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 Junior Faculty
Previous Funding Opportunities for Junior Faculty
AACR-Aflac Incorporated Career Development Award for Pediatric Cancer Research
Two-year grant of $100,000 ($50,000 per year) for direct research expenses and salary support
AACR-FNAB Career Development Award for Translational Cancer Research
The AACR-FNAB Career Development Award for Translational Cancer Research is open to junior faculty who are in the first four years of a faculty appointment (at the start of the grant term). Research projects are restricted to translational cancer research focused on any individualized therapeutic area. Proposed project must have implications for individualized cancer treatment and must make use of human biopsies or samples, such as needle biopsies or circulating cancer cells. In vivo primary tumor explants meet these criteria, but xenografts from established cell lines do not. This is a two-year grant of $100,000 ($50,000 per year) for direct research expenses and salary support.
AACR-Genentech BioOncology Career Development Award for Cancer Research on the HER Family Pathway
The AACR-Genentech BioOncology Career Development Award for Cancer Research on the HER Family Pathway represents a joint effort to encourage and support junior faculty who are in the first four years of a faculty appointment (at the start of the grant term) to conduct cancer research on the HER family pathway and establish successful career paths in this field. Applicants must have a medical degree (M.D., D.O. or international equivalent), or hold a combined M.D./Ph.D., and be affiliated with an institution in the U.S. Proposed research projects are restricted to basic, translational, clinical or epidemiological projects that substantially advance the field of cancer research on the HER family pathway.
The grant provides $100,000 over two years ($50,000 per year) for direct research expenses, which may include salary and benefits of the grant recipient, postdoctoral or clinical research fellows, and/or research assistants, research/laboratory supplies and equipment.
AACR Gertrude B. Elion Cancer Research Award
The AACR Gertrude B. Elion Cancer Research Award is open to tenure-track scientists at the level of assistant professor, who completed postdoctoral studies or clinical fellowships no more than four years prior to the start of the grant term. It provides a one-year grant of $50,000 for salary and benefits, supplies, equipment, and limited travel for the grant recipient. Projects may focus on research in cancer etiology, diagnosis, treatment or prevention (basic, translational or clinical cancer research).
About Gertrude B. Elion
This award honors the late Dr. Gertrude B. Elion, scientist emeritus at Glaxo Wellcome Co. (now GlaxoSmithKline). Her seminal research at the company revolutionized cancer therapeutics and her prolific contributions to biomedical science earned her the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1988. The AACR is extremely pleased to sponsor this award in the name of Dr. Elion, a distinguished past president and honorary member of the AACR.
AACR Judah Folkman Career Development Award for Antiangiogenesis Research
The AACR Judah Folkman Career Development Award for Antiangiogenesis Research represents a joint effort to encourage and support junior faculty who are in the first four years of a faculty appointment (at the start of the grant term) to conduct cancer research and establish successful career paths in this field. Applicants must have a medical degree (M.D., D.O. or international equivalent), or hold a combined M.D./Ph.D., and be affiliated with an institution in the U.S. Proposed research projects are restricted to basic, translational, clinical or epidemiological projects that substantially advance the field of antiangiogenesis research in cancer.
The grant 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.
Landon Foundation-AACR INNOVATOR Award for Cancer Prevention Research
The Landon Foundation-AACR INNOVATOR Award for Cancer Prevention Research was established to recognize the outstanding achievement of a junior faculty-level scientist working in the field of cancer prevention and to support his or her novel and innovative research that, if successful, will have strong potential for high impact in the cancer prevention field.
The goals of the grant program are to encourage an outstanding, creative young investigator to pursue novel, high-risk, high-reward cancer prevention research by providing the support that otherwise may not be available through traditional funding. Travel support is included to help foster interactions among cancer scientists working in various disciplines and to disseminate scientific knowledge about cancer prevention research throughout the field.
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, AACR Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research Conference, or other AACR meeting for the purpose of participating in scholarly exchange about the funded research.
The Kirk A. & 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.
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network-AACR Career Development Award
The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network-AACR Career Development Awards support newly independent investigators to develop or strengthen their research programs in pancreatic cancer. Applicants must hold a full-time faculty appointment at the start of the grant term (i.e., cannot have had a full-time faculty appointment before July 2, 2008). This is a two-year grant, totaling $200,000.
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