Previous opportunities are listed below to offer interested investigators an opportunity to view funding that may be offered again in the future. Details are subject to change.
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Previous Funding Opportunities for Independent Researchers
Previous Funding Opportunities for Independent Researchers
AACR Dharma Master Jiantai Innovative Grant for Lung Cancer Research
Program Mission Statement
The AACR Dharma Master Jiantai Innovative Grant for Lung Cancer Research will provide additional funding to an investigator for an existing project that develops and studies new ideas and approaches that have direct application and relevance to lung cancer. This support supplements existing funding for an investigator conducting a basic or translational research project that will contribute to the acceleration of progress against lung cancer, for the ultimate goal of improving patient care.
The award provides a one-year grant of $10,000 for research expenses, which may include supplemental salary support, equipment, research/laboratory supplies, or relevant travel. It is anticipated that one grant will be funded.
Interested applicants will be asked to submit a proposal of no more than three pages describing the existing lung cancer research project and the proposed use of the Jiantai Innovative Grant Funds.
Applicant Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must have a doctoral degree (including Ph.D., M.D., D.O., D.C., N.D., D.D.S., D.V.M., Sc.D., D.N.S., Pharm.D., or equivalent doctoral degree, or a combined clinical and research doctoral degree) in a related field and not currently be a candidate for a further doctoral or professional degree.
Applicants must have completed postdoctoral studies or clinical research fellowships no more than 10 years before the start of the grant term (i.e., postdoctoral studies or clinical research fellowships must have been completed on or after July 1, 2002).
Parental leave or other well-justified leave from postdoctoral research training for pressing personal or family situations of generally less than 12 months duration and clinical training time with no research involvement (e.g., residency training) are not counted against the eligibility limit. Applicants whose experience exceeds the maximum but who believe they are eligible (e.g., if some of their postdoctoral experience was in a field other than cancer research or there was a break in their career as described above) should contact the AACR before submitting an application to verify their eligibility.
Applicants must be independent investigators working at an academic, medical or research institution within the United States at the start of the grant term on July 1, 2012. There are no citizenship requirements.
Employees or subcontractors of a government entity or for-profit private industry are not eligible. Exceptions may apply if an applicant holds a full-time position at a veterans' hospital or national laboratory (e.g., Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) in the United States. Contact the AACR before submitting an application to determine your eligibility.
Postdoctoral or clinical research fellows or the equivalent who are working under the auspices of a scientific mentor are not eligible to apply. Fellows are encouraged to apply for an AACR Research Fellowship.
Both AACR members and nonmembers are eligible to apply. However, nonmembers must submit a satisfactory application for AACR active membership by November 17, 2011. The application will be applied to 2011 membership dues. Download a membership application.
Individuals may concurrently apply for multiple AACR grants. However, applicants are expected to accept the first grant they are awarded. This grant can be held concurrently with other AACR grants so eligible AACR current grantees are encouraged to apply.
Applicants with a question about their eligibility are encouraged to contact AACR at grants@aacr.org before submitting an application.
Program Guidelines and Applciation Instructions
Applications must be completed online using the proposalCENTRAL website, with one paper copy submitted to the AACR office. Program guidelines and application instructions are available below and on the proposalCENTRAL website.
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BCRF-AACR Grants for Translational Breast Cancer Research
Program Mission Statement
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation-AACR Grants for Translational Breast Cancer Research were established in 2007 to provide support for innovative cancer research projects designed to accelerate the discovery, development and application of new agents to treat breast cancer and/or for pre-clinical research with direct therapeutic intent.
Applicant Eligibility Criteria
Independent investigators who are affiliated with any institution involved in cancer research, cancer medicine or cancer-related biomedical science anywhere in the world may apply. There are no geographic, national or residency status restrictions. Pre- and postdoctoral fellows, clinical research fellows or the equivalent, or other investigators who are working under the auspices of a scientific mentor are not eligible to apply.
Employees or subcontractors of a national government or the for-profit private industry are not eligible to serve as the principal investigator for the purpose of these grants. However, collaborations with such individuals are encouraged.
Members of the Scientific Review Committee are not eligible for these grants.
Applicants must have acquired a doctoral degree in a related field.
Both AACR members and nonmembers are eligible to apply. However, nonmembers must submit a satisfactory application for AACR active membership. Download an application.
Current recipients of any AACR grant are not eligible. That is, individuals may hold only one AACR grant at a time. Past AACR grantees who have failed to submit a final progress report or a final financial report may not apply until these reports have been provided.
Program Guidelines and Application Instructions
Generously Supported By:
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation
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Landon Foundation-AACR INNOVATOR Award for International Collaboration in Cancer Research
Program Mission Statement
International research collaboration can successfully address the global health problem of cancer through access to unique populations and environments, shared resources, specialized expertise, new concepts and perspectives, innovative methodologies and/or emerging technologies. However, barriers to sustaining these collaborations exist, such as the lack of funding as well as the lack of sharing of knowledge about these important research partnerships.
This award will support highly meritorious research that is being conducted collaboratively by investigators in different countries around the world. The goals of the program are to:
- Overcome barriers to international collaboration by providing funding for costs traditional grant mechanisms may not support;
- Raise the profile of the importance of collaboration to conquering the cancer problem; and
- Provide the means to facilitate travel and the sharing of knowledge that otherwise may have been difficult to achieve.
The Award
This award will recognize and support highly meritorious research that is being conducted collaboratively by investigators in different countries around the world. The award provides $100,000 over two years ($50,000 per year) to support the salary and benefits of postdoctoral or clinical research fellows and/or research assistants, equipment, research/laboratory supplies, travel between the collaborators’ institutions relevant to the collaboration, training in new techniques that will benefit the collaboration, such as training received through a scholar exchange/visiting professor program, and presentations of research data at scientific meetings or through other means that will contribute to the dissemination of the scientific knowledge gained.
Applicant Eligibility Criteria
Applications will be accepted from two or more independent investigators working within an established international cancer research collaboration involving institutes in multiple countries. Proposals to initiate a collaborative project will not be accepted. Only one investigator per institution is to be identified as a collaborator.
The collaborators may be affiliated with any institution involved in cancer research, cancer medicine, or cancer-related biomedical science anywhere in the world. There are no citizenship or geographical requirements.
Employees or subcontractors of a government entity or for-profit private industry are not eligible. Exceptions include applicants holding full-time positions at a veterans' hospital or national laboratory (e.g., Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) in the United States. Contact the AACR before submitting an application to determine collaborator eligibility. Employees or subcontractors of a government entity or for-profit private industry may serve as collaborators, but no grant funds may be directed towards these individuals or their respective institutions.
Any individual who is a current recipient of an AACR grant may not apply. Past AACR grantees may apply if they complied with all progress and financial report requirements.
Individuals may concurrently apply for multiple AACR grants. However, applicants are expected to accept the first grant they are awarded. Individuals may accept and hold only one AACR grant at a time.
Postdoctoral or clinical research fellows or the equivalent who are working under the auspices of a scientific mentor are not eligible to apply. Qualified fellows are invited to apply for an AACR Fellowship.
Members of the Scientific Review Committee are not eligible for these grants.
All applicants with questions about eligibility should contact the AACR before submitting an application.
Program Guidelines and Application Instructions
Generously Supported By: The Kirk A. and Dorothy P. Landon Foundation
The Kirk A. and Dorothy P. Landon Foundation was created through a bequest from Mrs. Dorothy P. Landon whose intent, along with that of her late husband, Kirk A. Landon, was to dedicate a major portion of their estate to medical research, especially research related to cancer. Mr. R. Kirk Landon, son of Kirk A. Landon, serves as the president of the foundation. The foundation seeks to accomplish its cancer research mission through a variety of programs and initiatives, including the Landon-AACR prizes and the Landon-AACR INNOVATOR awards.
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Landon Foundation-AACR INNOVATOR Award for Research in Personalized Cancer Medicine
Program Mission Statement
The use of genomics to accurately predict individual responses to treatment with a drug or biologic agent is a central component of the future of personalized cancer medicine. This exciting direction in cancer treatment is the result of the discovery and elucidation of the molecular basis of cancer and involves understanding the risks and the responses that are associated with individual molecular differences. In this regard, there is a growing need not only to be able to predict which patients will respond to a particular treatment, but also who are likely to be the non-responders.
The Landon Foundation-AACR INNOVATOR Award for Research in Personalized Cancer Medicine represents a joint effort between the Kirk A. and Dorothy P. Landon Foundation and the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) to accelerate progress in this area by providing support for physician-scientists who conduct meritorious studies with direct human therapeutic relevance.
Proposed research may include:
- Proof-of-concept studies in humans;
- Translational clinical trials that utilize science-based methodologies for patient selection;
- Multidisciplinary research that includes the incorporation of disciplines that are new to cancer research, i.e., the physical sciences, mathematics, etc.;
- Studies that molecularly target pathways;
- The identification of genes and genetic variations that play a role in cancer treatment responses; and
- Other innovative areas of cancer therapeutics.
The Award
The award provides $100,000 over two years ($50,000 per year) for direct research expenses; which may include the salary and benefits of the grant recipient, postdoctoral or clinical research fellows, and/or research assistants, research/laboratory supplies, and equipment; and for attendance at an AACR Annual Meeting, or other AACR meeting for the purpose of participating in scholarly exchange about the funded research.
Applicant Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must have a medical degree (M.D., D.O., or international equivalent) or hold a combined M.D./Ph.D. and not currently be a candidate for a further doctoral or professional degree.
At the start of the grant term applicants must:
- Hold a full-time faculty position with the title of instructor, research assistant professor, assistant professor or an equivalent full-time faculty position
- Have held a full-time faculty position or the equivalent for no more than ten years
- Work at an academic, medical or research institution anywhere in the world (There are no citizenship or geographic requirements.)
Applicants must be working in a multidisciplinary environment where collaborations are strongly encouraged, must have evidence of an established research program, and must plan to contribute significant time, effort and leadership to this project. This grant to physician-scientists is intended to have an impact on the field of personalized cancer medicine as a whole.
Employees or subcontractors of a government entity or for-profit private industry are not eligible. Exceptions include applicants holding full-time positions at a veterans' hospital or national laboratory (e.g., Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) in the United States. Contact the AACR before submitting an application to determine your eligibility. Employees or subcontractors of a government entity or for-profit private industry may serve as collaborators, but no grant funds may be directed towards these individuals or their respective institutions.
Both AACR members and nonmembers are eligible to apply. However, nonmembers must submit a satisfactory application for AACR active membership. Download an application.
Any individual who is a current recipient of an AACR grant may not apply. Past AACR grantees may apply if they complied with all progress and financial report requirements.
Individuals may concurrently apply for multiple AACR grants. However, applicants are expected to accept the first grant they are awarded. Individuals may accept and hold only one AACR grant at a time.
Postdoctoral or clinical research fellows or the equivalent who are working under the auspices of a scientific mentor are not eligible to apply. Qualified fellows are invited to apply for an AACR Fellowship.
All applicants with questions about eligibility should contact the AACR before submitting an application.
Program Guidelines and Application Instructions
Generously Supported By: The Kirk A. and Dorothy P. Landon Foundation
The Kirk A. and Dorothy P. Landon Foundation was created through a bequest from Mrs. Dorothy P. Landon whose intent, along with that of her late husband, Kirk A. Landon, was to dedicate a major portion of their estate to medical research, especially research related to cancer. Mr. R. Kirk Landon, son of Kirk A. Landon, serves as the president of the foundation. The foundation seeks to accomplish its cancer research mission through a variety of programs and initiatives, including the Landon-AACR INNOVATOR awards.
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Pancreatic Cancer Action Network-AACR Innovative Grants
Program Summary
The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network-AACR Innovative Grants represent a joint effort to promote and support innovative pancreatic cancer research. They aim to spur creative and cutting-edge ideas and approaches in pancreatic cancer research, including those successful in other areas of cancer that have justifiable promise for pancreatic cancer. The research proposed for funding may be basic, translational, clinical or epidemiological in nature and must have direct applicability and relevance to pancreatic cancer.
These grants are available to independent junior and senior investigators. Submissions will be accepted from pancreatic cancer researchers as well as researchers with experience in other areas of cancer research.
The grants provide $200,000 over two years ($100,000 per year) for direct research expenses, which may include salary and benefits of postdoctoral or clinical research fellows, and/or research assistants, research/laboratory supplies and equipment.
Research Project Criteria
Proposals will be accepted for new ideas and innovative approaches that have direct application and relevance to pancreatic cancer; projects may be in any discipline of basic, translational, clinical or epidemiological pancreatic cancer research.
New ideas and innovative approaches may include, but are not limited to, those that utilize novel theoretical concepts, approaches or methodologies, instrumentation or interventions. Such concepts, approaches or methodologies, instrumentation or interventions may be novel to one field of research or novel in a broad sense, and/or may reflect a refinement, improvement or new application.
Proposals for innovative projects that will develop preliminary data necessary to prepare and submit a competitive research grant application to a major funding agency will be accepted.
Applicant Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must have a medical and/or doctoral degree (including Ph.D., M.D., D.O., D.C., N.D., D.D.S., D.V.M., Sc.D., D.N.S., Pharm.D. or equivalent doctoral degree) in the biomedical sciences or in a field applicable to health science research and not currently be a candidate for a further doctoral or professional degree.
Submissions will be accepted from independent investigators at all levels who are affiliated with an academic, medical or research institution within the United States. There are no citizenship requirements; however, an applicant who is not a U.S. citizen or permanent resident, by submitting an application for this grant, assures that his/her visa status will provide sufficient time to complete the project and grant term within the United States.
Employees or subcontractors of a government entity or for-profit private industry are not eligible. Exceptions include applicants holding full-time positions at a veterans' hospital or national laboratory (e.g., Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) in the United States. Employees or subcontractors of a government entity or for-profit private industry may serve as collaborators, but no grant funds may be directed towards these individuals or their respective institutions. Contact AACR before submitting a letter of intent to determine your eligibility.
Both AACR members and nonmembers are eligible to apply. However, nonmembers must submit a satisfactory application for AACR active membership. Download an application.
Any individual who currently holds an active AACR grant may not apply. Past grantees may apply if they complied with all progress and financial report requirements.
Investigators may apply for only one Pancreatic Cancer Action Network-AACR grant per year; that is, investigators may submit only one Letter of Intent for a Pancreatic Cancer Action Network-AACR Innovative Grant, and may not apply for both a Pancreatic Cancer Action Network-AACR Innovative Grant and a Pancreatic Cancer Action Network-AACR Career Development Award. Potential applicants eligible for both grant mechanisms are encouraged to review the guidelines to determine the more suitable one for which to apply. Individuals may concurrently apply for other AACR grants; should an applicant apply for multiple AACR grants, he/she is expected to accept the first grant awarded.
Postdoctoral or clinical research fellows or the equivalent who are working under the auspices of a scientific mentor are not eligible to apply. Qualified fellows are invited to apply for the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network-AACR Fellowship or the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network-AACR Pathway to Leadership Grant.
Members of the Scientific Review Committee are not eligible for these grants.
All applicants with questions about eligibility should contact AACR at grants@aacr.org before submitting a letter of intent.
Program Guidelines and Application Instructions
Generously Supported By
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network
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Inquiries
Hanna Hopfinger, Program Associate
Telephone: (267) 646-0665
Fax: (215) 440-9372
Email:
grants@aacr.org