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LUNGevity Career Development Award is sponsored by LUNGevity Foundation. This flagship program supports future research leaders in lung cancer, focusing on projects with a direct impact on early detection or patient outcomes, or those providing a conceptual/experimental foundation for future individualized treatment development (targeted therapy, immunotherapy).
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LUNGevity Career Development Awards | LUNGevity Foundation Applying for a LUNGevity Award The 2026 Career Development Award program is now open for application submissions. The Career Development Award supports future research leaders who will keep the field of lung cancer research vibrant with new ideas.
Research projects that will be funded in 2026 are expected to have a direct impact on the early detection of lung cancer and/or individualized lung cancer treatment, including through targeted therapy and immunotherapy. This award is open to applicants in the US only.
Applicants must hold a doctoral degree and be within the first five (5) years of his/her first faculty appointment with any academic institution, including research institutions that are not formally associated with a university and have completed a postdoctoral training fellowship. This is a mentored award. A mentoring plan is required as part of the application.
Awards may be for a maximum of $300,000 ($100,000 per year for 3 years). Annual milestones must be met. Note: LUNGevity will grant only one award per institution.
LUNGevity uses a two-step application process: A letter of intent (LOI), with a brief overview of the proposed project and biographical information A full application with an extended narrative about the project, as well as supporting information and documentation. (Because there are a limited number of awards, only a subset of applicants will be invited to submit a full application after the LOI review is completed.)
Reviewers are drawn from LUNGevity’s Scientific Advisory Board and other lung cancer experts. Awardees have progress and financial reporting obligations during their award term. A complete description of the award, terms and conditions, and instructions are included in the 2026 Career Development Award RFA .
All application materials must be submitted via proposalCENTRAL . 2026 Career Development Award Timeline LOIs due: February 17, 2026, 11:59 pm EST Invitations to apply: No earlier than March 30, 2026 Applications due: May 11, 2026, 11:59 pm EDT Award announcement: Late summer 2026 Award start date: November 1, 2026
Key questions and narrative sections extracted from the solicitation.
Letter of intent (initial submission via proposalCENTRAL)
Full application (by invitation only)
Mentoring plan
Annual milestone progress reporting throughout award period
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Applicants must hold a doctoral degree and either be pursuing a postdoctoral fellowship program or be junior faculty within the first five years of their faculty appointment at the time of application. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows $300,000 over three years. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
The published deadline was February 17, 2026, which has passed. Check the official notice for any future application windows before investing time in a proposal.
LUNGevity Career Development Award is funded by LUNGevity Foundation. Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
Yes — this listing is flagged as national in scope, so applicants across the U.S. may apply, subject to the sponsor's other eligibility criteria.
Applications go through the funder's official portal — the Apply Now link on this page goes there directly.
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