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Research We Fund: Extramural Discovery Science
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- Discovery Boost Grants (DBG)
- Arizona (AZ) Discovery Boost Grants (DBG)
- AHEAD (Advancing Health Equity and Addressing Cancer Disparities) Awards
- Mission Boost Grants (MBG)
- Research Scholar Grants
- Postdoctoral Fellowships
- Clinician Scientist Development Grant (CSDG)
- ASTRO-ACS Clinician Scientist Development Grant (CSDG)
- Institutional Research Grants
- RFA: Extramural Discovery Science Accelerator Award
- HEALED Gold Medal RFA to Support Mind-Body-Spirit Wellness in Cancer Survivors
- RFA: Cancer Health Equity Research Centers
- RFA: Real-World Data Impact Award (RWIA)
- RFA: The Role of Health Policy and Health Insurance in Improving Access to and Performance of Cancer Prevention, Early Detection, and Treatment Services
- ACS Professor Award
- X RFA: Cancer Stem Cell Consortium
- Clinical Research Professor
- RFA: Metastasis in Melanoma and Other Cancers
- X Cancer Health Equity Research
- TheoryLab Collaborative (TLC) Grant
- Extramural Grants Department Staff Contacts
- Definition of Research Areas
- FAQs: ACS Extramural Discovery Science and Grant Application Submissions
- Extramural Priority Research Areas
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- Peer Review Committee for Experimental Therapeutics (ET)
- Peer Review Committee for DNA Mechanisms in Cancer (DMC)
- Peer Review Committee for Institutional Research Grants (IRG)
- Peer Review Committee for RNA Mechanisms in Cancer (RMC)
- Peer Review Committee for Tumor Biochemistry and Endocrinology (TBE)
- Peer Review Committee for Cancer Cell Biology (CCB)
- Peer Review Committee for Cancer Detection and Progression (CDP)
- X Peer Review Committee for Cancer Prevention, Screening, and Health Promotion (CPSH)
- Peer Review Committee for Healthcare Outcomes, Policy, and Systems Research (HOPS)
- Peer Review Committee for Mission Boost Grants
- Peer Review Committee for Immunology and Blood Cell Development (IBCD)
- Peer Review Committee for Treatment, Palliative Care, and Survivorship Research
- Discovery Scientific Council
- Stakeholder Participation on Grant Peer Review Committees
- Peer Review Committee for Metastasis and Microenvironment (MM)
- X Peer Review Committee for Clinical Studies and Clinical Trials
- Peer Review Committee for Etiology, Screening, and Early Detection (ESED)
- Peer Review Committee for Cancer Prevention and Health Promotion (CPHP)
- ACS Professor Peer Review Committee
- American Cancer Society Professors
Clinical and Cancer Control Research
Scientific Director:
Joanne Elena, PhD, MPH
Senior Associate Scientist:
Sabrina Times, PhD, MPH
For all questions, contact:
Sabrina.Times@cancer.org
Research in this program focuses on studies in humans that investigate how to prevent, detect, treat, and survive cancer. Special emphasis is placed on studies relevant to diverse populations, with respect to age, gender, disability status, ethnicity/race, nativity and immigration status, geography, income, language, social class, and sexual orientation
Topics may include, but are not limited to:
- Applying novel screening tools that more effectively detect cancer
- Implementation science studies to accelerate the translation of evidence from research into practice
- Innovative methods and technologies to promote and sustain behavioral change
- Analysis of longitudinal data to identify factors associated with cancer risk and survival
- Advanced statistical methods and machine learning to interrogate multiple large databases for risk prediction and prognostic modeling
- Access to care, cancer care delivery, and palliative care research
- Health equity research to uncover the root cause of inequities based on the social determinants of health and applying strategies to achieve health equity
- Strategies to increase and diversify participation in clinical trials
Glossary for Nonscientists
Featured Term:
Social Determinants of Health
Non-medical factors that influence health, the ability to function, risk for health problems, and quality of life. These include conditions in the environments where people are born, live, work, play, worship, and age as well as the social, economic, and political systems that shape those conditions of daily life. Social determinants of health are closely linked with health disparities.