Landon Foundation-AACR INNOVATOR Award for International Collaboration

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 and the 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:

• Promote international cancer research collaboration as an effective means to accelerate progress against cancer;
• Provide the support necessary to sustain and enhance highly meritorious international cancer research collaborations;
• Foster interactions between and among cancer scientists and disseminate the scientific knowledge gained from international collaboration; and
• Contribute to a global impact against cancer.

The Award

$100,000 will be provided to the recipients' institutions in the form of a two-year grant to support the collaborative research project, and may be used for such purposes including, but not limited to those listed below:

• Direct research expenses attributable to the proposed research, which may include the salary of research assistants or technicians;
• Expenses for travel to the institutions of the collaborators relevant to the research project;
• Expenses for training in new techniques that will benefit the research project, such as training received through a scholar exchange/visiting professor program; and
• Expenses related to the presentation of research data at scientific meetings or through other means that will contribute to the dissemination of the scientific knowledge gained.

Eligibility

Two or more independent researchers who working within an established international cancer research collaboration involving institutes in multiple countries may apply. Proposals to initiate a collaborative project will not be accepted.

The co-investigators may be affiliated with any institution involved in cancer research, cancer medicine, or cancer-related biomedical science anywhere in the world. There is no limit to the number of co-investigators within each of the collaborating institutes.

There are no national or residency status restrictions

Applicants need not be members of the AACR.

Program Guidelines

Applications must be completed online using the proposalCENTRAL website, with one paper copy submitted to the AACR office. Application instructions and program guidelines are available below and on the proposalCENTRAL website. 

Application Instructions and Program Guidelines

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 Prizes and the Landon-AACR INNOVATOR Awards.

Inquiries

Ms. Hanna Hopfinger, Grants Program Assistant
Telephone: (267) 646-0665
Fax: (215) 440-9372
E-mail: hanna.hopfinger@aacr.org