The Fund for Innovation in Cancer Informatics

If you have a faculty member interested in applying to any of the below opportunities, please contact Carole King at Carole.King@med.usc.edu

• Application due September 12, 2025
• Budget up to $200,000 (plus 12% indirects)
• Project period is two years
• Early career

Provides grants to support and test novel bioinformatics applications in cancer aimed at clinical impact.  Investigator-initiated.

Funder is interested in how your project will impact clinical care and how you will share your data or other findings with the community.

Topics of special interest:

• The Creation and Analysis of Data Resources to Further Cancer Research
• Bridging Cancer Genomics Data Resources
• Analysis of Clinical Trials Data
• Integration of Cancer Genomics Data with Electronic Medical or Health Record Systems
• Functional Annotation of Genetic Variants in Cancer
• Mobile Apps for Cancer Patients Undergoing Treatment to Record Their Health Data
• Accelerating the Development and Validation of Novel or Advanced Biomarker Assays
• Decision Support and Software Tools
• Data Analysis to Facilitate Prevention, Early Detection or Improved Treatment

Applications must be submitted by a team that includes at least one cancer researcher working in partnership with a bioinformatician, computational biologist, or computer scientist either or both of whom should be junior faculty, postdoctoral investigators, or doctoral candidates.

All projects are strongly encouraged to include a clinical investigator on the team to support project translation.