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EGRP Cancer Epidemiology News
October 2026
- Strengthen Your P01 Grant Application
- Funding Announcements
- Highlighted Topics
- Prize Competitions
- Grants Policy Notices
- Requests for Information
- Research Resources
- Career & Training Opportunities
- NCI & NIH News
Strengthen Your P01 Grant Application
Program project grants (P01s) support broadly based, multidisciplinary research programs that have a strong central theme and synergistic interaction between individual projects. Features that distinguish a P01 from other funding mechanisms include the following: (1) a P01 must consist of a minimum of three scientifically meritorious projects; and (2) each project within a P01 is similar to the traditional research grant application (R01), in the sense that each project has specific objectives, aims, a fully developed research plan, and a separate budget; however, each project in a P01 takes place in the broader environment of the overall program goals. A program project application may include shared resource cores that provide administrative, laboratory and/or clinical facilities, equipment, and/or services to be used by two or more projects.
To help investigators who are contemplating submitting a P01 application in response to PA-27-061, the NIH Parent P01 Notice of Funding Opportunity published in October 2026, NCI’s Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences (DCCPS) offers a web page with insights into the application process, what makes this funding mechanism unique, and how to prepare a robust application. These resources also offer tips and guidance on engaging program directors, optimizing your application, and ensuring a compelling submission.
Please note, the next P01 receipt date is November 20, 2026.
Program directors in the Epidemiology and Genomics Research Program are available to help address questions about P01s. Investigators who do not already have an assigned program director are invited to review information about staff in the various DCCPS programs to identify staff with related scientific responsibilities.
Funding Announcements
- RFA-CA-28-013, Carcinogen Hazard Assessment Monographs Program (CHAMP), (R01, Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
- RFA-RM-27-024, Pilot Projects to Enhance the Human Virome Program (R03, Clinical Trials Not Allowed)
- PAR-28-014, Early-Onset Cancers: Investigating Etiology, Mechanisms, and Early Detection Strategies (RP1, Clinical Trials Optional)
- PAR-27-090, Palliative Care Research Across the Lifespan: Leveraging the Palliative Care Consortium (R01, Clinical Trial Optional)
- PAR-27-003, Collaborative Program Grant for Interdisciplinary Teams (RM1, Clinical Trial Optional)
- PA-27-061, NIH Research Program Projects (Parent P01, Clinical Trial Optional)
Highlighted Topics
- Accelerating Research in Celiac Disease
- Advancing Microbiome Science Through Multidisciplinary Mechanistic Investigations of the Human Microbiome in Health and Disease
- Advancing Precision Research for Lung Cancer in Never Smokers and its Risk Factors
- Behavioral and Cognitive Signals of Aging in Real-World Contexts*
- Intergenerational Interventions to Promote Health and Reduce Risk for Chronic Disease*
- Leveraging All of Us Biospecimens to Advance Precision Medicine Research*
*DCCPS staff are NCI contacts for the topic.
Prize Competitions
- It’s About Time: Temporal Reasoning in Biomedical Knowledge Graphs Challenge (submissions for Phase 1 are due by January 15, 2027)
- The Semantic Precision for AI Retrieval of Knowledge (SPARK) PubMed/PMC Challenge (code upload closes January 15, 2027, and submissions close January 31, 2027)
- The SPARK dbGaP Challenge (code upload closes January 15, 2027, and submissions close January 31, 2027)
Grants Policy Notices
- NOT-OD-26-131, NIH Operates Under a Continuing Resolution
- NOT-OD-26-120, Accelerated Implementation of Data Management and Sharing Plan Changes for NIH Career Development (K) Awards
- NOT-OD-27-011, USG Policy for the use of Super Intelligence
Requests for Information
- NOT-OD-26-118, Opportunities to Reduce Administrative Burden in NIH Extramural Research (responses due by December 8, 2026)
Research Resources
Career & Training Opportunities
- NCI Seeks Deputy Director for the Center for Global Health
- Intramural Continuing Umbrella of Research Experiences (iCURE) Program (applications due by November 30, 2026)
NCI & NIH News
- Consider the New RM1 Broad Funding Opportunity for Your Team Science Project
- NIH Director Statement on Transparency in Scientific Contributions
- I Requested Data From an NIH-Funded Researcher, but They Won’t Share It. What Should I Do?
- How Can I Gain Peer Review Experience as an Early Career Researcher?
- Use of NIH Funds for Advocacy and Lobbying- Key Reminders for Recipients
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