Molecular Imaging Grants

Grant for Advanced Training Elective in Molecular Diagnostics

Deadline: October 1

Award Amount: To support travel and living expenses for the training period up to $2,000. It is expected that the recipients’ own institution will continue to provide for salary and benefits during the award period.

Purpose: To provide adequate time for residents to acquaint themselves with the technology in molecular pathology and FISH. This grant is available within the United States and Canada only. Applications will not be funded for training electives which are completed or begun before notification of the award.

Time Commitment: Four (4) weeks.

Eligibility: Pathology residents and those in fellowships. Applicants must be a CAP Junior Member or have an application pending.

Selection Process:
* Need: technology is not available as needed at the applicant’s institution
* Scientific merit of the application: future use of technology
* Value to the applicant
* Letter of Recommendation

Participating Host Institutions and Programs
For a list of past participating host institutions, contact the Foundation at 800-323-4040, ext. 7324 or email your request to capfdn@cap.org.

Application Guidelines. Applicants are required to submit the following information:

1. Completed Application Form
2. Curriculum Vitae
3. Name of the training program, and the name and location of the laboratory where you would like to pursue training.
4. Narrative Summary — no more than 500 Word Formats
5. Supporting letter from the home institution’s residency program training director or department chair
6. Supporting letter from the director of the laboratory at the host institute where the training will take place

All documents must be typed.

Mail applications to:
ATG - Molecular Diagnostics
College of American Pathologists Foundation
325 Waukegan Road
Northfield, Illinois 60093-2750

OR

By Email: capfdn@cap.org
By Fax: 847.832.8324
Questions? 800.323.4040 x7324

Request for Applications for the American Cancer Society MEN2 Thyroid Cancer Consortium

The American Cancer Society announces this revised Request for Applications for the American Cancer Society MEN2 Thyroid Cancer Consortium. Up to seven (7) Research Scholar and/or Mentored Research Scholar grants and up to five (5) Postdoctoral Fellow grants will be awarded. The Consortium will be led by a single renowned senior scientist who will be awarded the American Cancer Society MEN2 Thyroid Cancer Professorship and act as leader for the overall program (details at links below). Appropriate areas of investigation include, but are not limited to: understanding consequences of RET mutations, molecular events underlying the development of MEN2-related tumors, improved animal models of MEN2, new screening and monitoring tools, new imaging approaches, and new pharmacologic and other strategies to blunt the effects of mutations in RET and other genes associated with medullary thyroid cancer.

Individuals applying for a Research Scholar Grant must have an independent research or faculty position and can be at any stage of their career. These grants will be awarded for up to $200,000 a year, direct costs, for 5 years. Mentored Research Scholar Grants will be awarded to junior faculty members with a doctoral degree in a clinical or cancer control research discipline (e.g., M.D., and/or Ph.D.) that are within the first four years of a full time faculty appointment or equivalent, and have no more than 4 years of postdoctoral research experience immediately prior to their faculty appointment. The successful applicant is expected to transition into a career as an independent investigator. Awards are for up to five years and for up to $135,000 per year direct costs.

Applicants for Postdoctoral Fellowships must have obtained their doctoral degree prior to activation of the fellowship. Awards are for three years with progressive stipends of $44,000, $46,000, and $48,000 per year, plus a $4,000 per year fellowship allowance. Individuals who have held a PhD or MD for more than 4 years at the time of application are not eligible.

Deadline: Complete applications are due by April 1, 2010. Funding will begin January 1, 2011. For information regarding funding policies or to obtain an application, go to https://proposalcentral.altum.com or refer to the ACS website at www.cancer.org/research: select Funding Opportunities followed by Index of Grants, scroll down to Special Initiatives and select the appropriate RFA for MEN2 Thyroid Cancer.

Charles Saxe, PhD
Scientific Program Director
(404) 929-6919
Charles.Saxe@cancer.org

Add-a-Day Scientific Conference Grants

These grants support Add-a-Day conferences which are those meetings that occur at the beginning or end of a scientific conference other than American Psychological Association.

Deadline:  June 1, 2010; December 1, 2010

Sponsor: Science Directorate

Add-a-Day conferences are those meetings that occur at the beginning or end of a scientific conference other than APA (e.g., Society for Ingestive Behavior or Psychonomics Society). The other organization need not be primarily psychology oriented. The conference may result in a volume or an alternative form of publication.

The funding range is from $500 to $3,000.

Prospective applicants are urged to consult with APA Science Directorate staff for advice on the conference organization and application (e.g., formats or budget allowances). The committee makes recommendations for funding to the Science Directorate. The review period is approximately 8 weeks.

The requirements below must be met in order to submit a proposal.

* One of the primary organizers must be a member of APA.
* Only academic institutions accredited by a regional body may apply. Independent research institutions must provide evidence of affiliation with such an accredited institution. Joint proposals from cooperating institutions are encouraged.
* Conferences may be held only in the United States, its possessions, or Canada.
* APA governance groups including APA Divisions and related entities are not eligible for funding under this program.

Conference proceedings and presentation materials (including electronic presentations) must be submitted to APA three months after the date the conference is held. APA will hold the conference proceedings for three years. If a book has not been published by APA or another publisher within the three-year holding period, APA will place the conference proceedings in PsycEXTRA.

PsycEXTRA is a companion database to the scholarly PsycINFO, which is designed to link academics, clinicians, librarians, consumers, policy-makers, and researchers to a variety of information sources covering psychology, behavioral science, and health; PsycEXTRA provides the readership with original documents, including proceedings, newsletters, magazines, newspapers, technical and annual reports, government reports, and consumer brochures.

Organizers should send the original proposal and seven copies including all appendices to the Science Directorate by the deadline.

Contact:
APA Science Directorate
750 First Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002-4242
202/336-6000
202/336-6123 TDD
science@apa.org