A non-exhaustive selection of major (cancer) research funders in Europe, North America, Asia and Australia, for your national and regional projects
Austria
Belgium
- Fondation Contre le Cancer
- Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique/Fund for Scientific Research (FRS - FNRS)
- Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek - Vlaanderen/Research Foundation Flanders (FWO)
Bulgaria
- The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Croatia
- Hrvatska zaklada za znanost/Croatian Science Foundation (HRZZ)
Czech Republic
Denmark
- Danish National Research Foundation
- Det Frie Forskningsråd/Danish Council for Independent Research (DFF)
Estonia
Finland
- Suomen Akatemia/Finlands Akademie/Academy of Finland (AKA)
France
- Agence Nationale de la Recherche/French National Research Agency (ANR)
- Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique/National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)
- European Cancer Centers Foundation
- Fondation ARC pour la recherche sur le cancer
- Institut National du Cancer (INCa)
- Fondation Jérôme Lejeune
- Fondation Toulouse Cancer Santé
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale/French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM)
- UNICANCER
Germany
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft/German Research Foundation (DFG)
- German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)
- German Cancer Aid
- Helmholtz-Association
- Max-Planck-Gesellschaft/Max Planck Society (MPG)
- Wissenschaftsgemeinschaft Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz/Leibniz Association (WGL)
Greece
- Centre for Research and Technology-Hellas (CERTH)
- Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH)
- National Hellenic Research Foundation
Hungary
- Magyar Tudományos Akadémia/Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA)
- Országos Tudományos Kutatási Alapprogramok/Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OTKA)
Iceland
- Rannsóknamiðstöð Íslands/Iceland Centre for Research (Rannís)
Ireland
- Health Research Board (HRB)
- Irish Research Council
- Irish Cancer Society Research
- Science Foundation Ireland (SFI)
Italy
- Advanced Biomedical Research Foundation
- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche/National Research Council (CNR)
- European Centre for Nanomedicine (CEN Foundation)
- Fondazione IRCCS - Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori
- Fondazione Umberto Veronesi (FUV)
- Italian Association for Cancer Research (AIRC)
- Italian Foundation for Cancer Reseach (FIRC)
- Italian Institute for Molecular Oncology (IFOM)
Latvia
Lithuania
- Lietuvos Mokslo Taryba/Research Council of Lithuania (LMT)
Luxembourg
Malta
- Action for Breast Cancer Foundation (ABCF)
Netherlands
- Dutch Cancer Society (DCS)
- Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek/Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO)
Norway
Poland
- Narodowe Centrum Nauki/National Science Centre (NCN)
Portugal
- Champalimaud Foundation (CF)
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia/Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT)
Romania
- Romanian Office for Science and Technology:
Slovakia
- Agentúra na podporu výskumu a vývoja/Slovak Research and Development Agency (APVV)
- Slovenská akadémia vied/Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAV)
Slovenia
Spain
- Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas/Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)
Sweden
- Forskningsrådet för hälsa, arbetsliv och välfärd/Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare (FORTE)
- Vetenskapsrådet/Swedish Research Council (VR)
Switzerland
- CTI
- ISREC Foundation
- Schweizerischer Nationalfonds/Fonds National Suisse/Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
- State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI)
- Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research (SAKK)
Türkiye
- Türkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Araştırma Kurumu,/Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye (TÜBİTAK)
United Kingdom
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Council (BBSRC)
- Cancer Research UK
- Cancer Research Technology
- Cancer Research Wales
- Medical Research Foundation
- Medical Research Council (MRC)
- National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI)
- National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)
- NCRI Grantsmanship Gateway (to identify sources of funding and to access expert advice on grant application development)
- Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
- UK Cancer Foundations (list)
Asia
- Asian Fund for Cancer Research (Hong Kong)
- Cancer Aid and Research Foundation (India)
- Foundation for Medical Research (FMR) (India)
- Indonesian Cancer Foundation
- Foundation for Promotion of Cancer Research (Japan)
- Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research (JFCR) (Japan)
- Kobayashi Foundation for Cancer Research (Japan)
- Princess Takamatsu Cancer Research Fund (Japan)
- National Cancer Center Research Institute (Japan)
- Cancer Research Initiatives Foundation (CARIF) (Malaysia)
- Philippine National Health Research System (PNHRS) (Philippines)
- Singapore National Research Foundation (Singapore)
- Agency for Science, Technology and Research (Singapore)
Australasia: Australia
- Australian Cancer Research Foundation (ACRF)
- National Foundation for Medical Research and Innovation (NFMRI)
- National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
- Cancer Australia
- Cancer Institute NSW
- Cancer Council Western Australia
- Cancer Council Queensland
- Cancer Council Victoria
Australasia: New Zealand
- Cancer Society of New Zealand
- Genesis Oncology Trust
- Health Research Council of New Zealand
- Royal Society of New Zealand Marsden Fund
- Wellington Medical Research Foundation
North America: Canada
- Canadian Cancer Research Alliance (CCRA)
- Canadian Cancer Society Research Institute (CCSRI)
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research
- Canadian Research Information System
- Cancer Research Society (CRS)
- Institute of Cancer Research (ICR)
- National Research Council Canada
- Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR, formerly OICR’s Cancer Research Fund (CRF)
- ResearchNet Canada
North America: US
- American Association of Cancer Research
- American Cancer Society
- American Institute for Cancer Research
- Association of American Cancer Institutes
- Burroughs Wellcome Fund
- Cancer Research Foundation
- Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs
- Conquer Cancer Foundation
- Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation
- Gateway for Cancer Research
- Livestrong Foundation
- Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) Foundation
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- Rising Tide Foundation
- The Grantsmanship Center (TGCi)
- The Max Foundation
- The V Foundation for Cancer Research
- U.S. Charity Navigator (search for cancer)
- U.S. Federal Grantmaking Agencies
- U.S. Foundation Directory Online (search for cancer)
- U.S. National Science Foundation Index of Funding Opportunities
- U.S. National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) Oncology Research Program
- U.S. National Cancer Institute
- U.S. NIAID's List of Foundations and Other Funding Sources (search for cancer)