The American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant Program has issued a request for applications for “new investigators” and “new investigators in areas of special interest.”
Principal investigator on the request is Andrew S. Kraft, MD, professor of medicine in the UA Division of Hematology and Oncology, senior associate dean for Translational Research, UA College of Medicine – Tucson, director of the UA Cancer Center, associate vice president for Oncology Programs at the UA Health Sciences and the Sydney E. Salmon Endowed Chair at the University of Arizona.
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For Research Grant Support and Other Resources available through the University of Arizona Cancer Center, see this link: http://uacc.arizona.edu/research/support
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Cancer Research Funds Available for ‘New Investigators’
Qualified faculty from the University of Arizona and its affiliates are encouraged to apply for cancer research funds made available through an American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant (ACS-IRG). IRG pilot project grants are intended to support independent, self-directed investigators early in their careers to help them start their research programs and to obtain preliminary data in support of more extensive proposals. Only applications that relate to cancer research will be accepted. However, cancer-related research will be interpreted using the broadest definition.
Up to three awards of $30,000 each!
Cancer Research Funds Available for ‘New Investigators in Areas of Special Interest’
Qualified faculty from the University of Arizona and its affiliates are encouraged to apply for cancer research funds in the areas of Special Interest. These include “general” cancer control (population sciences, psychosocial, behavioral, health policy, or health services research), or research related to cancer health equity, childhood cancer, palliative care, and nutrition and physical activity and cancer.
At least one award of $30,000!
Eligibility
- Applicants must be within six years of their first independent research or faculty appointment
- Tenure-track, clinical-track, and research-track faculty at the assistant professor level who have not had independent federal or American Cancer Society funding in the past
- Any applicant for IRG pilot project funding who is not a U.S. citizen must hold a visa that will allow him or her to remain in the U.S. long enough to complete the IRG pilot project
A more detailed description of eligibility standards may be found in the “Definition of a New Investigator” document available at http://uacc.arizona.edu/research/pilotproject/acs
Budget
Budget requests may not exceed $30,000 in direct costs. Some restrictions on budgetary items apply. A detailed list is provided in the “ACS IRG Allowable Budget Items” document available at http://uacc.arizona.edu/research/pilotproject/acs
All applications are due in electronic form, with biosketch, on Aug. 31 by 5 p.m. and should be emailed to Lubna Govindarajan (lshaikh@email.arizona.edu).
Application and pertaining documents can be found on the University of Arizona Cancer Center’s website: http://uacc.arizona.edu/research/pilotproject/acs
CONTACT: Lubna Govindarajan | lshaikh@email.arizona.edu
ACS IRG RFA flyer:
2018_ RFA_ACS IRG.pdf