Young Investigator Awards

Now open for application submissions. Please see additional details below.

What are the Young Investigator Awards?

BCAN’s Young Investigator Awards support outstanding early-career scientists and clinical cancer researchers with a demonstrated commitment to improving the understanding and treatment of bladder cancer and/or upper tract urothelial cancer. Applicants may be working in basic, translational, clinical, epidemiologic, bioengineering sciences or any other field, but projects must be specific to bladder cancer and/or upper tract urothelial carcinoma, and the applicant’s research environment must be capable of supporting transformational bladder cancer research.

Applicants may also be investigating studies of patient-centered clinical research including shared decision making, access to care, quality of care, quality of life, health disparities, comparative effectiveness research, patient-centered outcomes research, and survivorship.

Applicants must have a mentor within or approved by the sponsoring institution that will assume responsibility for the overall conduct of the project and provide guidance and protected research time.

Who is eligible?

• Applicant must be from a US or Canadian sponsoring academic, non-profit or governmental institution.
• Applicant must be within 6 years of completion of a professional degree or clinical training and may not hold the title of Associate Professor or higher at the time of submission.
• Prior BCAN Young Investigator Award winners are not eligible to apply for this award.
• The applicant may not have other funding with significant scientific overlap.
• Eligible applicants are allowed to hold only one active grant from BCAN at a time.

Key dates

Now open for application submissions, due February 21^st, 2025, by 5:00 PM ET.

The BCAN YIA cycle will now also accept application submissions focused on a patient-centered clinical research question.

What are the grant funds and project period?

Project Period: 1 year

Total Funding: $75,000; Indirect costs are not allowable

Guidelines and Instructions

View the 2025 YIA Award Guidelines.

How to Apply

Please apply using ProposalCentral.

^{Click above to watch a brief video interview with the Young Investigator Award Chairs of the 2023 Scientific Review Group}

More information

Learn more about the Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network’s research grant program as well as additional funding opportunities.

Questions?

Contact us at [email protected].

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