This competitive grant program seeks to support independent medical education provider organizations interested in teaching Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners and other allied healthcare professionals about advances in the use of biomarkers to inform treatment decision making in oncology.

Area of Interests

• Potential applicants are encouraged to identify and address the educational needs for APPs relating to biomarker testing in their clinical practice setting. This may include:
  • Educational tools/resources to reduce information barriers and promote confidence with targeted therapies that rely on biomarker testing results for guideline concordant care.
  • Educational programs to improve the ability of APPs to discuss biomarker testing rationale and results with patients.
  • Optimal care pathways for ordering biomarker tests, especially in lung cancer, colorectal cancer, and prostate cancer, in accordance with evidence-based guidelines.

Funding Information

• Individual projects requesting up to $250,000 will be considered. The estimated total available budget related to this RFP is $500,000.

Eligibility Criteria

• Geographic Scope:
  • United States
• The following may apply: medical, nursing, allied health, and/or pharmacy professional schools; healthcare institutions (both large and small); professional organizations/medical societies; medical education companies; and other entities with a mission related to healthcare professional education and/or healthcare improvement.
• Only organizations are eligible to receive grants, not individuals or medical practice groups (i.e., an independent group of physicians not affiliated with a hospital, academic institution, or professional society).
• If the project involves multiple departments within an institution and/or between different institutions/organizations/associations, all institutions must have a relevant role and the requesting organization must have a key role in the project.
• The applicant must be the project/program lead or an authorized designee of such individual (e.g., project/program lead’s grant coordinator).
• The project/program lead must be an employee or contractor of the requesting organization.
• Requesting organization must be legally able to receive award funding directly from Pfizer Inc. They strongly recommend that applicants confirm this with their organization or institution prior to submitting an application. Grants awarded to organizations that are subsequently found to be unable to accept funding directly from Pfizer Inc. may be subject to rescission.
• For projects offering continuing education credit, the requesting organization must be accredited.

For more information, visit Pfizer.

https://cdn.pfizer.com/pfizercom/2025-07/2025-ONC-US-APP-Biomarker-IME.pdf?VersionId=yChRtB.YWznOXuUETc.XeqI5fpIKQWLJ