Pilot Grants

The DeLuca Center for Innovation in Hematology Research was formed thanks to a generous donation by the Fredrick A. DeLuca Foundation. Each year a total of 5 Pilot Awards and 1 Career Development Award will be awarded to investigators who are participating in hematologic based research.

The Frederick A. DeLuca Foundation was created in 1998 by the late Fred DeLuca, cofounder of the global SUBWAY® restaurant chain, to provide youth and adults the tools to achieve self-sufficiency through high-quality educational opportunities and scholarships. Today, under the broad umbrella of education, the Foundation’s impact has broadened to support artistic experiences, health awareness, and workforce development programs. The Foundation funds cutting-edge cancer research and professional development opportunities for nurses to provide the best standard of care and innovative therapies to patients.

AWARD AMOUNTS

Up to $50,000 for one year commencing on May 1, 2024.

PURPOSE

5 pilot awards will be awarded to support investigators pursuing research in Hematology and to generate preliminary data for new NCI/NIH grant applications. The research should seek to advance our knowledge in Hematologic disorders and to improve patient care, therapies, and outcomes.

ELIGIBILITY

Faculty at Yale involved in Hematology research. Junior or established investigators with a faculty appointment at the Assistant Professor level or higher are encouraged to apply. Applications from investigators who have received DeLuca pilot funding previously will not be accepted.

Women and minority investigators are strongly encouraged to apply.

Each year a total of 5 Pilot Awards and 1 Career Development Award will be awarded to investigators who are participating in hematology-based research.

AWARD AMOUNTS

$130,000 per year for two years commencing July 1, 2024.

PURPOSE

The purpose of this career development award is to provide early career clinical or laboratory-based investigators in Hematology, the opportunity to focus on research to advance patient care, therapies, and outcomes and with the ultimate goal to achieve independent support for their research from a national agency.

ELIGIBILITY

Open to junior faculty holding an independent appointment in Hematology at the Instructor or Assistant Professor levels within 5 years of the first appointment to Assistant Professor. The career development award supports rising stars in hematology research who seek to advance our knowledge of disease mechanisms, patient care, therapies, and outcomes in patients with hematologic diseases at Yale Cancer Center. The applicant must be a highly qualified clinical or laboratory-based investigator, who has shown a capacity for independent, sustained, original investigation in the field of hematology. The applicant shall be guaranteed 50% protected time for research. Previous recipients of this award are not eligible to apply.