NETRF Accelerator Awards

About this program

The Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Foundation (NETRF) offers Accelerator Awards of $800,000 over four years for groundbreaking, multidisciplinary research with the potential to transform neuroendocrine cancer research and treatment. Projects should be ambitious in scope, comparable to an NIH R01, and require a four-year period for completion. Applicants must hold an MD, PhD, MD/PhD, or equivalent degree and be faculty at the Assistant Professor level or above, with the expertise and resources to conduct the proposed research. Eligible institutions include public or private universities, hospitals, laboratories, and colleges worldwide; biotech, pharmaceutical, and other for-profit life sciences companies are ineligible, and applicants must first submit a Letter of Intent.