CONCERN FOUNDATION’S CONQUER CANCER NOW AWARD 2017

Aim: By specifically targeting promising early-career scientists and providing critically needed “seed” money for innovative projects, Concern Foundation supports development of the next generation of cancer researchers and thus promotes progress in understanding cancer biology and improved approaches to cancer.

Award:  The total grant amount for a Conquer Cancer Now Award is $60,000 per year for a maximum of two years.

Eligibility criteria: Proposals must be hypothesis-driven and centered on cancer genetics, cancer biology, or cancer immunology. Concern will not fund clinical trials, cancer epidemiology, or behavioral studies. Grants are awarded to independent investigators who are at the start of their scientific career and are at the level of Assistant.

A letter from the applicant's Department Chair is required and should attest to:

1) The applicant's faculty status

2) The applicant's status as an independent investigator

3) Institutional support in terms of stand-alone laboratory space and startup funds

4) Percent protected time devoted to research as junior faculty.

Priority is given to proposals from independent investigators who have yet to obtain significant funding for their work. Applicant who is PI on an existing R01 or equivalent is not eligible. Applicant who is notified prior to the full Concern grant submission deadline of a clearly-fundable score on an R01 or equivalent grant-in-review where he/she is PI is also not eligible. However, a submitted R01 that has not yet been reviewed at the time of Concern grant submission is eligible. If its score is not clearly fundable in this interim period, contact Concern to determine eligibility.

Applicants must list all current and pending support from other funding sources, noting any budgetary or scientific overlap. This includes funding from all years of multi-year grants.

Deadlines:

Termini de presentació de sol·licituds al VHIR: 31/08/2017

Termini oficial: 07/09/2017

Notification of awards: May 2018

Start of funding: July 1, 2018

All documents should be sent by e-mail to the dedicated contact address: pcsupport@altum.com

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