UChicago Funding Opportunities:
All first year students are fully supported with tuition and stipend by the Dean of the BSD. Further, the University of Chicago offers several grants for students at the graduate level, shown below:
Goldblatt Endowment Fund - The Bernice Goldblatt Fund, established by Stanford Goldblatt in memory of his mother, and the Cancer Research Foundation, has been supporting talented young scientists since 1997. Recipients of this prestigious honor have expanded our understanding of cancer biology and, in many cases, helped disseminate that discovery globally as they advance their careers in Chicago and beyond.
CCB Recipients:
Cade Gosser (2024-2025)
Jommel Macaraeg (2024-2025)
Jocelyn Hsu (2023-2024)
Emily Schahrer (2023-2024)
Kasia Kurylowicz (2022-2023)
Kasia Zawieracz (2022-2023)
Multi-disciplinary Training program in Cancer Research (MTCR) - The Multi-disciplinary Training grant in Cancer Research (MTCR) at the University of Chicago trains the next generation of cancer researchers with the scientific skills, knowledge, and ability to develop their innovative ideas to tackle the growing challenges of cancer prevention, detection, and treatment. The program also prepares our students for life beyond grad school whether that be in traditional academic research positions or in alternative research-relevant careers in industry and elsewhere. This grant supports any student from any graduate program that is working on a cancer-related project.
2025-2026 CCB Recipients:
Darby Agovino
Isabel Alcazar
Cole Barrett
Hunter Blaylock
Marta Storl-Desmond
Sara Woessner
Nicholas Zolnerowich
MTCR Alumni
Women's Board of the UCCRF - The University of Chicago Cancer Research Foundation (UCCRF) Women's Board was established in 1947 to fund promising, innovative cancer research at the University of Chicago. Each year, they are also committed to supporting the training of PhD students in the Committee in Cancer Biology.
CCB Recipients:
Anqi Yu (2020-2021)
Chufan Cai (2020-2021)
Mary Ellen Connellan Scholarship for Cancer Biology - This scholarship, established in 2018, honors Mary Ellen Connellan who was a long-serving executive director of the University of Chicago Cancer Research Foundation (UCCRF) and recognizes a promising graduate student pursuing cancer research.
CCB Recipients:
Jocelyn Hsu (2024-2025)
Kasia Zawieracz (2023-2024)
Patrick Jonker (2022-2023)
Juan Apiz-Saab (2021-2022)
Jillian Rosenberg (2020-2021)
Cameron Brooks Scholarship - This is a new scholarship established by University of Chicago by Charles T. Brooks, a member of the University of Chicago Cancer Research Foundation (UCCRF) Board of Trustees, in honor of his son, Cameron, who passed away from cancer in 2006 at the age of 9. This scholarship "pays it forward" by providing support for an outstanding PhD student pursuing cancer research.
CCB Recipients:
Sara Woessner (2024-2025)
Kasia Kurylowicz (2023-2024)
Colin Shehan (2021-2022)
Taokun Luo (2020-2021)
Margaret Benjamin Scholarship - Ms. Benjamin is a long-time member and former President of the University of Chicago Cancer Research Foundation (UCCRF) Board of Trustees. This award, established in 2019, recognizes students with exceptional promise and provides additional training support to help them succeed.
CCB Recipients:
Nicholas Zolnerowich (2024-2025)
Nia Hammond (2023-2024)
Chufan Cai (2022-2023)
Benjamin Nicholson (2021-2022)
Rosemary Huggins (2020-2021)
Robert C. Gallo Award - The Robert C and Mary Jane Gallo Scholarship endowment was established in FY16 “to be used by the University to provide scholarship support for outstanding students in the Biomedical Sciences” and to be administered by OGPA. This fund will be used for merit awards to mid-career students in each of program (in year 3 or 4; already admitted to candidacy).
CCB Recipients:
Marta Storl-Desmond (2024-2025)
Sidney Wang (2023-2024)
Emma Wilkinson (2022-2023)
Frank W. and Shirley D. Fitch Scholarship Fund - The Frank W. and Shirley D. Fitch Scholarship honors the outstanding scientific and personal legacies of the late Dr. and Mrs. Fitch, and ensures that the most promising students from around the world can benefit from a superb education in science and medicine.
CCB Recipients:
Emma Wilkinson (2024-2025)
Santiago Acero Bedoya (2023-2024)
Weihan Liu (2022-2023)
Phi Beta Psi Cancer Research Fellowship -
CCB Recipient:
Patrick Jonker
See below for more fellowship opportunities and funding separate from UChicago: