KI-DF/HCC Bridge Project is designed  to help  bring  the  expertise of these two Centers to bear on complex translational problems in cancer research. A particular emphasis is placed on fostering joint approaches  by engineers  and  cancer  scientists, both  basic  and  clinical/translational. Teams must  be composed of at least one member of KI at MIT (or MIT faculty  member) and one member of DF/HCC. Faculty members who have Bridge Funding are not eligible to apply, unless the amount of total funding is less than $187,500/ year. Please notify us by email before September 15, 2014 if you plan to submit a Bridge Project. 

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A-T Children's Project
Research Grant
The A-T Children's Project strives to assist respected scientists in developing a clearer understanding of ataxia-telangiectasia.The Project provides competitive grant awards for basic and translational research grants related to A-T. Proposals from junior investigators, from scientists in related disciplines, and from individuals with innovative new ideas for A-T research are particularly encouraged.
Amount: $75,000/ year for 2 years
Deadline: September 1, 2014

Children's Tumor Foundation (CTF)
Schwannomatosis Award
CTF is focused on ending neurofibromatosis (NF) through research. Schwannomatosis is the rarest form of NF, affecting 1:40,000 persons and causing peripheral nerve tumors. Schwannomatosis Awards may be requested for research in any area of relevance to advancing schwannomatosis.There are no citizenship requirements for this program.
Amount: $75,000 for 1 year
Deadline: September 1, 2014

American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)-Eli Lilly and Company
AACR Team Science Award
The AACR Team Science Award will recognize an outstanding interdisciplinary research team for its innovative and meritorious science that has advanced or likely will advance our fundamental knowledge of cancer or a team that has applied existing knowledge to advance the detection, diagnosis, prevention or treatment of cancer. For the purpose of this award, a team is comprised of independent faculty-level researchers providing complementary interdisciplinary expertise, each of whom have made separate substantive and quantifiable contributions to the research being recognized. Team members may be working within the same institution or at several institutions; however, if researchers are in the same institution, they must have clearly separate funding and research space. Desmoid Tumor Research Foundation Inc (DTRF)
2014 Request for Proposals
DTRF is the only foundation in the country dedicated to facilitating and funding research for a cure for desmoid tumors. We fund research that uses cutting-edge science and creative clinical applications, in addition to novel approaches addressing potential leads based on prior research. Researchers must be willing to collaborate with other scientists and institutions with similar interests. Research proposals with additional sources of funding support are particularly desirable.
Amount: $65,000 for 1 year
Deadline: September 25, 2014

Burroughs Wellcome Fund (BWF)
Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease

The Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease program provides opportunities for assistant professors to bring multidisciplinary approaches to the study of human infectious diseases.Candidates must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States or Canada at the time of application. Candidates at the appropriate career stage who have held or are currently holding a BWF award must contact BWF in advance to determine eligibility for this program. Institutions may nominate up to two candidates. Each candidate must devote at least 75% effort to research. 

Amount: $500,000 over 5 years

Deadline: November 3, 2014 

  

Burroughs Wellcome Fund (BWF) 

Career Awards at the Scientific Interface (CASI) 

BWF Awards at the Scientific Interface provide funds to bridge advanced postdoctoral training and the first years of faculty service. Awards are intended to foster the early career development of researchers with backgrounds in the physical/mathematical/computational sciences and engineers whose work addresses biological questions.  Candidates must have completed at least 12 months but not more than 48 months of postdoctoral research by the date of the full invited application deadline. Candidates must have at least one first-author publication; including papers on which "first authorship" is shared. Candidates must not hold nor have accepted a K99 award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Candidates with a K01 award from the NIH may apply for this award as long as they meet all the remaining criteria, however, if granted a CASI award, the NIH will need to fund the postdoc portion and BWF will only fund the faculty portion of the award. Citizens and non-citizen permanent residents of the U.S. and Canada are eligible. Temporary residents of Canada are not eligible.

Amount: $500,000 over 5 years

Deadline: Preproposal; September 1, 2014

  

Leukemia & Lymphoma Society   

Career Development Program-Scholar in Clinical Research
LLS national voluntary health agency dedicated to the conquest of hematologic malignancies and relevant premalignant conditions. LLS supports research, patient aid, community service programs, advocacy, and public and professional education. Applicants need not be U.S. citizens. Applicants may submit only one application. In addition, no more than one application in the Fellow, Special Fellow, or  Special Fellow in Clinical Research categories will be accepted from any one Sponsor/Mentor in any one calendar year. No other comparable (or better) career development award may be held prior to, or at the time of the grant start date (July 1, 2015). If a comparable (or better) career development award is obtained after receiving a Scholar in Clinical Research Award, the LLS Award must be relinquished. Applicant must be the principal investigator on a peer-reviewed research grant from a national agency (e.g., NIH, NSF, ACS) or other independent source that supports the research costs of the proposed work.  

Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS)

Career Development Program-Special Fellow in Clinical Research

LLS national voluntary health agency dedicated to the conquest of hematologic malignancies and relevant premalignant conditions. LLS supports research, patient aid, community service programs, advocacy, and public and professional education. Applicants need not be U.S. citizens. Applicants should have at least 2 years postdoctoral experience, but less than 4.5 years of experience at the time of review (January 1, 2015). Applicants may submit only one application. In addition, no more than one application in the Fellow, Special Fellow, or Special Fellow in Clinical Research categories will be accepted from any one Sponsor/Mentor in any one calendar year. No other comparable (or better) career development award may be held prior to the review panel meeting (January 1, 2015). However, Grantees may receive other career development awards (e.g. NIH K Awards) during their time as a Special Fellow in Clinical Research. Acceptance of a Special Fellow in Clinical Research award requires that the recipient spend at least one year in his/her Sponsor's lab as a research fellow (July 1, 2015-June 30, 2016) before moving to another position.  

 

Thrasher Research Fund

Early Career Awards 

The purpose of this program is to encourage the development of medical research in child health by awarding small grants to new researchers, helping them gain a foothold in this important area. The Fund is open to a variety of research topics important to children's health. A new investigator who holds a National Institutes of Health (NIH) K award (including a K12 award) or a Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) is not eligible to apply for the Early Career Award. There are no restrictions with regard to citizenship. The Fund is open to applications from institutions both inside and outside the United States. Post-doctoral researchers who received the doctoral level degree no more than three years prior to the date of submission of the Concept Paper are eligible. A mentor may have only one Thrasher Research Fund Early Career Awardee at a time.

Amount: $25,000/ year for 2 years 

Deadline: September 12, 2014 

 

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Sloan Research Fellowships 

The Sloan Research Fellowships seek to stimulate fundamental research by early-career scientists and scholars of outstanding promise. Candidates must hold a tenure track (or equivalent) position in the United States or Canada. Candidates' most recent Ph.D. (or equivalent) must have been awarded on or after September 1, 2008. While Fellows are expected to be at an early stage of their research careers, there should be strong evidence of independent research accomplishments.  

Amount: $50,000 for 2 years

Deadline: September 15, 2014   

 

The Hope Funds for Cancer Research

Postdoctoral Fellowship 

The Hope Funds for Cancer Research is offering fellowships to postdoctoral scientists who propose to work on highly innovative research projects that challenge the traditional paradigms of understanding the causes, mechanisms, progression, disease markers or risk factors of the most difficult-to-treat cancers, including pancreatic, lung, liver, sarcomas, esophageal, brain, gastric, bone and ovarian cancers; and rare leukemias, lymphomas and MDS. Candidates can apply prior to starting or during their postdoctoral appointments provided they have been formally accepted into the lab they are applying from, and current postdoctoral scientists must not have been in their Sponsor's lab for more than two years as of September 18, 2014.

Amount: Stipend levels start at $48,000/ year for 3 years 

Deadline: September 18, 2014 

 

Cancer Research Institute (CRI)

CRI Irvington Postdoctoral Fellowship  

CRI Irvington Postdoctoral Fellowship Program supports qualified young scientists at leading universities and research centers around the world who wish to receive training in cancer immunology. Applicants 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. There are no citizenship restrictions. Only one fellow per Sponsor/Mentor 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: October 1, 2014

 

Burroughs Wellcome Fund (BWF)
Career Awards for Medical Scientists
BWF aims to bridge advanced postdoctoral/fellowship training and the early years of faculty service. The ideal candidate will be two years away from becoming an independent investigator, have at least two years or more of postdoctoral research experience, and have a significant publication record. Award recipients are required to devote at least 75 percent of their time to research-related activities. Proposals in health services research or involving large-scale clinical trials are ineligible. U.S. or Canadian Institutions may nominate up to five candidates. Candidates that have faculty appointments with institutional start-up funds or hold an R01 grant from the NIH are not eligible. Candidates must be citizens or permanent residents of the U.S. or Canada at the time of application.
Amount: $700,000 over 5 years
Deadline: October 1, 2014

Current and Ongoing Fellowships and Grants for Research Fellows from the PostDoc and Graduate Student Affairs Office available here.