Apply for Grant Funding
The Fanconi Cancer Foundation (FCF) seeks to fund interdisciplinary and translational research efforts that will lead to rapid discovery and development of therapies or strategies that treat, control, or cure Fanconi anemia (FA). Research proposals must address one or more of our research priorities:
Top Priority: To define the pathogenesis of Fanconi associated cancers, and to develop strategies for prevention, early detection, treatment, and cure.
Other Priorities:
- Novel Therapies: To develop ex vivo and in vivo gene therapy and gene editing technologies for FA.
- Bone Marrow Failure: To identify factors predictive of bone marrow failure, myelodysplastic syndrome, and leukemia, and associated treatment for high-risk populations.
- Manifestations of FA: To understand, prevent, and treat systemic, inflammatory, and aging manifestations of FA, including but not limited to: Fanconi Anemia Neurological Syndrome (FANS), endocrine and fertility issues.
- Quality of Life: To identify practical and proactive management strategies that families and persons with FA can use to develop and maintain a high quality of life.
- Data Analytics: To use data analytics to identify biomarkers, hypotheses, risk predictions, and treatment for FA.
- Resource Sharing: To develop shared research resources and systems for allocation (i.e., tissue samples, cell lines, model systems, and data).
What Funding Opportunities are Available?
Investigators can apply for Research Grant Awards (RGA) which range from $25,000 – $250,000 for one- to two-year projects that address our research priorities. Projects may be pre-clinical or clinical in nature. Preliminary data is not required but is preferred. FCF seeks to fund innovative project ideas that have the potential to make significant impact on our understanding of the disease and clinical care for people with FA.
Am I Eligible To Apply?
Researchers who hold a PhD, MD, or equivalent degree from both US and international academic, nonprofit, or for-profit institutions are invited to apply. Researchers previously funded by FCF, or those new to the FA field, including assistant, associate, and full professors, are all encouraged to apply.
FCF encourages early stage investigators – defined as an individual who has not received a FCF grant as a principal investigator OR is within their first five years of their first academic appointment at the level of Assistant Professor or the equivalent – to apply. FCF encourages early stage investigators to collaborate with senior investigators who have demonstrated scientific productivity either in the Fanconi anemia field or in fields of particular relevance to Fanconi anemia pathology and molecular pathogenesis.
How Do I Apply?
New information regarding our 2025 funding cycles will be available in January 2025. Please email grants@fanconi.org with any questions.
Frequently Asked Questions
FCF funds high-impact projects that have significant capacity to shift the current paradigms of our understanding of FA and clinical care for people with FA. FCF funds projects that typically would not be funded by the NIH or other federal agencies.
Investigators are invited to submit their LOI at any time. Full proposals will be by invite only.
Please email completed LOIs as a PDF to grants@fanconi.org.
Investigators will be contacted within one month of their LOI submission date as to whether their LOI has been selected for a full proposal.
No.
Yes, all investigators who submit an LOI will be briefed on the outcome of their proposal by email.
No, but you will have a higher likelihood of receiving funding if preliminary data is included in your full proposal.
Investigators can expect a funding decision within 2-4 months of their full proposal submission date.
1-2 years using a milestone-based approach.
Investigators will be expected to organize their projects in a series of achievable milestones. These milestones must be coordinated with a specific budget. FCF will fund the project in installments based on whether pre-determined milestones are reached.
All funded investigators will be required to submit 6-month progress reports throughout the study period. FCF scientific staff will also perform routine follow up as needed.
$25,000 – $250,000.
Yes.
No.
RGAs can be used for both preclinical and clinical studies.
No.