Opportunity
Simpler Grants.gov #PAR-28-014
NIH grant opportunity for research into early-onset cancer causes, mechanisms, and risk detection
Buyer
National Institutes of Health
Posted
October 14, 2026
Respond By
October 11, 2029
Identifier
PAR-28-014
NAICS
541715
The National Institutes of Health (NIH), through the National Cancer Institute (NCI), is offering a research grant opportunity focused on early-onset cancer in adults ages 18 to 49. - Government buyer and sponsor: NIH, through NCI. - Research focus: Sporadic, non-hereditary early-onset cancers, including research on environmental or lifestyle exposures, biological mechanisms and host responses, and methods to identify people at increased risk. - Project types: Exploratory/developmental and standard research projects; clinical trials are optional. - Notable requirements: Foreign organizations and non-domestic components of U.S. organizations may apply, but foreign subawards and subcontracts are not permitted. - Products, vendors, quantities, and funding amount: None specified.
Description
This Notice of Funding Opportunity invites grant applications investigating the causes of sporadic, non-hereditary early-onset cancers in people ages 18 to 49 and the biological mechanisms involved. Research should address environmental or lifestyle exposures, biological mechanisms and host responses, or ways to identify people at increased risk. The opportunity supports exploratory/developmental and standard research projects. Foreign organizations and non-domestic components of U.S. organizations may apply, but applications involving foreign subawards or subcontracts are not allowed under this NOFO.