Current Funding Opportunities
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Funding
The fund will facilitate the advancement of innovative basic science, translational or clinical research to advance the understanding and treatment of Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) and related blood disorders (such as MDS/myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN) overlap syndromes, secondary acute myeloid leukemia following MDS, idiopathic cytopenia of undetermined significance (ICUS), or clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential (CHIP).
The foundation will consider proposals from individuals at university, college, hospital, or laboratory institutions for support of research in MDS or related disorders in two types:
- Early Career Awards
- Established Investigator Awards
Letter of Intent (LOI) Deadline: LOIs are accepted on a rolling basis.
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Defense Health Program - Department of Defense Melanoma Research Program Funding Opportunities for Fiscal Year 2019 (FY19)
The FY19 Defense Appropriation provides $10 million (M) to the Department of Defense (DoD) Melanoma Research Program (MRP) to support innovative, high-impact melanoma research.
FY19 MRP Program Announcements and General Application Instructions for the following award mechanism is posted on the Grants.gov website.
The FY19 MRP Focus Areas are listed below:
• Precursor Lesions, Melanomagenesis, Host Factors, and the Tumor Microenvironment (e.g., melanoma instigators, ultraviolet [UV] exposure, other instigators)
• Melanoma Primary Tumor Evolution (e.g., dormancy, heterogeneity, metabolism, epigenetic dysregulation, cell death)
• Therapeutic Prevention
• Minimal Residual Disease
• Rare Melanomas (e.g., uveal, acral, leptomeningeal disease, pediatric, adolescent and young adult [AYA], mucosal)
The MRP challenges the research community to redefine the concept of prevention and has issued a FY19 MRP Challenge Statement that should be considered when responding to the FY19 MRP Focus Areas and funding opportunities.
https://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/mrp
Learn more about the MRA TSA>>
Intervening with Cancer Caregivers to Improve Patient Health Outcomes and Optimize Health Care Utilization (R01) (R21)
This FOA invites applications for intervention research designed to support caregivers of adult cancer patients.
Application Deadline (R21): November 16, 2019
Learn more about the Healthcare Utilization R01 and R21>>
Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation Grant Program
This award is intended to support scientists at earlier stages of their careers to enable the development of independent programs and compelling careers in breast cancer research.
Application Deadline: November 16, 2019
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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Grand Challenges Exploration (Round 24)
The GCE initiative funds innovative ideas that could lead to new vaccines, diagnostics, drugs, and other technologies targeting diseases that claim millions of lives every year, as well as improvements and innovations in agriculture development and other priority areas of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Application Deadline: November 13, 2019
Learn more about Bill and Melinda Gates Grand Challenge>>
Melanoma Research Alliance Awards
Pilot Award
Young Investigator Award
Astro-MRA Young Investigator Award in Radiation Oncology
Dermatology Foundation and MRA Melanoma Detection/Preventative Mid Career Award
These RFP's are soliciting high-impact pre-clinical, translational, and early clinical research from scientists and clinicians around the world. It calls for ideas that have the potential to lead to near-term clinical application in melanoma prevention, detection, diagnosis, staging, and treatment.
Application Deadlines: November 18, 2019
Learn more about the MRA Award>>
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Single-Cell Analysis of Inflammation
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative invites applications for two-year collaborative pilot projects focused on the role of inflammation in maintaining health and triggering disease.
Application Deadline: November 19, 2019
Learn more about the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative>>
Mobile Health: Technology and Outcomes in Low and Middle Income Countries (R21/R33)
The purpose of this FOA is to encourage exploratory/developmental research applications that propose to study the development, validation, feasibility, and effectiveness of innovative mobile health (mHealth) interventions or tools specifically suited for low- and middle-income countries that utilize new or emerging technology, platforms, systems, or analytics.
Application Deadline: November 19, 2019
Learn more about the Mobile Health Award>>
The Doris Duke Clinical Scientist Development Award
This award provides grants to junior physician scientists to facilitate their transition to independent clinical research careers.
Application Deadline: November 19, 2019
Learn more about the Doris Duke Award>>
U.S.-Israel Binational Foundation BSF Research Grants
The U.S.-Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF) promotes scientific relations between the U.S. and Israel by supporting collaborative research projects in a wide range of basic and applied scientific fields, for peaceful and non-profit purposes.
Application Deadline: November 20, 2019
Learn more about the BSF research grants>>
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Physician-Scientist Training Award
The Damon Runyon Physician-Scientist Training Award is designed to encourage more physicians to pursue research careers.
Application Deadline: December 2, 2019
Learn more about the Damon Runyon Training Award>>
The mission of the BCA is to improve survival rates and quality of life for those impacted by breast cancer through better prevention, early detection, treatment and cure. To promote these goals, we invest in innovative research, breast surgery fellowships, regional education, dignified support and screening for the underserved.
Application Deadline: December 10, 2019
Learn more about the BCA fellowship grant>>
Alex's Lemonade Stand (Childhood Cancer) Young Investigator Award
This grant is designed to support scientists during their fellowship training or early in their research careers. Demonstration of outstanding mentorship and demonstration of a career plan that shows commitment to pediatric cancer investigation are critical components of a successful application.
Application Deadline: December 16, 2019
Learn more about Alex's Lemonade Young Investigator Award>>
Alex's Lemonade Stand (Childhood Cancer) Epidemiology Grant
Epidemiology awards will support investigators pursuing research studies in human populations using epidemiological approaches, in order to significantly contribute to the understanding of childhood cancers.
Application Deadline: December 16, 2019
Learn more about Alex's Lemonade Epidemiology Grant>>