Lymphoma Research Foundation 2011-2013 Postdoctoral Fellowships
$105K for 2 years
The Lymphoma Research Foundation (LRF) seeks applications for its 2-year Postdoctoral Fellowship award. Projects may be laboratory or clinic based, with the results and conclusions that must be clearly relevant to the treatment, diagnosis or prevention of Hodgkin and/of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Areas of research may include, but are not limited to, etiology, immunology, genetics, therapies and transplantation.
* Applications are due on September 7, 2010. Applications will be peer-reviewed, and applicants will be notified of results by November 2010.
Application Receipt Date: Sept 7, 2010
Peer Review Process: Sept 2010 – Oct 2010
Applicant Notification Date: Nov 2010
Earliest Project Start Date: Jan 1, 2011
PURPOSE OF FELLOWSHIP
To support research, which may be laboratory or clinic based, with the results and conclusions that must be clearly relevant to the treatment, diagnosis or prevention of Hodgkin’s and/or non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Areas of research may include, but are not limited to, etiology, immunology, genetics, therapies, and transplantation.
ELIGIBILITY
1. Applicants must have completed two years of their fellowship, or not more than two years as a junior faculty instructor or assistant professor at the start of the award period and hold an M.D., Ph.D., or equivalent degree.
2. Applicants must be affiliated with a sponsoring institution in the U.S. or Canada for the duration of the LRF Grant. Citizenship is not required.
3. Applicant must secure a Sponsor who will supervise the proposed research project. The Sponsor’s role is to assure (on behalf of the Institution) that the specific aims of the project are met and to present the Institution’s role in the development of the Applicant’s career. The Sponsor may support only one applicant.
4. Applications are encouraged from qualified individuals without regard to age, race, religion, sex, creed, national origin, or any other characteristics protected by law.
5. All LRF applications are self-initiated. LRF does not invite applications from selected individuals or laboratories.
6. The Fellow must spend a minimum of 80 percent of his/her time in research without major patient care, teaching, or administrative responsibilities except as such responsibilities relate directly to a pre-clinical or clinical lymphoma research project.
7. The LRF Fellow may not hold another competitively applied for fellowship title during the period of the LRF Grant. However, LRF Grants may be supplemented by funds from other sources. LRF must be informed as to the sources and the amounts of all other funding received by the LRF Fellow during the term of the LRF Grant. Failure to comply may result in termination of the LRF Grant.
8. There is no restriction on the number of times an individual may apply for an LRF Grant.
9. A previous LRF Fellow shall not be granted support other than in exceptional circumstances, which is decided on a case-by-case basis.
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