Gabrielle's Angel Foundation 2021 Medical Research Awards

Gabrielle’s Angel Foundation funds promising physician scientists who are applying novel and state-of-the-art techniques to address fundamental problems in the genesis and treatment of blood related cancers. Applications for this year’s grants are welcome from two junior faculty members at Georgetown Lombardi – one who is conducting mainstream or conventional research and one who is conducting complementary or integrative research. Projects will be funded for a three-year period at $75,000.00 per year. View grant guidelines and application. Electronic grant submission must be received by Friday, August 27; three hard copies of the application must be postmarked by that date as well.

The AACR Clinical Oncology Research (CORE) Training Fellowships Program is designed for early career clinical scientists who hold a medical degree (MD, DO, or MD/PhD) and are interested in acquiring the knowledge and skills related to clinical trial design and execution from the perspective of the pharmaceutical industry. Each fellowship provides $100,000 over one year for the fellow to work on site at the facility of one of the AACR’s pharmaceutical industry partners. View more information, including eligibility requirements, program guidelines and application instructions. Application deadline: Tuesday, August 31, 1:00 p.m.

NEW AACR Anna D. Barker Basic Cancer Research Fellowship

The AACR Anna D. Barker Basic Cancer Research Fellowship encourages and supports postdoctoral or clinical research fellows to establish a successful career path in cancer research. This fellowship provides $110,000 over a two-year period to support the salary and benefits of the fellow while working on a mentored basic cancer research project. View program guidelines and letter of intent instructions. Letter of intent deadline: October 14, 2021, 1 p.m.; application deadline: January 25, 2022, 1 p.m.

NEW AACR-Debbie’s Dream Foundation Career Development Award for Gastric Cancer Research

The AACR-Debbie’s Dream Foundation Career Development Award for Gastric Cancer Research represents a joint effort to encourage and support junior faculty to conduct gastric cancer research and to establish a successful career path in this field. This award provides $200,000 over two years for expenses related to the research project, which may include salary and benefits of the grant recipient, collaborators, postdoctoral or clinical research fellows, graduate students (including tuition costs associated with graduate students’ education and training), or research assistants; research/laboratory supplies; equipment; publication charges for manuscripts that pertain directly to the funded project; and other research expenses. View program guidelines and letter of intent instructions. Letter of intent deadline: October 28, 2021, 1 p.m.; application deadline: February 1, 2022, 1 p.m.

The Cancer Research Institute is currently accepting applications for the CRI Irvington Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. This program furthers career development and supports laboratory research for promising young scientists working under the mentorship of leading immunologists. Postdoctoral fellows are invited to apply for funding to support hypothesis-driven, mechanistic studies in both basic immunology and tumor immunology that aim to directly impact our understanding of the immune system’s role in cancer. Funding is $175,500 over three years. Submit applications electronically. Application deadline: Friday, October 1, at 5 p.m.

NEW Cancer Target Discovery and Development (CTD²) Funding Opportunity

Cancer Target Discovery and Development (CTD²) is soliciting applications for research projects focused on identifying and understanding: pathways that influence cancer phenotypes (including understanding the function of the genes/targets which are essential in cancer transformation, maintenance and metastasis); perturbagens that can modulate such pathways; biomarkers predicting responses to treatments, prognosis, and other aspects of cancer etiology that need to be understood in order to develop effective treatments in the future and how to predict them. Proposed projects must combine informatics and complementary experimental approaches. View full funding opportunity announcement. Application deadline: Wednesday, October 6, at 5 p.m.

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