DoW Kidney Cancer, Academy of Kidney Cancer Investigators – Early-Career Scholar Award

This program funds early-career kidney cancer researchers who join the Academy of Kidney Cancer Investigators and conduct a kidney cancer project with mentorship and academy participation. It is open to eligible U.S. Department of War organizations, including foreign and domestic, for-profit and nonprofit, and public or private entities, and the principal investigator must be an early-career scholar who is less than seven years from their last postdoctoral research position or clinical fellowship. The announcement says roughly $2.4 million will support about 2 awards, with a total cost cap of $1.2 million per award and a maximum project period of 4 years. Cost sharing is not required. Applications must address at least one FY26 kidney cancer focus area and one kidney cancer disease type, clinical trials are not allowed, and the program does not support painful research on domestic cats or dogs except studies related to military or service animals.

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• Science and Technology and other Research and Development
• Research & Discovery
• Training, Fellowship & Career Development
• Patients & People with Health Conditions
• Researchers & Scholars
• Biomedical & Disease Research

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