Applications are now closed.
Program Mission Statement
The Landon Foundation-AACR INNOVATOR Award for Research in Personalized Cancer Medicine represents a joint effort between the Landon Foundation and the AACR to accelerate progress in the area of personalized medicine by providing support for physician-scientists who conduct meritorious studies that hold promise for near-patient benefit.
Such studies 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; or
- The identification of genes and genetic variations that play a role in cancer treatment responses; or
- Other innovative areas of cancer therapeutics.
Principal Investigators 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.
The INNOVATOR Award for Personalized Cancer Medicine provides a two-year grant of $100,000 ($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.
One INNOVATOR Award for Personalized Cancer Medicine will be funded.
Applicant Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must have acquired a medical degree or its equivalent or a combined M.D./Ph.D. in a related field and may not currently be a candidate for a further doctoral or professional degree.
Applicants must have completed postdoctoral studies or clinical fellowships no more than 10 years before the start of the grant term (i.e., postdoctoral studies or clinical fellowships must have been completed on or after July 2, 2000).
Applicants must hold a full-time faculty appointment and work at an academic, medical, or research institution anywhere in the world at the start of the grant term on July 1, 2010. There are no citizenship or geographical requirements.
Employees or subcontractors of a government entity or for-profit private industry are not eligible. Contact AACR to determine your eligibility before submitting an application.
Postdoctoral or clinical research fellows or the equivalent who are working under the auspices of a scientific mentor are not eligible to apply.
Both AACR members and nonmembers are eligible to apply. However, nonmembers must submit an application for AACR Active membership by January 22, 2010. The application will be applied to 2010 membership dues. A membership application may be downloaded from the AACR web site at www.aacr.org.
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. Applicants may apply for all applicable grants; however, individuals may accept and hold only one AACR grant at a time.
Applicants with a question about their eligibility are encouraged to contact AACR at grants@aacr.org, before submitting an application.
Program Guidelines & Application Instructions
Applications must be completed online using the proposalCENTRAL web site, with one paper copy submitted to the AACR office. Application instructions and program guidelines are available below and on the proposalCENTRAL web site.
Program Guidelines and Application Instructions 
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
Elizabeth Martin, Grants Program Assistant
Telephone: (267) 646-0664
Fax: (215) 440-9372
E-mail: grants@aacr.org