Office of Research
Innovative/Translational Cancer Research Grant
The Mary Kay Ash Foundation® is a nonprofit public foundation dedicated to advancing research on cancers that predominantly affect women – including but not limited to breast, ovarian, uterine, endometrial, and cervical cancers. Our focus is on supporting innovative translational research that bridges laboratory discoveries and clinical application, ultimately improving diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, or treatment.
Eligibility Requirements
Principal Investigators (PIs) must hold a full-time appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor or higher at the time of submission and must commit a minimum of 5% effort to the proposed project.
Application Instructions
Please submit as one combined pdf labeled with PI’s Lastname, Firstname:
- A one‐page letter of intent with a description of proposed aims and approach.
- If the final application requires a statement of broader impacts, please summarize your plans to address the specific requirements on an additional page.
- CV (not biosketch) of the PI including past grant funding.
to limitedsubs@uw.edu by 5:00 PM Monday, December 22, 2025. Proposals are due to the sponsor 2/1/2026 so you will need to have your materials in to the Office of Sponsored Programs by 1/21/2026 if given the go‐ahead by the Limited Submissions review committee.
Inquiries and Contact Information
Investigators who identify a grant, award or fellowship program that restricts the number of applications that can be submitted from an Institution should immediately contact their Chairperson, Associate Dean for Research (or Dean, if no ADR) and the Office of Research (see below) if they intend to prepare a response. Failure to do so, or to meet the deadlines for submission of pre-proposal, will preclude submission of the application through the Office of Sponsored Programs.
For general inquiries, or to request a listing of a limited submission opportunity that should be but is not already listed, please email us at limitedsubs@uw.edu.