THE ICRF ONLINE GRANT APPLICATION SYSTEM IS NOW OPEN FOR NEW GRANT APPLICATIONS FOR THE 2012/13 FUNDING YEAR.
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THE APPLICATION DEADLINE IS DECEMBER 15TH.
PLEASE NOTE THAT WE HAVE A NEW GRANT CATEGORY THIS YEAR:
"ICRF ACCELERATION GRANTS IN CANCER RESEARCH"
These awards are intended to speed up our understanding of the biology underlying cancer and to provide new knowledge that will rapidly enhance the development of innovative therapeutics. Grant applications responding to this call must propose highly innovative approaches that have the promise of pioneering new ways of thinking about cancer biology and therapeutics. Preliminary data are not a prerequisite, but applicants are encouraged to provide data from disparate sources to support the rationale upon which the new concepts are derived. As examples, applications may propose to discover and inform about new, but currently unknown, signaling or biochemical pathway interactions or to describe novel mechanisms which lead to metabolic changes that accompany tumorigenesis and that may provide novel therapeutic targets. Applications are not limited to these examples, but must propose novel approaches that are neither an extension nor expansion of currently funded projects. Grants that utilize interdisciplinary approaches and that are multi-investigator are encouraged. Of paramount importance, however, is the novelty of the approach and the promise of accelerating progress to a complete mechanistic understanding of cancer, its management and its cure. Awarded grants will be for a period of two (2) years at a maximum stipend of $50,000 per year. (Funding for the second year will be contingent upon acceptable progress during year 1 of the grant.)
This grant category is not part of the online application system.
The application deadline for this category is: December 1st.
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Please also note that:
- While the Barbara S. Goodman Endowed RCDA in Pancreatic Cancer is not available this year, the ICRF does have funds available specifically earmarked for Pancreatic Cancer Research, particularly in the Postdoctoral Fellowship Category.
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The ICRF usually does not allow its funds to be used for travel, except for CRCDA recipients, but beginning with this funding year (2012/2013), the ICRF will allow up to $1,000 to be budgeted for travel for Postdoctoral Fellowship and RCDA recipients only.
- ICRF funds for cancer research are available to citizens of Israel, both native-born and those who have settled. Funds are not available to visiting scientists. (Proof of Israeli citizenship must be furnished upon request.) Funds may be requested for clinical or basic research or training, which must relate to cancer and must be conducted in Israel.
THE OTHER AVAILABLE GRANT CATEGORIES
ARE LISTED BELOW:
Research Professorship
This award will be used to support a full-time, senior faculty member, or person in an equivalent position, who has made outstanding contributions to cancer research and who will continue to provide leadership in his or her research area. The applicant must have at least eight years experience beyond the doctoral degree, and be no less than five years from the usual and customary age of retirement at his or her institution. Applicants are expected to provide evidence of past accomplishments and, more importantly, demonstrate potential for continued enriching contributions to the cancer research field. The research experience and interest of the applicant may be in either basic biological science or in clinical research and must relate to cancer. The Research Professorship is awarded for a period of seven (7) years at a maximum stipend of $50,000 per year.
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Clinical Research Career Development Awards (CRCDAs)
These awards are intended to enhance the clinical research capabilities of young Israeli scientists in the formative phase of their careers who have demonstrated outstanding potential for contribution to clinical cancer research as independent investigators. Their main purpose is to provide free time for young medical or pediatric oncologists to devote to clinical research projects and to obtain additional (post-fellowship) training to become a leader in clinical research programs. Candidates must have a medical degree and at least two (2) years of fellowship training in medical or pediatric hematology-oncology or a related specialty, but not more than five (5) years of subsequent relevant professional experience prior to the award commencement date. A CRCDA is limited to a single support period of three (3) years at a maximum stipend of $45,000 per year. (Past recipients are not permitted to reapply for this award.)
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Research Career Development Awards (RCDAs)
These awards are intended to enhance the research capabilities of young Israeli scientists in the formative phase of their careers who have demonstrated outstanding potential for contribution to cancer research as independent investigators. Candidates must have a doctoral degree, at least three (3) years of postdoctoral fellowship or equivalent experience, and be within five (5) years of their first appointment to an independent position prior to the award commencement date. Awards are made for three (3) years at a maximum stipend of $35,000 per year. (Recipients are permitted and encouraged to reapply
once for an additional three years of support, provided that they are still within five years of their first appointment to an independent position prior to the award commencement date.)
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Project Grants
These awards are intended to support the research of established investigators. Awards are granted with the understanding that they will support specific projects under the direction of designated principal investigators. Preference is given to persons with more than three years of postdoctoral fellowship or equivalent experience prior to the award commencement date. Awards are made for from one (1) to two (2) years at a maximum stipend of $30,000 per year. (Current Project Grant recipients are encouraged to reapply for continued funding of the same project. Ideally, this should be done during the second year of the award so that, if selected, the new grant will begin upon completion of the old.)
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Postdoctoral Fellowships
These awards are intended to support young investigators during their postdoctoral training period. Awards are granted with the understanding that they will support specific projects conducted by recent postdoctoral scientists under the supervision of designated sponsoring senior investigators. Preference is given to persons with no more than three years of postdoctoral fellowship or equivalent experience prior to the award commencement date. Applications are also encouraged from M.D.'s who wish to pursue additional investigative work in a laboratory setting to acquire research experience. Awards are made for two (2) years at a maximum stipend of $25,000 per year. Current Fellowship recipients in the second year of their award desiring continued funding must submit a complete new application for a Project Grant.)
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THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF ONLINE GRANT APPLICATIONS IS:
Thursday, December 15th
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