2027 Mary Kay Ash Foundation Innovation/Translational Cancer Research Grant
Sponsor: Mary Kay Ash FoundationInternal Deadline: 12/04/2026Institutional Submission Limit: 1Sponsor Deadline: 02/01/2027Program Website
The Mary Kay Ash Foundation is a non-profit public foundation, which focuses on funding research for innovative grants for translational research of cancers affecting women (ovarian, uterine, breast, endometrial or cervical cancer among others). Translational research is broadly defined as research that will provide a scientific link between laboratory research and the clinic. Ultimately, such research would lead to improvement in diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, or treatment of cancer.
PIs must be USC employees and appointed a full-time assistant professor or higher at the time of submission and commit a minimum 5% effort to the proposed project.
Awards are $100,000 (combined direct and indirect costs) over a two-year period.
You can find proposal guidelines here.
USC may submit only one application to this announcement.
The selected applicant will work with the Office of the Vice President for Research and Office of Corporate and Foundation Relations to complete and submit the external application on or before February 1, 2027.
Submission Process
Submission Process
Pre-proposal application packages must be submitted as a single PDF file to usccfr@sc.edu by 5 p.m. on Friday, December 4, 2026, and include the following components:
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) bio sketch
- Three-page summary of the proposed research
Review the guidelines for complete details. Contact Chris Segars at chris.segars@sc.edu with additional questions.