ACS Professor Award

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[x] - ACS Professor Award Arizona (AZ) Discovery Boost Grants (DBG) ASTRO-ACS Clinician Scientist Development Grant (CSDG) Clinician Scientist Development Grant (CSDG) Discovery Boost Grants (DBG) HEALED Gold Medal RFA To Support Mind-Body-Spirit Wellness in Cancer Survivors Institutional Research Grants Mission Boost Grants (MBG) Postdoctoral Fellowships Research Scholar Grants RFA: Extramural Discovery Science Accelerator Award RFA: Leukemia Exploration and Prevention Grant Program (LEAP) TheoryLab Collaborative (TLC) Grant RFA: Cancer Health Research Centers (CHERCs) RFA: Biology to Prevention Award (CRUK) RFA: ACS - Fanconi Cancer Foundation Discovery Boost Grant RFA: American Cancer Society Catalyst Awards RFA: American Cancer Society - Flatiron Real-World Data Impact Award RFA: Yosemite-American Cancer Society Award Extramural Grants Department Staff Contacts Definition of Research Areas FAQs: ACS Extramural Discovery Science and Grant Application Submissions Extramural Priority Research Areas Our Grant Process Summer 2026 Grant Cycle: Summary of Changes American Cancer Society Research Events EDS: Our Research Programs

[] - Career Growth and Research Excellence Program

[] - ACS Professor Cancer Detection and Experimental Therapeutics (PF-CDET) Institutional Research Grants (IRG) Cell Biology and Immunology (PF-CBI) Clinical and Population Sciences (PF-CPS) Molecular Biology and Biochemistry (PF-MBB) Biochemistry and Immunology of Cancer Program

[] - DNA Mechanisms in Cancer (DMC) PRC Immunology and Blood Cell Development (IBCD) PRC RNA Mechanisms in Cancer (RMC) PRC Tumor Biochemistry and Endocrinology (TBE) PRC Mission Boost Grants (MBG) PRC Cell Biology and Preclinical Cancer Research Program

[] - Cancer Cell Biology (CCB) PRC Cancer Detection and Progression (CDP) PRC Experimental Therapeutics (ET) PRC Metastasis and Microenvironment (MM) PRC Clinical and Population Sciences Program

[] - Cancer Prevention and Health Promotion (CPHP) PRC Treatment, Palliative Care, and Survivorship Research (CTPS) Etiology, Screening, and Early Detection (ESED) Healthcare Outcomes, Policy, and Systems Research (HOPS) Peer Review Committees (PRCs)

[] - Discovery Scientific Council Community Research Partner Participation American Cancer Society Professors Nobel Laureates and the American Cancer Society American Cancer Society-Jiler Professors & Fellows Conference ACS Professor Award

ACS Professor awards are primarily honorific awards for individuals who have made seminal contributions in cancer research. Applicants must have obtained the rank of full professor, and, at the time of application, applicants must have been a full professor for 5 or more years but no more than 20 years. It is expected that applicants have made and will likely continue to make, impactful contributions to change the direction of cancer research. These notable cancer research achievements could have been fundamental, preclinical, clinical, psychosocial, behavioral, health policy and/or epidemiologic in focus. Commitment and success in scientific mentoring and leadership as well as community engagement are also carefully considered. Term and Budget

The award of up to $80,000 per year for 5 years can be budgeted at the applicant’s discretion to support creative and innovative pursuits in cancer research. ACS Professors are expected to be spokespeople for ACS and for cancer research in general. Submission Process Interested applicants must first submit a letter of intent (LOI) in ProposalCentral. The LOI is available June 1 - September 1 and must be submitted by September 1. See the LOI Instructions for all required materials. If an LOI is approved, full applications must be submitted by December 1. See the ACS application instructions and ACS grant policies for more information.

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Topic areas: Life Sciences and Health.

Funding amount

This grant provides Varies in funding.

Deadline

Applications are accepted on a rolling basis; there is no single fixed deadline.

Who can apply

This opportunity is open to the following applicant types:

• Not specified by the program.

Eligibility

The program did not publish a separate eligibility statement. See the official opportunity page for the full eligibility criteria.

Agency

ACS Professor Award is administered by American Cancer Society (ACS), listed via American Cancer Society.