Funder’s Website
The funder’s website can be found HERE.
Funding Value and Duration
Up to $450,000 over 3 years
Overview
The Lotte & John Hecht Memorial Foundation will support high-risk/high-reward proof-of-principle basic science/preclinical projects in the field of cancer research. Eligible projects will not fit traditional funding mechanisms and have not received previous grants/awards. Preliminary data is not required.
Proposals may originate from emerging or established researchers within their field of expertise or may be inspired by innovations and discoveries from adjacent or non-related areas, including further exploration of collateral findings discovered ‘by accident’, and/or other methods. Proposal hypotheses should be based on extensive literature review and logical substantiation.
Eligibility Criteria
Applications from Canadian qualified donees, including both single- and multi-investigator teams.
Ineligible expenses include indirect costs, lead investigator and co-PI compensation, and large capital expenses.
How to Apply
Submissions will be made through the Foundation’s online application portal; please email health@hecht.org to request access.
Expressions of Intent must consist of two-page description of the proposed idea, its novelty and need, and a high-level description of methodology.
Full applications are open by invitation.
External Submission Steps
There are two application in-take periods in 2025 for the Hecht Foundation Medical Research & Practices Grants.
Summer
Expression of Intent: April 15, 2025 – 11:59 PM EST
OVPRI Deadline (Approval Form): May 23, 2025
Full application (by invitation): May 31, 2025 – 11:59 PM EST* *Carleton is closed for business on May 31, final submission deadline will be Friday May 30
Decision notification: late July 2025 Funding available: August-September 2025
Fall
Expression of Intent: August 15, 2025 – 11:59 PM EST
OVPRI Deadline (Approval Form): September 24, 2025
Full application (by invitation): October 1, 2025 – 11:59 PM EST
Decision notification: late November 2025 Funding available: January 2026
Internal Contacts
Potential applicants are encouraged to discuss this funding opportunity with their Faculty Research Facilitator or with the VPRI Resource Contact.
VPRI Resource Contact: Katie Harriman
Deadlines
| Faculty Deadline | Consult your Faculty Research Facilitator. |
| Summer Expression of Intent | April 15, 2025 – 11:59 PM EST |
| Summer OVPRI Deadline (Approval Form) | May 23, 2025 |
| Summer Full application (by invitation) | May 30, 2025 – 11:59 PM EST |
| Fall Expression of Intent | August 15, 2025 – 11:59 PM EST |
| Summer OVPRI Deadline (Approval Form) | September 24, 2025 |
| Fall Full application (by invitation) | October 1, 2025 – 11:59 PM |
Submitting Your Application
- Step 1) Submit an internal Carleton Approval Form
Submit an internal Approval Form through our central awards management database CUResearch:
https://ovpri.research.carleton.ca/Romeo.Researcher/Administrator/Default.aspx
For a user’s guide on submitting an Approval Form, click HERE. - Step 2) Submit an external application to the granting agency
Submit an external application to the corresponding grant or award agency. To navigate to the funder’s website, click HERE