EDS Accelerator 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 RFA: Extramural Discovery Science Accelerator Award

The intent of the Extramural Discovery Science (EDS) Accelerator Award is to support the commercialization of an ongoing cancer research project and to validate and de-risk technologies. Proposals should address key experiment(s) required to move findings toward commercialization that do not easily fit into traditional grant funding mechanisms. This mechanism is not designed to initiate new projects or develop new directions for an ongoing project. The proposal should be commercially driven with the PI having a plan to license the technology, either to an established company or a start-up if the experiment(s) are successful. Examples of research that align with the focus of this funding initiative include but are not limited to: Dosing, toxicity and/or efficacy testing Testing of biopsies or other patient samples to correlate clinical outcome Technologies for healthcare delivery

Accelerator awardees will become part of an entrepreneurial collaborative learning community focused on technology commercialization. Grantees will have access to both educational programming developed by the ACS BrightEdge team and the team itself. Eligibility

We no longer require applicants to be current or former ACS grantees or fellows. Starting in 2025, applicants must: Be an independent investigator with a full-time faculty appointment (or equivalent), at an eligible US…

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

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