LS 12-041 Research Awards in Brain Cancer
Funding Amount:$450,000 total |
Project Duration:3 to 6 years |
UC Davis Pre-Proposal Deadline:Feb. 24, 2012 at 11:59 pm |
Letter of Intent Deadline:
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Sponsor Deadline:Mar. 14, 2012 |
Program Website: |
Funding Areas
**Please read Program Guidelines Carefully to Determine Application Requirements.** All proposals submitted to the foundation must clearly link the experimental models and questions to the realities of human disease. Proposals primarily intending to characterize basic mechanisms of growth and development that may plausibly but are not yet known to be contributory to human brain cancer are not encouraged. Proposals testing molecules as possible treatment interventions should consider including tests designed to uncover unintended biological effects of such molecules that would disqualify future clinical usefulness. Research with in vitro or in vivo model systems must demonstrate that the model has predictive value for human tumors.
The Foundation is particularly interested in supporting novel research that will generate new knowledge leading to increased rates of survival and improve functional recovery for individuals with brain cancer. In prior years, the foundation has funded about 6 or fewer research applications. Keeping true to the Foundation’s mission, we ask that you refrain from submitting proposals better suited to programs at NINDS or NCI.
Eligibility and Nomination Requirements
**Please read program guidelines carefully and/or contact the program officer to determine your eligibility.** Researchers with current grant support from JSMF are not eligible to apply to the foundation for continued support of ongoing research. Graduate students and postdoctoral fellows are not eligible to serve as principal investigators for 21st Century Research Awards. Principal investigators must have completed academic training and hold a position compatible with the pursuit of independent research. At most institutions this requirement corresponds to individuals at the assistant professor level and above. When senior scientists serve as principal investigators the proposal must describe, in detail, how they (and not only their research assistants and post-doctoral fellows) will use the requested funds to pursue research building on but departing from ongoing work in their laboratories.
Notes
This is a coordinated, not-limited, submission.
Standard Office of Research Pre-Proposal Requirements can be found at:
http://research.ucdavis.edu/pgc/fo/ls/i
