American Cancer Society
Pilot and Exploratory Projects in Palliative Care of Cancer Patients and Their Families
US Non-Citizen National, USA Citizens, US Permanent Resident Only. Provides 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.
Amount: $60,000/year for 2 years
Deadline: October 15, 2012
American Cancer SocietyMentored Research Scholar Grant in Applied and Clinical ResearchUS Non-Citizen National, USA Citizens, US 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
US Non-Citizen National, USA Citizens, US 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/year for up to 4 years
Deadline: October 15, 2012
Melanoma Research Alliance
MRA Team Science Awards
Supports 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 over 2 to 3 years
Deadline: LOI: October 15, 2012
Association for International Cancer Research (AICR)
Supports 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
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
Clinical Scientist Development Award
Provides support for mentored research to junior physician scientist faculty working in any disease area as they begin their careers as independent clinical investigators. Early career physician scientists must balance their patient care and research responsibilities as they set out to establish their research programs.
Amount: $150,000/year for 3 years
Deadline: Pre-Proposal: October 29, 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 2 years
Deadline: October 31, 2012
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) & St. Baldrick's Foundation
Pediatric Dream Team Translational Cancer Research GrantInvites submission of ideas for translational cancer research projects that would address laboratory and clinical efforts that will lead to the therapeutic interventions for childhood cancers and deliver near-term patient benefit through investigation by a multidisciplinary, multi-institutional, synergistic Dream Team of expert investigators.
Amount: $14.5 million over 4 years
Deadline: LOI: November 1, 2012
Melanoma Research Alliance
MRA Young Investigator AwardThe MRA is soliciting applications 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
Friends For An Earlier Breast Cancer Test
Medical Research GrantRequesting applications for pilot projects that focus on new methods to improve detection of early breast cancer and are especially interested in the development of new techniques in the areas of biological or immunologic methods of early detection. It is hoped that pilot projects will provide preliminary data that leads to applications for more substantial peer-reviewed funding.
Amount: $40,000/year for up to 3 years
Deadline: December 1, 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.
Amount: $100,000/year for 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.
