November 2018 Funding Opportunities and Announcements
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Clinical and Translational Science Institute at Children's National Fall 2018 Voucher Award Program
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Investigators are encouraged to apply for vouchers to support innovative, high-impact, clinical and translational research. The goal of the voucher program is to assist investigators in developing resources and/or preliminary data to facilitate hypothesis-driven research initiatives. Awarded projects should be "shovel-ready" and lead to a paper and/or proposal submission within 6 months of the award.
Deadline:
November 27, 2018
Amount and Project Period:
Up to $4,000 over 1 year
Eligibility
: Junior faculty are preferred, but all faculty are eligible, except those who received vouchers within the past year.
Reviewers:
Collaboration and Multidisciplinary Team Science Module
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American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Research Awards
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ASGE Research Awards are offered to investigators (MD, DO, PhD, or equivalent) for projects in basic, translational and clinical research with a relationship to gastrointestinal endoscopy. The ASGE is particularly interested in research pertaining to (in no particular order): colorectal cancer screening, Barrett's esophagus, endoscopy training, health disparities, quality measurement and improvement, endoscope reprocessing and infection control, endoscopic ultrasound (EUS), endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), and other endoscopically-guided imaging/interventions.
Deadline:
December 14, 2018
Amount and Project Period:
$75,000 over 2 years
Eligibility
: Candidate is required to be an ASGE member at the time of application, be an MD (or have equivalent degree), and be currently practicing in North America.
Reviewers:
Research review committee
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Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation Epidemiology Grants
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Funding allows investigators to pursue research studies in human populations, using epidemiological approaches, in order to significantly contribute to the understanding of childhood cancers. Hypothesis-driven research may focus on risk factors, early detection, prevention, effectiveness and treatment outcomes.
Deadline:
December 17, 2018
Amount and Project Period:
$200,000 over 2 years
Eligibility
: Open to investigators at all levels.
Reviewers:
Grants will be reviewed by an independent panel of experts according to the NIH recognized peer review process and overseen by ALSF's Scientific Advisory Board.
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Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation Young Investigator Grants
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Grants are designed to support scientists during their fellowship training or early in their research careers. Demonstration of outstanding mentorship and demonstration of a career plan that shows commitment to pediatric cancer investigation are critical components of a successful application.
Deadline:
December 17, 2018
Amount and Project Period:
$150,000 over 3 years
Eligibility
: Applicants must have their MD, PhD or dual MD, PhD and must not have achieved an appointment higher than Instructor (Assistant Professor level faculty, including Adjuncts at this level, will not be considered). The applicant must not currently hold an NIH independent (R or P Award) or individual training (F or K Award) grant. Institutional training grants (K12, T32) are permitted. Funding from other foundations is also permitted provided there is no budgetary overlap.
Reviewers:
Grants will be reviewed by an independent panel of experts according to the NIH recognized peer review process and overseen by ALSF's Scientific Advisory Board.
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Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for Medical Research JCC Fellowship
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The Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for Medical Research (known colloquially as the JCC Fund) was established in 1937 for the purpose of supporting research into the causes and treatment of cancer. The Fund has taken a broad approach to the study of cell growth and development, emphasizing the study of the basic biology and chemistry of the underlying processes. The Fund supports three-year Fellows, selected by its Board of Scientific Advisers from among the best young scientists at what is often a critical stage in their careers.
Deadline:
February 1, 2019
Amount and Project Period:
$157,500 over 3 years
Eligibility
: To be eligible, postdoctoral applicants should have no more than one year of postdoctoral research experience at the time of the application deadline. In addition, his/her doctoral degree must not have been conferred more than eighteen months prior to the deadline date. Doctoral candidates that do not have their degree at time of application deadline (February 1) are eligible to apply. If awarded, the applicant's PhD degree must be conferred prior to the start of the fellowship.
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PhRMA Foundation Health Outcome Grants
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Health Outcomes research spans a broad spectrum of issues related to health care delivery, from studies evaluating the effectiveness of a pharmaceutical intervention to the impact of reimbursement policies on outcomes of care. It also ranges from the development and use of tools to perform patient-based assessments to anlyses of ways in which results of outcomes research are disseminated to providers or consumers to encourage behavior change. Through the program, grants will be awarded to assist individuals beginning an independent research career in health outcomes at the faculty level.
Deadline:
February 1, 2019
Amount and Project Period:
$100,000 over 1 year
Eligibility
: Those holding academic rank of instructor or assistant professor, and investigators at the doctoral level with equivalent positions, are eligible to apply - provided the proposed research is neither directly not indirectly subsidized to any significant degree by an extramural support mechanism.
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