Cancer Digital Insights
Call for Proposals

The Cancer Digital Insights (CDI) Working Group is a collaborative initiative between the Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) and the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), aimed at advancing cancer research at UIUC through data science and AI/ML. To support this mission, the group launched CDI Planning Grants, which fund new, high-impact projects that leverage the combined strengths of CCIL and NCSA. Each award provides up to $40,000 in project support, GPU computing time, and expert guidance to help research teams explore innovative, data-driven approaches with strong potential for external funding and community benefit.

Dates:

  • Application Portal Open Date: August 13, 2025
  • Proposal Due Date: Wednesday, September 10, 2025, by 11:59 p.m.
  • Award Notification: Thursday, October 30, 2025
  • Earliest Start Date: Monday, December 1, 2025

A Cancer Center at Illinois Collaboration

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Contact

For more information, contact CCIL Program Manager Angela Slates at slates@illinois.edu.