Current Funding Opportunities
Interagency Oncology Task Force Fellowship Opportunity
The Interagency Oncology Task Force (IOTF), a joint initiative between The National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), is now accepting applications for program 3: Oncology Product Research/Review Fellows. This is a unique fellowship training opportunity for Ph.D.s, M.D.s, and M.D./Ph.D.s with three to five years of postdoctoral training in a cancer-related topic.
This fellowship will train individuals in the aspects of research and review of medical product development process to facilitate the movement of drugs, biologics, and devices from the bench to the bedside. Participants will spend up to two years at FDA and receive formal training and mentoring, and will participate in medical product development research projects. Graduates of this program will develop skills of value to academia, the pharmaceutical industry, and government agencies.
Application Deadline: May 30, 2012
Department of Defense Lung Cancer Research Program Grants
Idea Development Award Independent investigators at or above the level of an Assistance Professor (or equivalent); must be within 10 years of first faculty appointment.
Supports new ideas that are in the early stages of development, which represent innovative, high-risk/high-gain research that could lead to critical discoveries or major advances that will accelerate progress toward eradicating deaths from lung cancer.
Maximum funding of $350K for direct costs (plus indirect costs).
Maximum period of performance is 2 years.
Translational Research Partnership Award
Investigators at or above the level of Assistant Professor (or equivalent).
Partnership: One investigator must be a laboratory scientist, and the other must be a clinician.
Supports partnership[s between clinicians and laboratory scientists that accelerate the movement of promising ideas in lung cancer into clinical applications.
Preliminary data required, but may be from outside of lung cancer.
Clinical trials are not allowed.
Maximum combined funding of $900K for direct costs (plus indirect costs).
Maximum period of performance is 3 years.
Pre-Application Deadline: May 30, 2012
Ovarian Cancer Research Fund Grants
Program Project Development Grants ($900,000) provide funds for ovarian cancer research projects that may involve several investigators within one institution or collaborations between groups in multiple institutions.
Liz Tilberis Scholars awards ($450,000) are for investigators in their first academic faculty appointment. This award is open to physician-scientists (Gynecologic Oncology, Medical Oncology) and Ph.D. scientists.
Ann Schreiber Research Training Programs of Excellence grant ($75,000) funds post-doctoral trainees working in established ovarian cancer research groups.
Letters of Intent Due:May 29, 2012
Yale School of Public Health Ovarian Cancer Research Grants
This annual award is made possible by a generous gift from the Tina Brozman Foundation.The award is to provide funding for a pilot project in ovarian cancer prevention, detection, and survivorship research, which would ultimately lead to national peer-reviewed grants. Professors, Associate Professors, Assistant Professors, and Research Track faculty of all ranks are eligible to apply. There are no restrictions for citizenship. A one-year grant up to $25,000 will be awarded and will commence on July 1, 2012.
Application Deadline: May 31, 2012
Avon Safety Net Grant Opportunities
The Avon Foundation for Women "Safety Net" program supports public, community, and safety net hospitals and health care systems that provide breast care to low-income, at-risk, uninsured and underinsured individuals. The goal of this initiative is to support programs that improve
access to quality breast diagnostics and access to treatment for the medically underserved. A demonstrated commitment to providing health care to underserved populations will be considered in the review process.
Letter of Intent Due: June 22, 2012
Department of Defense Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program Funding Opportunities
Visionary Postdoctoral Fellowship Award
Eligibility - Principal Investigator: M.D./Ph.D. graduate with a total of less than 4 years of postdoctoral research experience
Mentor(s): Independent investigator at the level of Assistant Professor or equivalent at the time of the award
Research must be in one or more of the FY12 PRCRP Topic Areas
Supports training of postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of an early-career investigator (mentor) with expertise in one or more of the FY12 PRCRP Topic Areas
Supports training of postdoctoral fellow to include a budget option for research supplies
Applications must not address breast, prostate, lung (excluding mesothelioma), or ovarian cancer research
Career Development Award
Eligibility - Principal Investigator: Independent investigator at the level of Assistant Professor or equivalent at the time of the award.
Research with emphasis in discovery must be in one or more of the FY12 PRCRP Topic Areas.
Supports investigator in the early stages of their career. Applications must not address breast, prostate, lung (excluding mesothelioma), or ovarian cancer research.
Pre-application Due Date: June 19, 2012
Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation Nurse Researcher Grant Opportunities
Explorer, Pathfinder, and Discovery Awards available for nurses to support pediatric oncology research and to improve nursing care for children with cancer.
Application Deadline:August 1, 2012
Gabrielle's Angel Foundation for Cancer Research Medical Research Grants
To support the conduct of innovative and insightful medical research on the hematologic malignancies. Funds are provided for basic or clinical research that will lead to novel therapeutic approaches that could replace, or be used in combination with effective therapies for lymphoma, leukemia, and related cancers of the blood. For assistant professors with an MD or PhD. $225,000 to be used over 3 years.
Internal Deadline: June 6, 2012
Nominations are Open for the Schwartz Center Compassionate Caregiver Awards
The Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare, a nonprofit organization dedicated to strengthening the relationship between patients and caregivers, is seeking nominations for its 2012 Schwartz Center Compassionate Caregiver Award. This prestigious award, given annually since 1999, recognizes caregivers and teams of caregivers who demonstrate extraordinary compassion for patients and families.
Nominees must be paid caregivers who work in a New England healthcare organization and have direct patient contact.
Nominations may be made by patients or family members or by healthcare professionals who work with the nominee. The winner receives a $5,000 cash prize, and four finalists receive $1,000 each.
Nomination Deadline: May 18, 2012
Brozman Foundation Ovarian Cancer Research Grants
To provide funding for a pilot project in ovarian cancer prevention, detection, and survivorship research, which would ultimately lead to national peer-reviewed grants.
Application Deadline: May 31, 2012
Liz Tilberis Scholars Program
Ovarian Cancer Research Fund is requesting Letters of Intent for the Liz Tilberis Scholars Program. The Liz Tilberis Scholars Program is directed toward junior faculty with a strong commitment to an investigative career in the field of ovarian cancer research. The intent of these awards is to support a substantial time commitment to research and academic endeavors in ovarian cancer.
Application Deadline: May 29, 2012
Program Project Development Grant
Ovarian Cancer Research Fund is requesting Letters of Intent for the Program Project Development Grant. The purpose of this grantmaking program is to provide funds for ovarian cancer research projects that may involve several investigators within one institution or collaborations between groups in multiple institutions.
Application Deadline: May 29, 2012
Ann Schreiber Research Training Programs of Excellence
Ovarian Cancer Research Fund is requesting Letters of Intent for the 2013 Ann Schreiber Research Training Programs of Excellence grant. This grant provides funding for trainees who are working under the supervision of a mentor who is a recognized leader in the field of ovarian cancer research, or relevant area.
Application Deadline: May 29, 2012
Breast Cancer Alliance Education/Outreach Grant Program
The Breast Cancer Alliance offers grants to support programs directly related to outreach and case managerial breast cancer services, including education, counseling and mammograms for the uninsured/underserved. The programs must be located in mid to southern Connecticut and/or Westchester County, New York.
Grant applications will be available on the BCA website on May 4, 2012.
Application Deadline: July 31, 2012
Breast Cancer Alliance Young Investigator Grant Program
The Breast Cancer Alliance invites clinical doctors and research scientists who have been appointed to a position equivalent to Assistant Professor within three years of the appointment, and whose primary focus is breast cancer research, to apply for funding for the Young Investigator Grant.
Grant applications will be available on the BCA website on May 4, 2012.
Application Deadline: July 31, 2012
