The Brooklyn College Cancer Center, BCCC-CURE, will be training, building, and supporting its network for the next generation of cancer researchers thanks to a $2.6 million grant from the American Cancer Society. Specifically, the Cancer Research Institutional Development Grant (DICR IDG) titled “Supporting Cancer Research at Brooklyn College Cancer Center,” will support early career cancer researchers through $2.6 million over four years (2023-2026). The funding will go toward four areas: pilot grants for faculty who are in the early years of their tenure track; support for clinical scientists’ research and training; and offerings of two postdoctoral fellowships and six master’s scholarships over the length of the grant program. Other funding earmarked for the center itself will support the mentoring of junior faculty, clinician scientists, and other early career scientists, travel to conferences for BCCC-CURE researchers, plus trainings and seminars on different areas of cancer research. It will also support the launch of the BCCC-CURE Molecular Modeling Laboratory for Cancer Therapeutics.
Please click on the links below to apply for the subawards:
- Pilot Grants (PDF) – Application deadline March 15th, 2026, 5:00PM
- Clinical Scientist (PDF) – no longer taking applications
- Postdoctoral Fellows (PDF) – no longer taking applications
- Masters Scholars (PDF) – Application deadline November 15th, 2026 , 5:00PM
*List of potential mentors for Masters Scholars: Cheryl Carmichael, Xinyin Jiang, Devorah Kletenik, Florence Lui, Laura Reigada, Margrethe Horlyck-Romanovsky.
Send applications by the due date (check PDFs) to: BCCC-CURE@brooklyn.cuny.edu. Inquiries about sub-awards and potential applications can be sent to MariaContel@brooklyn.cuny.edu.