Career Development Award

The Career Development Award is one of LUNGevity Foundation's mentored research awards for early-career lung cancer investigators in the United States. It supports doctoral researchers who are within the first five years of their initial faculty appointment and are building a research path in early detection or individualized treatment, including targeted therapy and immunotherapy. The award provides $300,000 over three years, or $100,000 per year, and requires a mentoring plan. Applications move through a two-step process on proposalCENTRAL, and the program makes one award per institution in each cycle. The current cycle follows an annual cadence. This award is a strong fit for researchers who already have a clear scientific direction and need structured support to move from training into independence. Proposals are best positioned when they tie a focused lung cancer question to a realistic mentoring environment and show that the institution can support the work for the full award period.

Each grant below is a distinct funding opportunity with its own eligibility, scope, and deliverables.