Current Funding Opportunities
V Foundation Scholar Award
Yale Cancer Center can nominate one researcher for consideration for a V Scholar grant for laboratory based fundamental and translational research. Candidates must have completed two years of fellowship training but have not had more than five years on faculty, or ten years since terminal degree. The V Scholar grant totals $200,000 and is given in two yearly installments. Please send a one page summary of your area of research interest and CV to Dan DiMaio by Friday, June 14th to be considered for nomination from Yale Cancer Center.
The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Quest for Cures
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) is proud to announce The Quest For Cures (QFC), a new series of Request for Proposals (RFPs) to identify and develop safer, more effective treatment paradigms for patients with hematological malignancies. The range of funding available is from $200,000 to $400,000 annually, for research to be completed in a period of 2 years.
Letters of Intent Due: June 3, 2013
Research Funds for Provocative Questions
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is looking for bold new approaches to answer 24 perplexing scientific questions identified by the community. The Provocative Questions Initiative has assembled a list of important questions to stimulate the NCI's research communities to use laboratory, clinical, and population sciences in especially effective and imaginative ways to answer the questions.
Researchers are invited to apply for R01 and R21 grants in four thematic areas:
- Cancer Prevention and Risk
- Mechanisms of Tumor Development or Recurrence
- Tumor Detection, Diagnosis, and Prognosis
- Cancer Therapy and Outcomes
Letter of Intent Due: May 20, 2013
Applications Due: June 20, 2013
The Edith P. Rausch Fund of The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven
Two to three grants will be awarded to provide seed money to enable investigators to engage in innovative cancer research, with the goal of facilitating new research on the fundamental causes of, or an effective cure for, cancer. Preference will be given to research that has a high likelihood of having a demonstrable community impact in the Greater New Haven area. Members of Yale Cancer Center or faculty who have applied for membership are eligible to apply. Award amounts will be up to $30,800 for one year commencing August 1, 2013.
Application Deadline:July 1, 2013 at 4PM
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