Quick Stats
- Annual Giving: $6,423,446 in total expenses (tax year 2023, from 990 Filing Data)
- Grant Range: $150,000 over two years for most programmes; up to $1,500,000 over three years for LCRF|Boehringer Ingelheim Team Science Award on HER2-Driven Lung Cancer
- Geographic Focus: International (US-based and international institutions eligible)
- Application Method: Fixed deadlines (Letter of Intent due March; full proposals due June)
- Number of Grants: 21 grants awarded in 2025
- Average Grant: Approximately $75,000 per year for two-year awards
Contact Details
- Website: https://www.lungcancerresearchfoundation.org
- Email: grants@lcrf.org (for grant enquiries); support@LCRF.org (support line)
- Phone: +1 (212) 588-1580 (general); (844) 835-4325 (support line, toll-free)
Funding Priorities
- Basic, translational, clinical, epidemiological, health services, disparities, and social determinants of health research related to lung cancer
- Development of more effective and less toxic therapies, including targeted and immunotherapies
- Novel approaches to immunotherapy (bispecific antibodies, vaccines, cellular therapies)
- Prevention and early detection of lung cancer
- Overcoming therapeutic resistance in lung cancer
- Minority career development for early-stage researchers from underfunded groups
- Small cell lung cancer research (in collaboration with AstraZeneca)
What They Don't Fund
- Senior investigators with more than 7 years of post-faculty appointment experience (unless serving as mentors)
- Recent LCRF grantees (those funded within the last 4 years)
- Large equipment purchases
- Institutional overhead/indirect costs
- Multiple grant applications per cycle from the same applicant
- For-profit institutions
Application Process & Timeline
Applications are submitted through a two-stage process consisting of a Letter of Intent (LOI) and full proposal. Applicants whose LOI submission is reviewed favourably are invited to complete a full proposal.
Application timeline typically follows this pattern:
- LOI submission deadline: March
- Notification of LOI status: Late April
- Full proposal submission deadline: Early June
Applicants may only apply for one LCRF grant per grant cycle.
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