Health · Active
Cancer Research Grants · NIH · High-volume · mid band
Cancer Research Grants (CFDA 93.393) - federal assistance administered by National Institutes of Health (NIH), catalogued in the SAM.gov Assistance Listings.
- $100K–$3M
- Typical award range
- 94
- Indexed opportunities
- 8
- Open now
- NIH
- Administering agency
The verdict
According to indexed Grants.gov opportunity volume among active SAM.gov programs on PlainGrants, Cancer Research Grants ranks #22 of 504, #5 of 22 within NIH, and #65 of 106 among Health programs by listed funding ceiling. Across 504 active programs, 47.041 leads by opportunity count (319, funding-ceiling rank #249) ≠ 66.054 leads by funding ceiling ($7.0 billion, opportunity rank #326). CFDA 93.393 is an active Health program with 94 indexed Grants.gov opportunities. Of the 20 most recent listings shown here, 8 are open for application.
- $100K–$3M
- typical award range (SAM.gov)
- January 7
- next application deadline
- $200,000
- largest award ceiling indexed
- 21%
- of the catalog is Health
Cancer Research Grants · midpack ceiling on a busy book (#293/502)
Cancer Research Grants lands midpack on published ceilings (42nd percentile; rank #293 of 502). The printed high is a catalog cap, not a guaranteed outlay.
Cancer Research Grants vs programs with listed funding ceilings
Where this CFDA's SAM.gov award ceiling sits among active Assistance Listings with a reported ceiling
$3,000,000 Top 58% higher than 42% of 502 programs
Programs, banded by listed funding ceiling
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Source SAM.gov Assistance Listings · 2026-05-04
SAM.gov Assistance Listing plate
CFDA 93.393 · NIH VOL-BUSY · #22/504
VOL-BUSY · TOP-DECILE · CLEAR-GAP · NOFO-OPEN · CEIL-MILLION · ELIG-MIX · BOOK-FULL · LISTING-LIVE
- VOL-BUSY 94 indexed
- TOP-DECILE #22/504
- CLEAR-GAP International Science… · 47.079
- NOFO-OPEN 8 open of 20 listed
- CEIL-MILLION $100K–$3M
- ELIG-MIX 2 eligible desks
- BOOK-FULL 20 listed / 94 indexed
- LISTING-LIVE Active SAM.gov listing
Nearest Grants.gov-volume peer outside Health: International Science and Engineering Research (CFDA 47.079) (±28 indexed rows)
Opportunity-volume neighbourhood · CFDA 93.393
VOL-BUSY · #22/504: quiet/busy corpus poles and ±28 row peers, not a SAM.gov catalog reprint.
Engineering Grants · busiestSTEM Education Gran… · nearCancer Research Gra… · this listingInternational Scien… · nearNSF Small Business… · nearUSAID International… · nearPlant and Animal Di… · quiet pole
Funding posture
High-traffic mid-ceiling grant corridor
Mid-band funding ($100,000 to $3.0 million) with a hot opportunity book (94 indexed rows) under CFDA 93.393. Cancer Research Grants is one of the busier mid-scale corridors in the indexed set; open rate on the recent slice is 40%.
Assistance Listing text · NIH
Research grants to prevent, detect, diagnose, and treat cancer through NIH National Cancer Institute.
Campus–civic applicant bridge · 2 doors
Cancer Research Grants bridges educational institutions with civic applicant types (2 doors: Educational Institution, Nonprofit Organization). Expect campus and public/nonprofit operators in the same printed set.
Predominantly grants (G) · CFDA 93.393
73% of the 99 indexed listings under CFDA 93.393 are grants (G), the SAM.gov-coded mechanism Cancer Research Grants typically uses to move money. None of the indexed listings require applicant cost-sharing.
- Estimated funding, indexed listings with a reported figure
- $5.5 million across 3 listings (avg $1.8 million)
Figures are computed from the full indexed Grants.gov book for CFDA 93.393, not the 10 listings shown below; a listing missing a field is excluded from that field's total, not counted as zero.
Mostly archived listings · CFDA 93.393
Only 8 of 99 indexed listings under CFDA 93.393 are open (8%); the book is mostly archived. Reported award ceilings swing from $50,000 to $2.5 million (50×); treat any single listing's ceiling as a local bound, not the program's typical award. 99% of listings carry the Education (ED) funding-activity code.
- Open vs archived (indexed book)
- 8 open · 91 archived
- Median reported award ceiling
- $250,000 (42 listings with a ceiling)
- Dominant Grants.gov funding-activity code
- Education (ED)
Open counts use the same posted+close_date rule as the rest of PlainGrants; funding-activity codes are the Grants.gov category_of_funding field (first code when several are joined). Ceiling median is over positive reported ceilings only.
NIH · administering agency
National Institutes of Health
Biomedical and behavioral research grants for universities, institutions, and investigators.
Grants.gov opportunities · CFDA 93.393 8 Open
Research Opportunities in Cancer Epidemiology Cohort Studies (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Clinical Characterization of Cancer Therapy-induced Adverse Sequelae and Mechanism-based Interventional Strategies (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
Basic Research in Cancer Health Disparities (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Basic Research in Cancer Health Disparities (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Utilizing the PLCO Biospecimens Resource to Bridge Gaps in Cancer Etiology and Early Detection Research (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Integrating Biospecimen Science Approaches into Clinical Assay Development (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Mechanisms that Impact Cancer Risk with Use of Incretin Mimetics (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Mechanisms that Impact Cancer Risk with Use of Incretin Mimetics (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
Epigenetic Approaches in Cancer Epidemiology (R21)
Epigenetic Approaches in Cancer Epidemiology (R01)
Showing 10 of the 20 most recent listings (94 indexed).
What to do next
CFDA 93.393: 94 indexed opportunities · 8 open on the recent slice.
- Start with the open listing PAR-27-073 (closes January 7, 2027) before you compare distant categories. Open listing
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) administers 22 Assistance Listings in this extract. Agency catalog
- Nearest peer by listed ceiling: Pre-Disaster Mitigation Grants (97.047). Compare program
SAM.gov ceilings are catalog maximums, not guaranteed awards; verify every deadline on Grants.gov before submitting.
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