up to $300,000 direct costs per year; project period up to 5 years.

  • Personnel + consultant direct costs ≤ $150,000/year; PD/PI effort ≤ 3.0 person-months.

  • Participant costs allowed (travel, up to $500 materials per participant, per diem up to $300/day).

  • Indirects: 8% MTDC.

Deadline:

  • Standard NIH due dates: January 25, May 25, September 25 (5:00 p.m. local).

  • Expires January 8, 2027.

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