SPOREs

Specialized Programs of Research Excellence (SPOREs) in Human Cancers (P50 Clinical Trial Required)

Due Date: 09/25/2025

State‐of‐the‐art P50 center grants supporting integrated translational research in organ‐specific or theme‐based cancers. Each SPORE includes at least three projects (or two large projects at renewal), an Administrative Core, a Biospecimen Core, a Developmental Research Program, a Career Enhancement Program, and at least one investigator‐initiated clinical trial.

Eligibility Criteria:

  • U.S. applicant institutions (academic, nonprofit, for‐profit, or government).

  • PD/PI commitment of at least 2.4 person‐months (or at least 1.8 each if three or more PD/PIs).

  • Minimum of four investigators with active peer‐reviewed cancer grants or NCI trial leadership.

  • New applications: at least three translational projects with human endpoints (including at least one clinical trial).

  • Renewal applications: option for two large, multi‐institutional projects.

Funding Details:

  • Up to USD 1.4 million direct costs per year.

  • Additional USD 120 thousand per year for qualified Early Detection, Prevention, or Population Science (EPPS) projects.

  • Additional USD 120 thousand per year for qualified Cancer Health Disparities/Minority Health (CHD-MH) projects.

  • USD 50 thousand per year discretionary Administrative Core funds.

  • Support for SPORE-related investigator travel (up to ten investigators to NCI-sponsored meetings).

Deadlines:

  • Application due by 5 PM local time on September 25 2025.

  • Letter of Intent due 30 days before each application deadline.

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