Siteman Investment Program Research Development Awards (SIP RDAs)

Synopsis: Supports discrete, specified hypothesis-driven research projects including secondary analyses, pilot studies, technology development, and other small self-contained research projects. Preliminary data is required.

Max Amount and Period: $200,000 over 2 years

Application Forms:

SIP RDA Application Cover Sheet Form – (required – updated 07/2026) – for all non-GIDA applications.

View Full Pre-R01 RFA

Questions? Contact Steve Baer at Siteman Cancer Center for more information at [email protected].

Synopsis: Supports projects focused on addressing prevention and control within the catchment area, including but not limited to: reducing the cancer burden, health policy, tobacco control, maximizing benefits of cancer genetics research, survivorship, and implementation and dissemination of evidence-based cancer control initiatives.

Max Amount and Period: $200,000 over 2 years

Application Forms:

SIP RDA Application Cover Sheet Form – (required – updated 07/2026) – for all non-GIDA applications.

View Full Pre-R01 RFA

Questions? Contact Steve Baer at Siteman Cancer Center for more information at [email protected].

Synopsis: Supports collaborative pre-R01 research projects between WashU and Univ. of Missouri faculty members. Each must be in the role of co-PI, dedicate 5% to project, and have comparable budgets.

Max Amount and Period: $200,000 over 2 years

Application Forms:

SIP RDA Application Cover Sheet Form – (required – updated 07/2026) – for all non-GIDA applications.

View Full Pre-R01 RFA

Questions? Contact Steve Baer at Siteman Cancer Center for more information at [email protected].

Synopsis: Supports discrete, hypothesis-driven translational science or clinically-focused research projects on head and neck cancer including mucosal cancers, salivary tumors, thyroid cancer, skin cancers, and other rare head and neck tumors.

Max Amount and Period: $200,000 over 2 years

Application Forms:

SIP RDA Application Cover Sheet Form – (required – updated 07/2026) – for all non-GIDA applications.

View Full Pre-R01 RFA

Questions? Contact Steve Baer at Siteman Cancer Center for more information at [email protected].

IMPORTANT: PI(s) and project leads are required to present all planned projects to SCC Senior Leadership prior to submitting SIP RDA Statement of Intent.

Synopsis: Supports well-established scientific teams with three or more projects, with an anticipated NCI/NIH submission timeline within 12-24 months of receipt of SIP RDA funds.

Max Amount and Period: $800,000 over 2 years

Application Forms:

SIP RDA Application Cover Sheet Form – (required – updated 02/2026) – for all non-GIDA applications.

View Full Team Science RFA

Questions? Contact Steve Baer at Siteman Cancer Center for more information at [email protected].

Synopsis: Supports new (not yet active or active with zero accruals) institutional investigator-initiated, interventional trials unable to secure external funding.

Max Amount and Period: $300,000 over 3 years

Application Forms:

SIP RDA Application Cover Sheet Form – (required – updated 07/2026) – for all non-GIDA applications.

SIP RDA Clinical Trial Category Budget Form – (required – updated 02/2025)

View Full Clinical Trial RFA

Questions? Contact Steve Baer at Siteman Cancer Center for more information at [email protected].

formerly called Catchment Prevention and Control Trial Grants

Synopsis: Supports new or ongoing prevention and control-based interventional trials involving at least one health system partner (see list below) in SCC’s catchment area. Successful projects will accelerate dissemination and implementation research that moves evidence-based cancer practices into clinical and community settings and/or address the cancer burden in SCC’s catchment.

• SCC Satellites
  • Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital
  • Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital
  • Siteman Cancer Center South County
  • Christian Hospital
  • Memorial Hospital, Shiloh, IL
• SCC Network and BJC Collaborative Sites within Catchment
  • BJC Alton Memorial Hospital, Alton, IL
  • Phelps Health, Rolla, MO
  • Southern Illinois Healthcare, Carbondale, IL
  • Memorial Health of Springfield, IL
  • Blessing Health System of Quincy, IL
  • Sarah Bush Lincoln Health System of Mattoon, IL

Max Amount and Period: $100,000 over 2 years

Application Forms:

SIP RDA Application Cover Sheet Form – (required – updated 07/2026) – for all non-GIDA applications.

View Full Partner P&C IIT RFA

Questions? Contact Katie Hoey at Siteman Cancer Center for more information at [email protected].

Synopsis: Provides pilot funding to applicants who are interested in developing new research projects in the field of genome integrity in collaboration with current Center for Genome Integrity (CGI) members. The goal is to produce preliminary data to provide a basis for future NCI/NIH applications to be submitted in collaboration with a CGI faculty member.

Max Amount and Period: $100,000 over 2 years

Application Forms:

SIP RDA GIDA Application Cover Sheet Form – (required – updated 02/2025)

View Full GIDA RFA

Questions? Contact Steve Baer at Siteman Cancer Center for more information at [email protected].

Synopsis: Provides supplemental funding to support community-engaged research to address the cancer burden within Siteman’s catchment area. All cancer-related research topics are eligible including basic science, clinical, population-based, and intervention research. Applicants may now apply for the COE supplement to parent grants for which they are not the PI, provided they submit a letter of support for the proposal from the parent grant PI.

Max Amount and Period: $50,000 for 1 year

Application Forms:

SIP RDA Application Cover Sheet Form – (required – updated 07/2026) – for all non-GIDA applications.

View Full COE Supplement RFA

Questions? Contact Katie Hoey at Siteman Cancer Center for more information at [email protected].

Synopsis: The main goal of this award, provided by The William A. Martin Jr. and Hilda M. Martin Trust, is to support a WashU Medicine research project that is multidisciplinary and focuses on glioblastoma. The project should be innovative and involve at least two PIs from different departments.

Max Amount and Period: $50,000 for 1 year

Application Forms:

SIP RDA Application Cover Sheet Form – (required – updated 07/2026) – for all non-GIDA applications.

View Full Martin Glioblastoma Research Fund Award RFA

Questions? Contact Steve Baer at Siteman Cancer Center for more information at [email protected].