Anticancer Fund, in collaboration with the Rising Tide Foundation for Clinical Cancer Research, launched Ingenious, a joint Call for Research Projects (CfRP). Ingenious aims to support academic-led clinical research evaluating whether treatment strategies that integrate predictive information can improve patient survival.
By leveraging insights from tumour characteristics, imaging, biomarkers, and treatment response, this call aims to optimise the use of existing therapies through more refined and effective strategies.
The Ingenious Call for Research Projects (CfRP) aims to stimulate academic-led clinical research investigating whether treatment strategies that incorporate predictive information can improve patient survival.
This is a 2-step Call for Research Projects
- Step 1: Letter of Intent (LOI)
All applicants must complete and send the LOI application form to apply@anticancerfund.org before the 15th of July 2026.
Applicants will be notified whether their proposals have been selected for step 2 by Mid Aug 2026.
- Step 2: Full Application
Step 2 starts with an online meeting with the applicant. The goal of this meeting is to explain the process, go through the feedback on the LOI, perform a preliminary evaluation of the feasibility for running the trial, and assess whether any circumstances have changed since receipt of the LOI.
After the meeting, the applicants will be asked to submit a full application containing:
- Full application form: This form contains the rebuttal on the feedback of the LOI and a
feasibility questionnaire to be completed by the applicant. - Protocol: The applicants are asked to submit a protocol ready (or almost ready) to be
submitted to the competent authorities and to the IRB/EC. - Budget: The applicants are asked to submit a detailed breakdown of the requested
budget.
Deadline for full application is Monday 5 October 2026, 23:59 CET.
The final selection is expected to be communicated by End Dec 2026.
Applicants are encouraged to contact apply@anticancerfund.org with any questions about the call or to confirm the eligibility of their proposal if in doubt.