August 2012


We recognize a monthly email cannot meet all of your funding needs.  In addition to this publication, we have developed a Funding Opportunities Calendar to provide you with another way to search funding opportunities.   We have also begun posting these opportunities on the digital signs next to the elevators.  We continue to work on improving all of these tools and seeking out more opportunities, including from foundations and other non-traditional sources. 

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August 9, 2012 All Faculty

DOD (Peer)

Lung

Department of Defense Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) Lung Cancer Research Program (LCRP) Concept Award
This Concept Award mechanism supports the exploration of a highly innovative new concept or untested theory that addresses an important problem relevant to lung cancer.
 

Due Date: August 9, 2012 (Pre-application)
August 23, 2012 (Full Application)
 
Amount & Project Period: $100,000/Yr for 1 year
  
Eligibility: All Faculty Ranks
 
Contact: Linda Nolan, x6071

  

RFA  |  CDMRP Home

 
 
 
August 10, 2012 All Faculty

Foundation

Health and Wellness

The Walmart Foundation State Giving Program
Awards are available for programs that are targeted towards Health and Wellness is focused on improving access to healthcare, reducing healthcare disparities, and promoting nutrition.
 

Due Date: August 10, 2012

Amount & Project Period: Beginning at $25,000 for 1 year
  
Eligibility: All Faculty Ranks with Moffitt approval
 
Contact: Linda Nolan, x6071

  

RFA

 
U01 NIBIB

August 11, 2012 All Faculty

Federal

Radiaion Dose
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging & Bioengineering (NIBIB) Decreasing Patient Radiation Dose from CT Imaging: Achieving Sub-mSv Studies
Research leading to reduction of patient radiation exposure from a CT scan.
 

Due Date: August 11, 2012 (LOI)*
September 11, 2012 (Application)
*Or 1st business day if date falls on weekend
 
Amount & Project Period: $500,000/yr without prior approval, for 4 years.
  
Eligibility: Established faculty
 
Contact: Linda Nolan, x6071

  

PAR-12-206
  

 
August 14, 2012 Fellows

Non-Federal

Basic

AACR Basic Cancer Research Fellowship
Open to Postdoctoral and Clinical Research Fellows working on research projects in any area of basic cancer research.
 

Due Date: August 14, 2012

Amount & Project Period: $45,000/Yr for 1 years
  
Eligibility: Fellows in the first 3 years of training
 
Contact: Linda Nolan, x6071

  

RFA
 

 
August 15, 2012 All Faculty

Foundation

Pancreas

The Hirshberg Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research
Pancreatic Cancer Research Seed Grant Award Program
To provide start-up funding for basic scientists and clinicians to test innovative ideas for improving diagnosis and develop new treatment for pancreatic cancer.
 

Due Date: August 9, 2012 (Pre-application)
August 23, 2012 (Full Application)
 
Amount & Project Period: $50,000/Yr for 2 years
  
Eligibility: All Faculty Ranks
 
Contact: Linda Nolan, x6071

  

RFA

  
 
August 15, 2012 All Faculty

Foundation

Lung
Uniting Against Lung Cancer (UALC)
UALC is dedicated to bringing new researchers into the field of lung cancer. In addition to funding the highest quality science, we have prioritized providing start-up funds for early-career investigators to build the foundation for a lung cancer research program.
Collaborations with industry partners are also strongly encouraged; however the Principal Investigator is required to be an academic researcher.

Due Date: August 15, 2012
Amount & Project Period: $100,000 over 2 years
 
Eligibility: All Faculty Ranks
 
Contact: Shaina Sine, x3658
 

RFA  | Uniting Against Lung Cancer

 

August 15, 2012 Assistant Members Federal Life Sciences

Smoking Cessation Leadership Center at UCSF and Pfizer Medical Education Group
The Young Investigator Research Program (YIP) supports scientists and engineers in Air Force relevant disciplines and is designed to promote innovative research in science and engineering.
 

Due Date: August 15, 2012

 
Amount & Project Period: $120,000/Yr for 3 years
(exceptional proposals reviewed in yr 3 for potential extension for 5 yrs)
 
Eligibility: Assistant Members (within 5 yrs of appointment)
 
Contact: Linda Nolan, x6071


RFA 

 

August 15, 2012 Assistant Members Federal Life Sciences

Air Force Office of Scientific Research Young Investigator Research Program
The Young Investigator Research Program (YIP) supports scientists and engineers in Air Force relevant disciplines and is designed to promote innovative research in science and engineering.
 

Due Date:
August 15, 2012
 
Amount & Project Period: $120,000/Yr for 3 years
(exceptional proposals reviewed in yr 3 for potential extension for 5 yrs)
 
Eligibility: Assistant Members (within 5 yrs of appointment)
 
Contact: Linda Nolan, x6071


RFA 

  

 
R01 National
Cancer
Institute
August 18, 2012 All Faculty

NIH (Peer)

China Collaboration

NIH U.S. - China Program for Biomedical Collaborative Research
To stimulate collaborative basic, translational, and applied research between United States (U.S.)-based researchers and Chinese researchers in the areas of allergy, immunology, and infectious diseases including HIV/AIDS and its co-morbidities and co-infections, cancer, mental health, Parkinson's disease (PD), and stroke.
 

Due Date: August 18, 2012 (LOI)
September 18, 2012 (Application)
 
Amount & Project Period: $200,000/yr for 3 years.
  
Eligibility: All Faculty Ranks
 
Key Restrictions: Requires China based Co-PI
Contact: Linda Nolan, x6071

  

RFA-AI-12-021 

 
August 20, 2012 Junior Faculty

Foundation

Lung
2013 Young Investigator Research Grant
The purpose of this Grant Program is to drive research forward that will increase understanding of lung cancer, while ensuring that young investigators have the resources needed for them to succeed as lung cancer researchers. Multiple grants are available in 2013. Basic, translational or clinical proposals are eligible for funding. Research that will lead to significant improvement in lung cancer prevention, detection, diagnosis, screening, treatment, and symptom management is sought.
Due Date: August 20, 2012
 
Amount & Project Period: $100,000/Yr for 2 years
 
Eligibility: Assistant Members
 
Contact: Shaina Sine, x3658
 

RFA  | National Lung Cancer Partnership

 
R01 National
Institutes of
Health
August 21, 2012 All Faculty

NIH (Peer)

All Areas

NIH Director's Transformative Research Awards
To support individual or groups of scientists proposing groundbreaking and/or unconventional research with the potential to create new scientific paradigms, establish improved clinical approaches, or develop transformative technologies. Little or no preliminary data are expected.
 

Due Date: August 21, 2012 (LOI)
September 21, 2012 (Application)

 
Amount & Project Period: No annual budget limit, 5 year project period.
  
Eligibility: Established faculty
 
Contact: Linda Nolan, x6071

  

RFA-RM-12-017 


August 21, 2012 Established Faculty

Non-Federal

Kidney Cancer
AACR - Kure It Grant for Kidney Cancer Research
Support an innovative translational research project designed to improve the survival and quality of life of patients with kidney cancer and lead to options for treatment or the development of promising new cancer therapeutics for kidney cancer.

Due Date: August 21, 2012
 
Amount & Project Period: $250,000/Yr for 2 years
 
Eligibility: Established Faculty
 
Contact: Linda Nolan, x6071


RFA Link
 

 
August 31, 2012 All Faculty Foundation Gastric Biology

American Gastroenterological Association Research Foundation Funderburg Research Award in Gastric Cancer
To support an established investigator in the field of gastric biology whose research will enhance the fundamental understanding of gastric cancer.  AGA membership is required.
 

Due Date: August 31, 2012
 
Amount & Project Period: $50,000/Yr for 2 years
 
Eligibility: All Faculty Ranks
 
Contact: Shaina Sine, x3658


RFA 

 

 


September 1, 2012 Early Med/Surg Federal Aging

Grants for Early Medical/Surgical Specialists Transition to Aging Research (GEMSSTAR)
Intended for early career physicians trained in medical or surgical specialties to establish research in aging-related aspects of those specialties.


 

Due Date: September 1, 2012
 
Amount & Project Period: $50,000 per year for 2 years
 
Eligibility: Early career physicians (MD, DO or equivalent) who have completed training in the medical or surgical specialty with no prior funding as PI on an NIH grant.
Contact: Linda Nolan, x6071


RFA-AG-13-006 

 
September 3,  2012 Fellows/Jr. Faculty Foundation Lymphoma

Lymphoma Research Foundation 2-Year Fellowship
Supports fellows and junior faculty in laboratory or clinic based research with results and conclusions clearly relevant to the treatment, diagnosis or prevention of Hodgkin and/or non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
 

Application Due Date:
September 3, 2012*
 
Amount & Project Period: $105,000 total over 2 years

 
Eligibility: Fellows with 2 years completed or Assistant professors/instructor with less than 2 years.
 
Contact: Linda Nolan, x6071

 

*September 3 is the firm deadline for the postmarked paper submission and the online submission.  Proposals must be received in Office of Sponsored Research by Thursday, August 30.

RFA 

 


Lymphoma Research Foundation 3 -year Clinical Investigator Career Development
Funds training of physician investigators who will participate in developing new therapeutics and diagnostic tools for lymphoma.
 

Due Date: September 3, 2012*
 
Amount & Project Period: $75,000/yr for 3 years

 
Eligibility: Physician investigators who are advanced fellows or junior faculty members with no more than 5 year's experience. 
Contact: Linda Nolan, x6071


*September 3 is the firm deadline for the postmarked paper submission and the online submission.  Proposals must be received in Office of Sponsored Research by Thursday, August 30.

RFA 

 
September 11, 2012 All Faculty

Federal (Peer)

Radiation

Decreasing Patient Radiation Dose From CT Imaging: Achieving Sub-mSv Studies
The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) issues this Funding Opportunity Announcements to encourage research leading to reduction of patient radiation exposure from a CT scan.

Due Date:
September 17, 2012 
Amount & Project Period: Detailed budge required.
4 years
 
 
Eligibility: Established Faculty
 
Contact: Linda Nolan, x6071 
PAR-12-006

 
September 15, 2012 All Faculty

Foundation

Blood Cancers
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Career Development Program
This Career Development Program offers opportunities to take part in basic, clinical or translational research to help treat leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma to various career stages.
 
Due Date: September 15, 2012 (LOI)
October 1, 2012 (Application)
 
Amount & Project Period: Scholar - $110,000/yr for 5 years
Scholar (Clinical Research) - $110,000/yr for 5 yrs
Special Fellow - $65,000/yr for 3 yrs
Special Fellow in Clinical Research - $65,000/yr for 3 yrs
Fellow - $55,000/yr for 3 years
 
 
Eligibility: Scholar - independent faculty with substantial research support
Scholar in Clinical Research – independent faculty conducting independent applied research involving early-stage clinical trials; expected to have concomitant support for research from another source or agency.
Special Fellow- Minimum of 2 years of postdoctoral research training and continuing research under a sponsor's direction
Special Fellow in Clinical Research – PhD, MD or equivalent and completed two years of clinical hematology, oncology, hematology/oncology or hematopathology training or postdoctoral research training in a clinical discipline.
Fellow - less than 2 years of postdoctoral research training.
 
Contact: Linda Nolan, x6071
 

RFA  

 
September 15, 2012 Junior Faculty

Foundation

All Areas

The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Post Doctoral Fellowship Award
Support fundamental research by early-career scientists and scholars.

Due Date: September 15, 2012 
Amount & Project Period: $50,000 total over 2 years
 
 
Eligibility: PhD or equivalent in chemistry, computational or evolutionary molecular biology, computer science, mathematics, neuroscience, physics or related field.
Teaching faculty
Less than 6 years since completion of PhD
 
Contact: Linda Nolan, x6071 

RFA  

 
 
September 15, 2012 Postdoctoral Fellow

Foundation

 The Hope Funds for Cancer Research  Post Doctoral Fellowship Award
Challenge the traditional paradigms of understanding the causes, mechanisms, progression, disease markers or risk factors of difficult to treat cancers including pancreatic, lung, liver, sarcomas, esophageal, brain, gastric, bone and ovarian; and rare leukemias, lymphomas and MDS.
Due Date: September 15, 2012 
Amount & Project Period: Stipend total of $138,000 total over 3 years and
$1, 500/yr for 3 years Travel Grant funds
 
 
Eligibility: Must hold MD, PhD, DO or equivalent.
 
Contact: Linda Nolan, x6071 

RFA
September 17, 2012 All Faculty

Federal (Peer)

Math/Biology

Joint DMS/NIGMS Initiative to Support Research At the Interface of the Biological and Mathematical Sciences
The Division of Mathematical Sciences in the Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences at the National Science Foundation and the National Institute of General Medical Sciences at the National Institutes of Health plan to support research in mathematics and statistics on questions in the biological and biomedical sciences.
 

Due Date: September 17, 2012
 
Amount & Project Period: $100,000/yr  to $400,000/yr for 5 Years
 
 
Eligibility: Established Faculty
 
Contact: Linda Nolan, x6071
 

NSF 12-521

  

 
 
September 19, 2012 All Ranks Federal  Aging Studies

Comparative Physiological Studies of Aging
To stimulate comparative approaches toward understanding molecular pathways contributing to differences in the aging process in vertebrate species.
 

Due Date: September 19, 2012
 
Amount & Project Period: $50,000/yr for 2 years
Eligibility: Established Faculty
 
Contact: Linda Nolan, x6071
 


RFA-AG-13-005


 
 
 
September 24, 2012 Established Faculty

Federal (Peer)

Biomed/Behavior 
 Understand and Inform Interventions that Promote the Research Careers of Students in Biomedical and Behavioral Sciences
To fund proposals designed to test assumptions regarding social and behavioral factors with the aim of designing interventions to increase interest for careers in biomedical and behavioral research.

Due Date: September 24, 2012 (LOI)
October 24, 2012 (Application) 
Amount & Project Period: $250,000/yr for 4 years
Eligibility: Established Faculty
 
Contact: Linda Nolan, x6071
 


RFA-GM-13-009


 
 
R25 National
Cancer
Institute
September 25, 2012 Established Faculty

Federal (Peer)

Math/Statistics
Short Courses on Mathematical, Statistical & Computational Tools for Studying Biological Systems  (R25)
This FOA encourages applications for Research Education Grants (R25) from institutions and organizations to conduct workshops and short courses to improve integration of mathematical, statistical, and computational approaches into biological and/or behavioral research. Support will be limited to activities that reach a wide audience of researchers. The FOA is not intended for university courses or curriculum development.

Due Date: September 25, 2012
 
Amount & Project Period: $200,000/yr for 5 Years
 
 
Eligibility: Established Faculty
 
Contact: Linda Nolan, x6071

PA-110351

September 27, 2012 Junior Faculty Foundation Clinical Oncology

Conquer Cancer Foundation of ASCO Young Investigator Award

Provide cancer research funding to physicians during their final years of training to support transition from fellowships to faculty appointment.

Due Date: September 27, 2012 

Amount & Project Period: $50,000 for 1 year
 
Eligibility: MD, DO or equivalent within the last 2 years of final subspecialty training.
 
Contact: Linda Nolan, x6071

RFA 


Conquer Cancer Foundation of ASCO Career Development Award Provide funding to clinical investigators in the first to third year of faculty appointment to establish an independent clinical cancer research program.

Due Date:
September 27, 2012 
Amount & Project Period: $200,000 total over 3 years
 
Eligibility: Junior Faculty
 
Contact: Linda Nolan, x6071


RFA 

 


September 28, 2012 Established Faculty  Fed/Found  Pancreatic Cancer
 The Lustgarten Foundation (LF) Correlative Studies Award Program

The LF and CTEP have agreed to collaborate to increase the quality of translational research directed towards pancreatic cancer.  The LF will fund correlative science proposals directly linked to CTEP sponsored clinical trial of novel therapeutics for pancreatic cancer.

 

Due Date: September 28, 2012 (Concept papers)
 
Amount & Project Period: Variable
 
Eligibility: Investigators eligible to receive support from CTEP, proposing to conduct a CTEP-sponsored clinical trials using CTEP IND agent for pancreatic cancer.
 
Contact: Linda Nolan, x6071


RFA
 


 
October 1, 2012 Postdoctoral Fellows Non-Federal Cancer Immunology 
 Cancer Research Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship Award

To support young scientists training in cancer immunology.
 

Due Date: October 1, 2012 
Amount & Project Period: Stipends for a total of $160,00 over 3 years
$1500/yr for travel, supplies, health insurance
 
Eligibility: Fellows must have PhD, MD or equivalent by award date with less than 5 years postdoctoral experience.*
 
Contact: Linda Nolan, x6071


RFA 
* Please note: MD should not include residency in this calculation.

















October 1, 2012 Junior Faculty Non-Federal Colon/Rectal
Research Foundation of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons Career Development Award
To provide junior faculty support for initiating and developing academic careers in the field of the colon, rectum and anus.
Due Date: October 1, 2012
Amount & Project Period: $75,000/yr for 2 years
 
Eligibility: Junior Faculty
ASCRS Members only
 
Contact: Linda Nolan, x6071
RFA  

October 5, 2012
October 16, 2012
All Ranks Federal Survivor Interventions

Physical Activity and Weight Control Interventions Among Cancer Survivors: Effects of Biomarkers of Prognosis and Survival
These funding opportunities encourage transdisciplinary and translational research to identify specific biological or biobehavioral pathways through which physical activity and/or weight control (either weight loss or avoidance of weight gain) may affect cancer prognosis and survival
 

Due Date: October 5, 2012 (R01)
October 16, 2012 (R21)
Amount & Project Period: R01-No limit, detailed budget required - 5 Years

R21 - $275,000 total over 2 years
 
Eligibility: Established Faculty
 
Contact: Linda Nolan, x6071


RFA 
PAR-12-228 (R01)    |   RFA PAR-12-229 (R21)


  


October 15, 2012 All Ranks Federal Smoking Prevention
Tobacco Centers of Regulatory Science (TCORS) for Research Relevant to the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act
The NIH and the FDA have formed an interagency partnership to foster research relevant to tobacco regulations.  Projects resulting from this FOA are expected to serve the FDA by generating relevant findings and data needed to inform the regulation of the manufacture, distribution, and marketing of tobacco products to protect public health.
 
Due Date: October 15, 2012 (LOI)
November 14, 2012 (Application)
 
Amount: $4,000,000/Yr.
5 years
Eligibility:
All Ranks
Contact: Linda Nolan, x6071
 

RFA-DA-13-003




October 15, 2012 Senior Ranks

Foundation

Lung
Personalized Oncology for Lung Cancer Patients
Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation

Personalized Oncology for Lung Cancer Patients as early as possible in their disease. This could include searching through any of the "-omics" for relevant markers or patterns of markers of specific and individual types of disease. At this time, most of our grants are designed to be "seed" funds for initiating innovative research work. We are looking at projects that have a stated direct and fairly immediate benefit for patients.
 
Due Date: October 15, 2012
 
Amount: $50,000 per year, up to two years

Eligibility:
Faculty with active research work in lung cancer.
Contact: Shaina Sine, x3658
 

RFA  |  Flyer


 
October 15, 2012 Junior Faculty

Internal

All Areas
ACS-IRG Fall 2012 Cycle 32
Moffitt Cancer Center, the University of South Florida and Ponce School of Medicine invite Junior Investigators to apply for an American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant.  This funding serves to support junior faculty initiating cancer related research projects to assist them in competing successfully for national research grants.

Due Date:  October 15, 2012 at 4:00 pm
 
Amount:
 
$30,000/Yr for 1 Year
 
Eligibility: Full time Assistant Members/Professors with no active peer-reviewed funding within 6 years of initial faculty appointment.
 
Contact: Maureen Ahearn, x8824

 
November 1, 2012 Junior Faculty Foundation Pathogenesis
Burroughs Wellcome Fund
Investigators in Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease
Purpose for accomplished investigators at the assistant professor level to study pathogenesis, with a focus on the intersection of human and microbial biology. The program is intended to shed light on the overarching issues of how human hosts handle infectious challenge. The awards are intended to give recipients the freedom and flexibility to pursue new avenues of inquiry and higher-risk research projects that hold potential for advancing significantly the biochemical, pharmacological, immunological, and molecular biological understanding of how infectious agents and the human body interact. 

Due Date: November 1, 2012
 
Amount:
 
$100,000/Yr for 5 years
 
Eligibility: Assistant Member
 
Contact: Shaina Sine, 813.745.3658
 
RFA
 
 
 
November 8, 2012 Postdoctoral Fellow 

Foundation

Lung
 American Lung Association Senior Research Training Fellowship
The objective is to support training of MDs and PhDs as scientific investigators with the goal of pursuing a career in pulmonary medicine or lung biology research.
 
Due Date: November 8, 2012 (Online submission due and required hardcopy must be postmarked)
Amount and Project Period: $32,500/yr for 2 years
Eligibility:
Applicant must hold doctoral degree at time of application.

Contact: Linda Nolan, x6071 
 
RFA 


November 8, 2012 Junior Faculty 

Foundation

Lung
American Lung Association Biomedical Research Grant
Provide seed monies for Junior Investigators researching the mechanisms of lung disease and general lung biology.
 
Due Date: November 8, 2012 (Online submission due and required hardcopy must be postmarked)
Amount and Project Period: $40,000/yr for 2 years
Eligibility:
Applicant must hold doctoral degree at time of application and have faculty appointment.*

Contact: Linda Nolan, x6071 
 

RFA 

 
December 1, 2012 All faculty Foundation Melanoma

Melanoma Research Alliance (MR)
The MRA is soliciting proposals that address the gap in turning scientific discoveries into tools and/or treatments for high risk or melanoma patients.  There are multiple award opportunities.
 

Due Date:
December 1, 2012
 
Amount & Project Period: Young Investigator - $75,000/yr for 3 years
Established Investigator - $125,000/yr 3 years
Pilot Award - $50,000/yr for 2 years
Academic/Industry Partnership - $100,000/yr 3 years
Academic/Nonprofit Partnerships: $100,000/yr 3 years
 
Eligibility: All faculty ranks
 
Contact: Linda Nolan, x6071


RFA      |     Melanoma Research Alliance

December 7, 2012 All faculty ranks Federal HIV/AIDS & Aging

NIH Multidisciplinary Studies of HIV/AIDS & Aging (& Cancer)
Offering funding opportunities in HIV infection, its associated conditions, treatment, and/or biobehavioral or social factors in the context of aging/older adults.  Scope includes numerous cancer related topics.
 

Due Date: December 7, 2012
 
Amount & Project Period: R01 - $500,000/yr for 5 years
R-03 - $250,000 total for 2 years
R-21 - $250,000 total for 2 years
 
Eligibility: All faculty ranks
 
Contact: Linda Nolan, x6071


R01 PAR-12-175    |   R21 PAR-12-174   |   R03 PAR-12-176


 
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