Susan G. Komen for the Cure
IIR Grants seek to stimulate exploration of new ideas and novel approaches in breast cancer research and clinical practice that have the potential to lead to reductions in breast cancer incidence and mortality within the next decade.
Amount: $1,000,000 ($250,000/year up to 4 years)
Deadline: Pre-Application: September 10, 2012
Susan G. Komen for the Cure
Challenge Grants - Career Catalyst Research (CCR)
CCR Grants are open to scientists who have held faculty positions for no more than six years at the time of full application to achieve research independence.
Amount: $450,000 ($150,000/year up to 3 years)
Deadline: Pre-Application: September 10, 2012
Susan G. Komen for the Cure
Investigator-Initiated Research (IIR)
IIR Grants seek to stimulate exploration of new ideas and novel approaches in breast cancer research and clinical practice that have the potential to lead to reductions in breast cancer incidence and mortality within the next decade.
Amount: $1,000,000 ($250,000/year for up to 4 years)
Deadline: Pre-Application: September 10, 2012
Prevent Cancer Foundation
Early career researchers at the instructor or assistant professor level, senior researchers who have shifted their area of interest toward primary and secondary cancer prevention, and researchers at any academic level who need seed funding to test an innovative hypothesis are eligible to apply. For the fall 2012 cycle, proposals on lung, breast and colorectal cancer research are especially encouraged.
Amount: $40,000 per year, for 2 years
Deadline: Hard-copy applications are due September 14, 2012
Alex's Lemonade Stand
'A' Award Grant
The 'A' Award is a three-year grant designed for young scientists who want to jump-start their career in pediatric oncology research. Candidates must not have achieved an appointment higher than assistant professor. Applicants MAY have other research grants during the 'A' Award period, but there must be clear documentation of mechanisms to avoid scientific and/or budgetary overlap. MD or MD, PhD candidates must be no more than 6 years after finishing 3-year fellowship. MD candidates who did not do a 3-year fellowship must have 3 years of research experience after MD was awarded and be no more than 9 years after receiving MD PhD candidates must be no more than 6 years since being awarded PhD.
Amount: $375,000 over 3 years
Deadline: September 17, 2012
The Medical Foundation
Charles H. Hood Foundation: Child Health Research Awards ProgramInvestigators must be within five years of their first faculty appointment (inclusive of any independent research positions in a for-profit company). Research must be relevant to children's health. Research must be: hypothesis-driven clinical, basic science, public health, health services research and epidemiology projects. Hospital divisions may select no more than two Applicants to submit proposals. There are no limitations on departmental or institutional submissions.
Amount: $75,000 for 1 year
Deadline: September 24, 2012
Conquer Cancer Foundation of ASCO
Career Development Award
Awards are intended to support proposals in all oncology subspecialties. The applicant must be a physician who is within the 1st to 3rd year of a full-time, primary faculty appointment in a clinical department at the time of grant submission. Grant applications from candidates with existing career development awards (such as K23, K08, or any other type of career development award) will not be considered.
Amount: $200,000 over 3 years
Deadline: September 27, 2012
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network - AACR Innovative Grants
Proposals will be accepted for new ideas and innovative approaches that have direct application and relevance to pancreatic cancer. New ideas and innovative approaches may include, but are not limited to, those that utilize novel theoretical concepts, approaches or methodologies, instrumentation or interventions.Submissions will be accepted from independent investigators at all levels. Any individual who currently holds an active AACR grant may not apply.
Amount: $200,000 over 2 years
Deadline: LOI - October 8, 2012
American Cancer Society
Pilot and Exploratory Projects in Palliative Care of Cancer Patients and Their Families
U.S. Non-Citizen National , U.S.A. Citizens, U.S. Permanent Resident Only. Funding for investigators performing pilot and exploratory research studies that test interventions, develop research methodologies, and explore novel areas of research in palliative care of cancer patients and their families. Applicants must have a full-time faculty position. Independent investigators at all stages of their career are eligible to apply. Thus, the usual ACS restriction to investigators within the first six years of their initial independent research appointment does not apply.
Amount: $60,000/year, for 2 years
Deadline: October 15, 2012
American Cancer SocietyMentored Research Scholar Grant in Applied and Clinical ResearchU.S. Non-Citizen National , U.S.A. Citizens, U.S. Permanent Resident Only. Mentored Research Scholar Grants in Applied and Clinical Research provide support for mentored research and training to full-time junior faculty, typically within the initial four years of their first independent appointment. The goal is for these beginning investigators to become independent researchers as either clinician scientists or cancer control and prevention researchers.
Amount: $135,000/year, for 5 years
Deadline: October 15, 2012
American Cancer Society
Research Scholar Grants
U.S. Non-Citizen National , U.S.A. Citizens, U.S. Permanent Resident Only. Research Scholar Grants provide the resources for investigator-initiated research in a variety of cancer-relevant areas. Applicants must be independent, self-directed researchers within six years of their first academic appointment.
Amount: Up to $200,000 a year, 4 year maximum
Deadline: October 15, 2012
Melanoma Research Alliance
MRA Team Science Awards
Multidisciplinary teams of two or more PIs to support projects with the potential to lead to transforming advances in prevention, early detection, staging and/or treatment of melanoma. All PIs in the team share authority for scientific leadership. The designated Administrative PI is responsible for administrative leadership. New for the 2013 award cycle is the requirement that each team must include at least one Young Investigator as a co-investigator.
Amount: $1 million total over 2 to 3 years
Deadline: LOI - October 15, 2012
Association for International Cancer Research (AICR)
Awards support fundamental and translational research into the causes, mechanisms, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of cancer. Applicants are strongly encouraged to seek advice from AICR's Scientific Coordinator if there is any probability the project is not covered by this description. Applications will be considered in which studies on patients, volunteers, clinical records or human tissue are used to address a fundamental scientific question.
Amount: £200,000 over 1 to 3 years
Deadline: October 26, 2012
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network-AACR Career Development AwardsThe Pancreatic Cancer Action Network-AACR Career Development Awards represent a joint effort to encourage and support junior faculty who are in the first five years of a faculty appointment (at the start of the grant term) to conduct pancreatic cancer research. At the start of the grant term on July 1, 2013, applicants must hold a full-time faculty position, but cannot have been in the position more than five years
Amount: $200,000 over two years
Deadline: October 31, 2012
Melanoma Research Alliance
MRA Young Investigator AwardThe MRA is soliciting proposals that address the gap in translational science, i.e., turning scientific discoveries into tools and/or treatments for high risk individuals and melanoma patients. Investigators must be within 4 years of their first academic faculty appointment
Amount: $75,000/year for 3 years
Deadline: November 15, 2012
Alex's Lemonade StandEpidemiology Grants
These grants are designed to support the research of investigators who have a specific focus on the epidemiology, early detection, or the prevention of childhood cancer. Eligible areas of investigation include the following: Epidemiology and etiology of childhood cancer; Early Detection of Childhood Cancer; Prevention of Childhood Cancer; and some Preclinical research. Applicants should be at the late Assistant, Associate or Full Professor level. Applicants may be MD or PhD, and must have a history of formal training in disciplines that are relevant to the proposed research or a track record of conducting similar research.
Amount: $100,000 up to 2 years
Deadline: December 17, 2012
All Fellowships are due into the Office of Grants and Contracts five business days prior to the sponsor's deadline for DFCI review and approval prior to submission to the sponsor.
