Grant Programs and Funding Opportunities
CCIL Grant Programs
The Cancer Center at Illinois supports the most innovative ideas from Illinois faculty. CCIL grant programs spark transdisciplinary collaborations that develop projects from early ideas to a competitive external funding proposal. These funding opportunities foster collaborations that reach across the engineering and biology continuum. Each application is reviewed and discussed by a panel of reviewers, following a process similar to that used by NIH.
Seed Grants
Seed grants solicit interdisciplinary research proposals to initiate or enhance collaborations among CCIL members and Illinois faculty.
Bridge Grants
Bridge grants provide assistance to cancer-focused research grant proposals that are at the R01 or multi-project level mechanisms.
Planning Grants
Planning grants bring together faculty from multiple disciplines to develop collaborative ideas and programs or collect preliminary data over one year.
TEP Utilization Grants
TEP utilization grant support Illinois researchers by providing up to $5,000 of support using the Tumor Engineering and Phenotyping Shared Resource.
High-Throughput Screening Support Grants
The CCIL partners with the High-throughput Screening Facility (HTSF) within the School of Chemical Sciences to provide funding support to researchers interested in using the facility to advance cancer research.
Other Funding Opportunities
CCIL grant programs are one mechanism to support cancer research, but a variety of external funding opportunities exist for cancer researchers. Additional information about funding opportunities can be found below.
Research Funding Mailing List
The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation shares additional funding opportunities through a weekly funding email. Subscribe to the list below.