Funding Opportunities
ROI awards grants to accelerate bold and innovative ideas in radiation therapy. Requests for Proposals (RFPs) are strategically developed to inspire research that is practical and has the potential to transform clinical practice and the care delivered to patients on a daily basis.
2025 Innovation Awards Will Expand Indications for RT
ROI issued the "Expanding Indications for Radiation Therapy" RFP in September 2024 and accepted letters of intent through November. The 2025 ROI Innovation Awards will support research to explore the use of radiation therapy to treat conditions other than cancer, including but not limited to osteoarthritis, ventricular tachycardia, tremors, and wet-type age-related macular degeneration. Although there is great promise for radiation therapy to be used to treat more than cancer, additional research is needed to establish efficacy, understand underlying mechanisms and implement delivery of the treatment to help more patients than ever live longer, healthier lives.
The 2025 ROI Innovation Awards will be given to the best and brightest investigators who have proposed research that will lead to a new indication for radiation therapy and expand the scope of practice beyond cancer care. Typical awards will be $50,000 over two years, but larger budgets will be considered up to a maximum of $150,000.
Read the complete "Expanding Indications for Radiation Therapy" RFP for more information about the purpose of the grants, eligibility, timeline and the application process.
ROI only accepts applications for funding in response to issued RFPs.
Learn about ROI's 2024 research grant awards, which resulted from the "Advancing Care for All: Innovations to Drive Access to Radiotherapy" RFP.
Topics for ROI's previous RFPs include:
- A New Era of Radiotherapy
- Leveraging Artificial Intelligence for Radiation Oncology
- Biomarkers for Radiation Oncology
- Improving Diversity and Inclusion in Radiation Oncology
- Personalized Radiation Therapy
- Leveraging Big Data to Optimize Quality Assurance and Patient Care Improvement Initiatives
- Safety and Quality: IMRT Treatment Delivery Accuracy
- Best Practices for Toxicity Management in Radiation Oncology
- Examination of the Comparative Value of Radiation Therapy
- Innovative Projects in Radiation Oncology
If you have questions about ROI's research funding opportunities, please contact us.
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