LUNGevity Foundation is pleased to offer the following research awards in 2025.

  • New in 2025! Mid-Career “Bridge to Breathe” Award: This program will support established mid-career investigators who are seeking bridge funding to sustain their lung cancer research program while they resubmit their application for federal funding (NIH R01) or its equivalent. Mid-career investigators are often burdened by increasing administrative demands that jeopardize their ability to conduct cutting-edge research that will generate the new treatments and potential cures of tomorrow. This new mechanism is part of LUNGevity’s ongoing commitment to workforce development and is intended to maintain a robust pipeline of thoracic oncology leaders and research. This is a $150,000 two-year award.
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  • New in 2025! Rising Tide Foundation for Clinical Cancer Research and LUNGevity Foundation for Early Detection Research Awards in Lung Cancer: This new award mechanism will support innovative studies in the early detection of lung cancer. Investigators may receive up to $1,000,000 per award, over three years. The Request for Application (RFA) supports clinical trials and validation studies that use new imaging, blood biomarkers, or monitoring algorithms and involve patient partners in the study design and execution, with the aim of:

    • improving current stratification criteria for the high-risk population, or
    • validating new early detection tests that are more acceptable than first line LDCT screening, or
    • testing new methods for stratification risk of IPNs

    Patient partnership is a key part of this grant application. Detailed instructions are included in the RFP. We invite you to watch this video that discusses how to engage patient and caregiver partners in research. More detailed information about the program, deadlines, and instructions on how to apply can be found here.  
    Please note: Letters of Intent for this award mechanism are due by February 12, 2025.
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  • ASTRO-LUNGevity Residents/Fellows in Radiation Oncology Seed Grant: This program will foster and develop the research careers of residents and fellows interested in radiation oncology-related basic, translational and/or clinical research to benefit patients with lung cancer. This is a $50,000 one-year award.
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  • Career Development Award: This program supports future research leaders who will keep the field of lung cancer research vibrant with new ideas. Funded projects are expected to have a direct impact on the early detection of lung cancer or on the outcomes of lung cancer, or to provide a clear conceptual or experimental foundation for the future development of methods for early detection and/or individualized treatment, including through targeted therapy and immunotherapy. This is a $300,000 two-year award.
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  • Health Equity and Inclusiveness Research Fellow Award: This program supports fellows who belong to underrepresented minorities in STEM who are interested in lung cancer research. Applicants must hold a doctoral degree, be pursuing a postdoctoral fellowship, and plan to pursue a career in lung cancer. This is a $100,000 two-year award.
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  • VA Research Scholar Award: This program supports investigators interested in lung cancer research within the VA system. Applicants must hold a doctoral degree and either be pursuing a postdoctoral fellowship program or be junior faculty within the first five years of their faculty appointment at the time of application. This is a $100,000 two-year award.
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