Health · Active
Cancer Treatment Research · NIH · High-volume · mega band
Cancer Treatment Research (CFDA 93.395) - federal assistance administered by National Institutes of Health (NIH), catalogued in the SAM.gov Assistance Listings.
- $200K–$5M
- Typical award range
- 60
- Indexed opportunities
- 1
- Open now
- NIH
- Administering agency
The verdict
According to indexed Grants.gov opportunity volume among active SAM.gov programs on PlainGrants, Cancer Treatment Research ranks #34 of 504, #15 of 22 within NIH, and #46 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 93.395 is an active Health program with 60 indexed Grants.gov opportunities. Of the 20 most recent listings shown here, 1 is open for application.
- $200K–$5M
- typical award range (SAM.gov)
- November 15
- next application deadline
- $1.6 million
- largest award ceiling indexed
- 21%
- of the catalog is Health
Cancer Treatment Research · midpack ceiling on a busy book (#226/502)
Cancer Treatment Research lands midpack on published ceilings (55th percentile; rank #226 of 502). The printed high is a catalog cap, not a guaranteed outlay.
Cancer Treatment Research vs programs with listed funding ceilings
Where this CFDA's SAM.gov award ceiling sits among active Assistance Listings with a reported ceiling
$5,000,000 Top 45% higher than 55% of 502 programs
Programs, banded by listed funding ceiling
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Source SAM.gov Assistance Listings · 2026-05-08
SAM.gov Assistance Listing plate
CFDA 93.395 · NIH VOL-BUSY · #34/504
VOL-BUSY · TOP-DECILE · NEAR-PEER · NOFO-OPEN · CEIL-MILLION · ELIG-EDU · BOOK-FULL · LISTING-LIVE
- VOL-BUSY 60 indexed
- TOP-DECILE #34/504
- NEAR-PEER International Science… · 47.079
- NOFO-OPEN 1 open of 20 listed
- CEIL-MILLION $200K–$5M
- ELIG-EDU Educational institution
- BOOK-FULL 20 listed / 60 indexed
- LISTING-LIVE Active SAM.gov listing
Nearest Grants.gov-volume peer outside Health: International Science and Engineering Research (CFDA 47.079) (±6 indexed rows)
Opportunity-volume neighbourhood · CFDA 93.395
VOL-BUSY · #34/504: quiet/busy corpus poles and ±6 row peers, not a SAM.gov catalog reprint.
Engineering Grants · busiestInternational Scien… · nearCancer Treatment Re… · this listingNSF Small Business… · nearUSAID International… · nearNSF Small Business… · nearPlant and Animal Di… · quiet pole
Funding posture
Hottest mega-dollar solicitation lane
Cancer Treatment Research sits in the hot×mega corner: 60 indexed Grants.gov rows and a mega SAM.gov ceiling ($200,000 to $5.0 million). Both competition density and dollar capacity are elevated versus the catalog median; read open listings first, then ceiling peers.
Assistance Listing text · NIH
Clinical and laboratory research on cancer treatment including chemotherapy, immunotherapy, and surgery.
Campus applicant desk · Health
Educational institutions are the sole printed applicant type for CFDA 93.395. Cancer Treatment Research reads as a campus Assistance Listing, not a civic or commercial open desk.
Predominantly cooperative agreements (CA) · CFDA 93.395
56% of the 61 indexed listings under CFDA 93.395 are cooperative agreements (CA), the SAM.gov-coded mechanism Cancer Treatment Research typically uses to move money. None of the indexed listings require applicant cost-sharing.
- Estimated funding, indexed listings with a reported figure
- $71.0 million across 17 listings (avg $4.2 million)
- Expected awards, indexed listings with a reported count
- 41 across 14 listings
Figures are computed from the full indexed Grants.gov book for CFDA 93.395, 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 93.395
Only 1 of 61 indexed listings under CFDA 93.395 are open (2%); the book is mostly archived. Reported award ceilings span $200,000–$3.6 million (18.0×), a wide solicitation range inside one CFDA. 97% of listings carry the Education (ED) funding-activity code.
- Open vs archived (indexed book)
- 1 open · 60 archived
- Median reported award ceiling
- $500,000 (37 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 93.395 1 Open
Toward Translation of Nanotechnology Cancer Interventions (TTNCI; R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Assay development and screening for discovery of chemical probes, drugs or immunomodulators (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
The Experimental Therapeutics Clinical Trials Network (ETCTN) Lead Academic Organizations (UM1 Clinical Trial Required)
The Experimental Therapeutics Clinical Trials Network (ETCTN) Pharmacokinetic Resource Laboratory (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Precision Approaches in Radiation Synthetic Combinations (PAIRS, R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
Precision Approaches in Radiation Synthetic Combinations (PAIRS, R21 Clinical Trial Optional)
Assay development and screening for discovery of chemical probes, drugs or immunomodulators (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Specialized Programs of Research Excellence (SPOREs) in Cancer Health Disparities and Minority Health (CHD-MH) (U54 Clinical Trial Optional)
Cancer Adoptive Cellular Therapy Network (Can-ACT) for Pediatric Cancers (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Required)
Next Generation Chemistry Centers for Fusion Oncoproteins (UM1 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Showing 10 of the 20 most recent listings (60 indexed).
What to do next
CFDA 93.395: 60 indexed opportunities · 1 open on the recent slice.
- Start with the open listing PAR-25-336 (closes November 15, 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: Advanced Placement Program (84.333). Compare program
SAM.gov ceilings are catalog maximums, not guaranteed awards; verify every deadline on Grants.gov before submitting.
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