Call for Applications: 2012 Raymond and Maria Floyd Award for Bladder Cancer Research
The Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network (BCAN) is pleased to announce that we are now accepting applications for the 2012 Raymond and Maria Floyd Award for Bladder Cancer Research. This award is made possible by World Golf Hall of Famer Raymond Floyd and his wife, Maria, who have made a six-figure gift to the organization in support of advancing necessary research efforts to help those who have been profoundly affected by bladder cancer, the nation’s 5th most common form of cancer.
This $25,000 grant will cover direct costs associated with a one year bladder cancer-specific research proposal. The purpose of this grant is to advance research that will increase the understanding of bladder cancer risk, biology, prevention, and treatment while encouraging young investigators to pursue a career in bladder cancer research.
BCAN is eager to review all qualified applications, and we encourage you to distribute this grant information to any young researchers interested in investigating bladder cancer.
At the time the application is submitted, applicant must be a resident, graduate student, clinical research fellow, post-doctoral fellow, or junior faculty at an academic facility, teaching hospital or research institution at the time of application. Faculty members are eligible if within the first 5 years of faculty appointment.
The project must be bladder cancer-specific.
Completed applications must be submitted electronically to grants@bcan.org by March 29, 2012. The grant recipient will then be determined by a selection committee comprised of physicians and research specialists in bladder cancer. The award will be announced on or before May 19, 2012, and the grant period will begin on July 15, 2012. The grant recipient will be expected to present results at BCAN’s annual Bladder Cancer Think Tank Meeting in August, 2013.
Please contact BCAN if you have any questions. You can reach us at grants@bcan.org.
