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PAR-25-254: Understanding Expectancies in Cancer Symptom Management (R01 Clinical Trial Required)

Closed Closed May 7, 2026 Opportunity PAR-25-254

This grant is closed. Who won this program's grants before is below, and similar open grants are at the end of the page. It is in our archive of National Institutes of Health notices from 2024.

National Institutes of Health offered grants to nonprofits, colleges and universities, state and local governments, tribes, small businesses and businesses. Applications closed on May 7, 2026.

From the official notice on Grants.gov, last changed March 31, 2025. Checked November 7, 2026.

About this NIH notice

Application due dates, page limits and budget limits are set in the notice. Read PAR-25-254 in the NIH Guide.

Other notices with this title

National Institutes of Health has posted this title under other numbers: earlier or later rounds, or the same competition for another area. Each has its own dates and may change its rules.

NoticePostedDeadlineStatus
PAR-23-273August 10, 2023Closed November 21, 2024Closed
PAR-23-155April 12, 2023Closed August 11, 2023Closed

Key dates

PostedNovember 21, 2024
DeadlineMay 7, 2026
Archived by Grants.govJune 12, 2026

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to nonprofits, colleges and universities, state and local governments, tribes, small businesses and businesses.

All 15 applicant types the notice lists

Other Eligible Applicants include the following: Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions; Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISISs); Eligible Agencies of the Federal Government; Faith-based or Community-based Organizations; Hispanic-serving Institutions; Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs); Indian/Native American Tribal Governments (Other than Federally Recognized); Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Organizations); Regional Organizations; Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs) ; U.S. Territory or Possession.

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What the grant funds

This Notice of Funding Funding Opportunity (NOFO) supports research on expectancy-generating factors and measures of their effects on expectancies and subsequent cancer symptom management outcomes; and research to identify moderators of such expectancy effects. Specifically, this NOFO will solicit mechanistic research that aims to understand how and why expectancy effects occur in a cancer context, elucidate their role in cancer symptom management, and identify patients, symptoms, cancer sites, and contexts in which expectancy effects can be leveraged to improve cancer outcomes. Expectancies are defined in this context as beliefs about future outcomes, including ones response to cancer or cancer treatment. Expectancies can be evoked by social, psychological, environmental, and systemic factors. Expectancy effects are the cognitive, behavioral, and biological outcomes caused by expectancies. Expectancy effects can be generated by expectancies held by patients, clinicians, family members, caregivers, and/or dyadic/social networks.

Category: Education, Health.

Who has won Cancer Control grants before

From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Cancer Control (93.399) awarded $814 million across 113 grant awards, an average of $7.2 million per award.

Largest recipients, fiscal 2021 to 2025
RecipientStateAwardsAmount
Ecog-Acrin Medical Research Foundation, Inc.Pennsylvania1$87.9 million
NRG Oncology Foundation IncPennsylvania1$54.3 million
Alliance NCTN FoundationIllinois1$50.2 million
Oregon Health & Science UniversityOregon2$34.4 million
University of RochesterNew York1$29.8 million

Top states: Pennsylvania ($157 million), Illinois ($95.2 million), New York ($62.0 million), California ($54.0 million), Wisconsin ($44.3 million).

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Agencies often post the same opportunity again under a new number, so check the program's notices on Grants.gov and the similar open grants below.

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Questions people ask

Is PAR-25-254 still open?

No. It closed on May 7, 2026.

Who can apply for Understanding Expectancies in Cancer Symptom Management (R01 Clinical Trial Required)?

National Institutes of Health accepted applications from nonprofits, colleges and universities, state and local governments, tribes, small businesses and businesses. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

What is the deadline for Understanding Expectancies in Cancer Symptom Management (R01 Clinical Trial Required)?

Closed May 7, 2026. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

Who has won Cancer Control grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were Ecog-Acrin Medical Research Foundation, Inc., NRG Oncology Foundation Inc, Alliance NCTN Foundation. The program made 113 awards worth $814 million in that time.

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