The Patrick C. Walsh Prostate Cancer Research Fund is pleased to announce the Fiscal Year 2026 Request for Applications (RFA) supporting multidisciplinary research in prostate cancer.

For the 2026 funding cycle, we anticipate awarding up to $1.2 million in total support. This amount includes funding from the Patrick C. Walsh Fund, as well as an additional $200,000 from the Prostate SPORE to support two new Career Enhancement Program (CEP) projects and two new Developmental Research Program (DRP) projects. 

Funding is open to all Johns Hopkins University-affiliated faculty. Faculty who were the PI of an award from the Patrick C. Walsh Fund in 2025 will not be eligible to receive an award in 2026 (with the exception of the Program Project Development mechanism which is open to 2025 awardees). Applications from investigators outside the field of prostate cancer are particularly encouraged for mechanism #3 below, with the goal of attracting new investigators into the field.

In addition to progress reports, all award recipients will be required to submit an abstract and present either a poster or a research talk at the annual Donald S. Coffey Urology Research Day Symposium. Unless an extension is awarded by the PCW Research Fund Board, any unused funds at the conclusion of the approved funding period must be returned to the Walsh Fund.

Application Portal Opens: June 22, 2026

Application Deadline: 5:00 PM on July 20, 2026

Funding Notifications: by August 28, 2026

Project Period: September 1, 2026 through August 31, 2027