Health Equity and Inclusiveness Research Fellow Award

Health Equity and Inclusiveness Research Fellow Award

Supports postdoctoral fellowship for underrepresented minority researchers in lung-cancer health equity through the Health Equity and Inclusiveness Research Fellow Award.

⚠ This may reflect a past cycle — verify the current call on the funder's site.

The LUNGevity Foundation Health Equity and Inclusiveness Research Fellow Award is a two-year postdoctoral fellowship grant of $100,000 (paid at $50,000 per year) targeting lung cancer health disparities. LUNGevity Foundation is a US nonprofit dedicated to lung cancer research, and this award specifically recruits postdoctoral scientists from groups underrepresented in the biomedical research workforce to pursue careers in lung cancer health-equity science. The research scope requires engagement with underserved or underrepresented communities and must demonstrate impact on lung cancer early detection or treatment outcomes.

Applicants must hold a doctoral degree and be currently enrolled in a postdoctoral fellowship at an academic or research institution; the programme has no explicit country restriction, though the institutional infrastructure must support the proposed research. No more than one HEI Fellow Award may be granted per institution per cycle. A mentoring plan is required at the application stage, identifying faculty mentors committed to the applicant's career development in lung cancer research. The 2026 cycle used a two-step process via proposalCENTRAL: the LOI was due February 17, 2026, invited full applications closed May 11, 2026, announcements are expected in late summer 2026, and start dates are November 1, 2026.

Strong applications anchor the science in community-engaged or community-based participatory research frameworks that directly connect to measurable lung cancer disparities. A credible mentoring team with experience in both health disparities research and lung cancer biology is a key differentiator. LUNGevity's Scientific Advisory Board conducts the review. Applicants from domestic and international institutions should verify proposalCENTRAL registration requirements and confirm the one-award-per-institution limit does not conflict with other institutional applicants before submitting.