The Tower Cancer Research Foundation is inviting applications for its Scientific Research Grant Program to uncover the mechanisms by which cancer develops and spreads, creating a path to effectively treating and preventing the disease.
Donor Name: Tower Cancer Research Foundation
State: California
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/14/2022
Size of the Grant: $500,000
Grant Duration: 5 years
Details:
In general, the scientific advisory board evaluates grant applications based on the following criteria:
- Novelty of hypothesis
- Scientific quality
- Feasibility of the proposal
- Evidence of institutional support for the project
- Relevance leading to potential cancer therapeutics
Funding Information
- Career Development Grantees will be awarded a one-time payment of $100,000.
- All grant awards are for 1 year only.
- The Investigator recipient will receive a $500,000 grant ($100,000 annually for 5 years, 2022-2027).
- At least one $500,000 5-year Senior Investigator grant will be awarded this grant cycle.
Eligibility Criteria
- Career Development Award
- Applicants must not be beyond the first five years of a junior faculty appointment. (A junior faculty position is not required.)
- Applicants must be Southern California based (Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Ventura, Santa Barbara, Imperial, Inyo, Mono)
- The project must entail research directed towards potential oncological clinical applications in the area of molecular therapeutics or diagnostics of cancer. The project may be laboratory-based or “translational”, meaning it may involve clinical subjects but must have a direct laboratory component.
- The Principal Investigator must hold either an MD or a PhD (or both) and working in an existing active lab.
- 50% of the Principal Investigator ‘s time must be protected time for research in general (not necessarily for the proposed project only)
- Principal Investigators are not required to have funds already secured in order to apply for the Career Development Grant. Likewise, investigators with other private or government funding are still eligible to apply.
- Senior Investigator Award
- Applicants must hold an assistant professor position or higher. (No preference is given to any title – non- tenure and tenure assistant, associate, and full professors are all given equal consideration). Projects with Co-Principal Investigators are also eligible. Multiple Principal Investigators may apply from the same institution.
- Applicants must be Southern California based (Counties of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Ventura, Santa Barbara, Kern, Imperial, Inyo, Mono).
- The project must entail research towards potential oncological clinical applications in the area of molecular therapeutics or diagnostics of cancer. The project may be laboratorybased or “translational” meaning it may involve clinical subjects but must have a direct laboratory component
- The Principal Investigator must hold either an MD or a PhD (or both) and have an existing active lab.
- 50% of the Principal Investigator ‘s time must be protected time for research in general (not necessarily for the proposed project only)
- Principal Investigators are not required to have funds already secured in order to apply for the Investigator Grant. Likewise, investigators with other private or government funding are still eligible to apply.
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