American Society of Clinical Oncology Cancer Foundation Young Investigator Award The Young Investigator Award (YIA) provides funding to promising investigators to encourage and promote quality research in clinical oncology. The purpose of this award is to fund physicians during the transition from a fellowship program to a faculty appointment. Priority consideration will be given to proposals that include patient-oriented and, ultimately, clinical research. Since many awards are supported with restricted grants from outside organizations, we are particularly interested in identifying young researchers working in the following subspecialties and emerging disciplines: Breast Cancer Cancer Survivorship Geriatric Oncology Health Disparities Kidney Cancer Multiple Myeloma Ovarian Cancer Pancreatic Cancer Sarcoma Survivorship Young Adult Cancer However, The ASCO Cancer Foundation welcomes application submissions in all oncology subspecialties. The 2009 online applications are now open! APPLY NOW for the 2009 PROGRAM Online Applications will close at 5:00 pm (EST) on October 30, 2008. If you have any questions, please contact grants@asco.org.
Mission The Young Investigator Award is intended to support proposals with a clinical research focus. ASCO’s definition of clinical research is “hypothesis-driven research that employs measurements in whole patients or normal human subjects, in conjunction with laboratory measurements as appropriate, on the subjects of clinical biology, natural history, prevention, screening, diagnosis, therapy, or epidemiology of neoplastic disease” (Journal of Clinical Oncology, Vol. 14, No. 2, 1996 pp. 666-670). In Young Investigator Award proposals, preclinical in vitro +/- animal studies are acceptable as long as the outcome of these studies would ultimately lead to patient-oriented clinical research.
Eligibility The recipient must be a physician (MD or DO) who, at the time of grant award (July 2009), is in the final year of his/her final subspecialty training program or in the first year post his/her final subspecialty training An institutional commitment for a faculty appointment at the time of grant submission is not required, but the applicant should be working in an oncology laboratory or clinical research setting The sponsoring facility must be an academic medical institution. The primary mentor must be in the candidate’s proposed research field, and must assume responsibility and provide guidance for the research. If the mentor is not an active ASCO member, a supporting letter from an ASCO member must be included Applicants should be planning an investigative career in clinical oncology The applicant must either be a member of ASCO or submit a membership application with the grant application The applicant should spend at least 60 – 75% of his/her time in research during the award period An MD, PhD is eligible if the terminal degree is completed prior to the start of the grant period Eligible physicians may submit only one application to The ASCO Cancer Foundation per year The ASCO Cancer Foundation Grants Selection Committee reserves the right to evaluate and determine applicants’ eligibility based on the information and justifications included in the application materials.
Award Term The award is for a one-year period, July 1, 2009 – June 30, 2010, for a total amount of $50,000. Payments are made to the applicant’s institution in two equal installments on July 1 and January 1. The award is comprised of $46,000 to support the grant project, $1,500 for travel related to the project, including the ASCO Annual Meeting, and $2,500 for the institution to help defray costs related to the administration of the project.
American Society of Clinical Oncology Cancer Foundation Career Development Award
The Career Development Award (CDA) provides funding to clinical investigators who have received their initial faculty appointment to establish an independent clinical cancer research program. Since many awards are supported with restricted grants from outside organizations, we are particularly interested in identifying young researchers working in the following subspecialties and emerging disciplines: Breast Cancer Cancer Survivorship Geriatric Oncology Health Disparities Kidney Cancer Multiple Myeloma Ovarian Cancer Pancreatic Cancer Sarcoma Survivorship Young Adult Cancer However, The ASCO Cancer Foundation welcomes application submissions in all oncology subspecialties. The 2009 online applications are now open! APPLY NOW for the 2009 PROGRAM Online Applications will close at 5:00 pm (EST) on October 30, 2008. If you have any questions, please contact grants@asco.org.
Mission The Career Development Award is intended to support proposals with a clinical research focus. ASCO’s definition of clinical research is "hypothesis-driven research that employs measurements in whole patients or normal human subjects, in conjunction with laboratory measurements as appropriate, on the subjects of clinical biology, natural history, prevention, screening, diagnosis, therapy, or epidemiology of neoplastic disease” (Journal of Clinical Oncology, Vol. 14, No. 2, 1996 pp. 666-670). Proposals must have a patient-oriented focus including a clinical research study involving human subjects. Proposals with a predominant focus on in vitro or animal studies (even if clinically relevant) are not allowed.
EligibilityAt the time of the grant award (July 2009), the applicant must meet the following criteria: Be a physician (MD, DO, or international equivalent with explanation) Be in the second, third or fourth year of a full-time, primary faculty appointment in a clinical department at an academic medical institution Have completed his/her final subspecialty training within the past four years. Special considerations are allowed (such as military service, family leave, etc) if written justification is included in the application. Have an institutional commitment as a faculty member in a clinical oncology program Have completed productive postdoctoral research and demonstrated the ability to undertake independent investigator-initiated clinical research Be a member of ASCO or submit a membership application with the grant application Spend more than 50% of his/her time in research during the award period Have a mentor from his/her institution and provide an institutional letter of support. If the mentor is not an active ASCO member, a supporting letter from an active ASCO member must be included. Eligible physicians may submit only one application to The ASCO Cancer Foundation per year Applicants with existing career development awards (such as a K23, K08, or any other type of career development award) will not be considered for funding The ASCO Cancer Foundation Grants Selection Committee reserves the right to evaluate and determine applicants' eligibility based on the information and justifications included in the application materials.
Award Terms The total award amount is $200,000 paid in three annual increments of $66,666 on July 1. The award is comprised of $59,966 per year for support of the project, $2,500 per year for travel including the ASCO Annual Meeting, and $4,200 per year for the institution to help defray its costs related to the administration of the project. The award period begins July 1, 2009 and concludes June 30, 2012.
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