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Learn more about one of the young scientists featured in this video, read the story
Close to Home, which was published in the Summer 2008 issue of
CR magazine, and listen to the podcast
Motivated by Loss.
SPOTLIGHT
Carcinoid Tumor Research Funding Available:
The Raymond and Beverly Sackler AACR Fellowships for Ileal Carcinoid Tumor Research are two-year grants of $100,000 ($50,000 per year) open to postdoctoral and clinical research fellows. Applications are invited from researchers currently in the field, as well as from investigators with experience in other areas of cancer research. Proposed research may be basic, translational, clinical, or epidemiologic in nature and must have direct application and relevance to ileal carcinoid tumors. Two grants will be awarded this cycle.
The Caring for Carcinoid Foundation-AACR Grants for Carcinoid Tumor and Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor Research are two-year grants of $250,000 ($125,000 per year) open to independent junior and senior investigators to help develop and study new ideas and innovative approaches that have direct application and relevance to carcinoid tumors or pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors. Proposed research may be in any discipline of basic, translational, clinical, or epidemiologic cancer research. Applications will be accepted from researchers currently in the field and those with applicable experience in other areas of cancer research. Two grants will be awarded this cycle.
The
application deadlines are September 15, 2010, at noon ET. Please visit the AACR research funding website,
www.aacr.org/funding, for more information.