Damon Runyon Quantitative Biology Fellowship Award

About this program

The Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation offers the Quantitative Biology Fellowship Award to support postdoctoral scientists conducting interdisciplinary quantitative biology research focused on understanding cancer mechanisms and developing improved therapies or prevention strategies. Applicants must submit proposals through ProposalCentral by 4:00 p.m. ET on December 1, 2026; hard-copy and email submissions are not accepted. Eligible applicants must have received their degree between December 1, 2021, and December 1, 2026, and must have joined their mentor’s laboratory on or after December 1, 2024, with two mentors—one from a dry-lab and one from a wet-lab setting—required. Applications must include three reference letters, mentor support and training materials, NIH-format biosketches, and a research proposal addressing computational innovation and challenges.