KGCRF Career Catalyst Awards

Overview

The Karin Grunebaum Cancer Research Foundation Career Catalyst Awards are designed to support student professional development training by providing opportunities to enhance and expand the scope of their research through new collaborations, skills and knowledge. 

The KGCRF CCA will fund student-conceived proposals that complement, and directly impact their ongoing thesis research, or bring new approaches to the research questions through establishing collaborations. With funds provided by a generous gift from the Karin Grunebaum Cancer Research Foundation, the KGCRF CCA awards will fund proposals of up to $2,000 for professional development training opportunity. Note that we encourage all applications that request any amount of funding that is up to $2,000.

The professional development training opportunity (e.g., a conference or a course that is beneficial for the thesis research) should 
Directly complement the ongoing thesis project
Bring new approaches to the research questions by facilitating interactions and/or collaborations with individuals outside of one’s field of research, or
Allow students to learn new research skills

Some examples of the professional development training opportunity include, and are not limited to: 
Attendance at national or international meetings and conferences in cancer biology and related topics
Attendance at national or international workshops and courses in cancer biology and related topics
Fees to access and use a facility/core 
A new tool or reagent, especially one that would be used as part of a new collaboration or to learn a new skill

KGCRF CCA Awardees

KGCRF CCA Fall 2025
KGCRF CCA Fall 2024
KGCRF CCA Fall 2023
KGCRF CCA Fall 2022
KGCRF CCA Pilot Phase 2021

Award Cycles

KGCRF CCA Request for Applications Fall 2025
KGCRF CCA Request for Applications Fall 2024
KGCRF CCA Request for Applications Fall  2023
KGCRF CCA Request for Applications Fall 2022
KGCRF CCA Request for Applications Pilot Phase 2021