February 2014
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Greetings!
We hope that you find this publication helpful in your funding search. We also encourage you to visit our intranet funding page, which offers more information on funding resources available to faculty and fellows.
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DFCI Limited Applications
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The next limited application deadline will be for the V Foundation Scholar Award; deadlines will be announced shortly. Also, we are anticipating an announcement from Gabrielle's Foundation.
DFCI Limited Application Process | DFCI Limited Application Contact
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Internal Funding
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI)
Novartis
DFCI/Novartis Drug Discovery Program
The Dana-Farber/Novartis Drug Discovery Program is pleased to announce a competition for three-year
Drug Discovery Grants. We are encouraging investigators to tailor their proposals to support research area clusters which any of the RFA topics may fit. Interested Independent Investigators or teams of independent investigators are asked to submit electronically an initial submission.
Amount:$200,000/ year for 3 years
Initial Submission: March 10, 2014
Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center (DF/HCC)
Claudia Adams Barr Program in Cancer Research
Innovative Basic Science Research Program
Barr Awards are designed to support research projects that are innovative and address fundamental questions related to cancer. Only one application for a Barr Award per lab may be submitted for consideration. Labs with existing Barr Awardees are eligible to apply for non-concurrent support. Previous Barr Grant awardees may apply for a new Barr Grant only if support is requested for a project that is clearly and unambiguously different from the previously supported project. Applicants who are not eligible for Barr Program funding include Scientist-track investigators and investigators below the level of independent Assistant Professor, who currently receive Career Development Awards, such as K awards. Awards are not available to investigators who already receive substantial funding from the Institute.
Amount:$600,000/ year for 3 years
Deadline: March 14, 2014 Harvard Medical School (HMS) HMS Foundation Funds (formerly the Red Book) HMS Foundation Funds
Each year several foundations invite HMS faculty and postdocs to apply for their fellowships and grants, which serve as critical funding at the early stages of a research career. Interested investigators must first apply for the HMS nomination through the HMS Foundation Funds, and a committee will select the final candidates to submit applications to the foundations.Some of the funding opportunity sponsors have invited DFCI to submit separate from this process. In such a case that DFCI has been invited to submit, you must go through DFCI and cannot submit through the HMS Foundation Funds process for that particular sponsor. Your first step should be to review
Amount: Amount varies by sponsor Deadline: April 1, 2014
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Non-Federal Funding - Grants
Childhood Brain Tumor Foundation (CBTF)
Pediatric Brain Tumor Research Grants
CBTF's mission is to raise funds for (pediatric) scientific research, to heighten public awareness of this devastating disease, and to improve prognosis and quality of life for those that are affected. Projects are evaluated on their potential to improve the treatment and understanding of pediatric brain tumors.
Amount: $30,000/ year for 2 years
Deadline: March 14, 2014
Childhood Brain Tumor Foundation (CBTF)
Astrocytoma Research Award
CBTF's mission is raise funds for (pediatric) scientific research, to heighten public awareness of this devastating disease, and to improve prognosis and quality of life for those that are affected. This project can be related to all grades of astrocytoma.
Amount: $50,000 for 1 year
Deadline: March 14, 2014
Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF)
2014 Senior Research Award
MMRF supports investigators with more than five years of experience in blood cancer research. Applicants must be committed to a career that focuses primarily on academic radiation oncology. Potential applicants with significant experience in other areas but less than the requisite experience in blood cancer should contact Dr. Joan Levy, Director of Translational Research ( levyj@themmrf.org) regarding eligibility. Amount: Up to $100,000/ year for 2 years
The Sontag Foundation
Distinguished Scientist Awards
The Sontag Foundation is looking for early career scientists with the potential to create new waves across the brain cancer field. At the time of application, applicants must hold their first independent full-time faculty appointment at the level of assistant professor, independent researcher, or equivalent position. Applicant's initial faculty appointment must have been made no earlier than March 1, 2011. More than one individual from the same institution may apply for this award.
Amount: $150,000/ year for 4 years
Deadline: March 20, 2014
American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO)
American Society for Radiation Oncology/ROI Comparative Effectiveness Research Award
ASTRO aims to stimulate research focused on evaluating the effectiveness various radiation therapy treatments. At least 40 percent of the recipient's full-time professional effort must be devoted to the goals of this project. If you are a junior faculty member, you must name a primary mentor who will be equally responsible for the planning, direction, and execution of the project.
Amount: $50,000 for 2 years
Deadline: March 28, 2014
American Cancer Society(ACS)
Research Scholar Grant
ACS' extramural grants program seeks to support innovative cancer research across a wide range of disciplines to meet critically important needs in the control of cancer. ACS provides support for independent, self-directed researchers within six years of their first academic appointment. Amount: $198,000/ year for 4 years
Deadline: April 1, 2014 American Cancer Society (ACS) Institutional Research GrantsACS' Institutional Research Grant mechanism funds institutions as block grants to provide seed money for newly independent investigators to initiate research projects. Amount: $120,000/ year for 1 to 3 years Deadline: April 1, 2014 |
All applications 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.
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Non-Federal Funding - Fellowships
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American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) ASTRO Junior Faculty Career Research Training AwardASTRO Junior Faculty Award was created to stimulate interest in radiation research early in junior faculty's careers by offering them the opportunity to have focused time for research projects. The applicant must be a board-eligible physician or physicist in radiation oncology or a radiobiologist within the first 3 years of their junior faculty appointment. At least 75 percent of the recipient's full-time professional effort must be devoted to the goals of the project. Candidates must assign a mentor or co-mentor who is an active member of ASTRO. Amount:$100,000/ year for 2 years Deadline: March 28, 2014 American Cancer Society (ACS) Postdoctoral FellowshipACS seeks to support innovative cancer research across a wide range of disciplines to meet critically important needs in the control of cancer. This award supports the training of researchers who have received a doctoral degree to provide initial funding leading to an independent career in cancer research. Amount: $163,500 over 3 years Deadline: April 1, 2014 American Caner Society (ACS) Mentored Research Scholar GrantACS provides 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: April 1, 2014 American Cancer Society (ACS) Cancer Control Career Development Awards for Primary Care PhysiciansACS supports primary care physicians in supervised programs intended to develop clinical and teaching expertise, and the capacity to perform independent research or educational innovation in cancer control. Amount: $100,000/ year for 3 years Deadline: April 1, 2014 American Cancer Society (ACS) Physician Training Awards in Cancer PreventionACS awards are given to institutions to support physician training in accredited preventive medicine residency programs that provide cancer prevention and control research and practice opportunities. These grants are renewable. Amount: $300,000 for 4.5 years Deadline: April 1, 2014 Cancer Research Institute (CRI) CRI Irvington Postdoctoral FellowshipCRI Irvington Postdoctoral Fellowship Program supports qualified young scientists. Applicants must be working in areas directly related to cancer immunology. Individuals with 5 or more years of relevant postdoctoral experience are not eligible, with the exception of M.D. applicants, who should not include years of residency in this calculation.
Only in exceptional circumstances will applicants who have already spent 3 or more years in a sponsor's laboratory by the start date of fellowship be considered for a fellowship award. One fellow per sponsor may apply per application round, and faculty sponsors may not have more than three CRI-supported fellows at any time.
Amount: $164,500 over 3 years Deadline: April 1, 2014 Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF) 2014 Research Fellow AwardMMRF seeks proposals for MMRF 2014 Research Fellow Award Program, an initiative supporting researchers at the post doctorate/medical fellow or junior faculty levels. This project helps support young investigators as they begin their studies in the field of multiple myeloma. Post-doctoral and medical fellows must work under the supervision or guidance of a research mentor in the multiple myeloma field.
Amount: $75,000 for 1 year
Deadline: April 22, 2014
Current and Ongoing Fellowships and Grants for Research Fellows from the PostDoc and Graduate Student Affairs Office available here.
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.
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