Grants & Funding

Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation

Published Date: March 31, 2009

Program Information

Program Name:

Damon Runyon - Rachleff Innovation Award

Program URL:

http://www.damonrunyon.org/for_scientists/categories/category/awards/

Type of Scientists Funded:

Junior Faculty

Program Description:

The Damon Runyon-Rachleff Innovation Award is designed to provide support for the next generation of exceptionally creative thinkers with "high risk/high reward" ideas that have the potential to significantly impact our understanding of and/or approaches to the prevention, diagnosis or treatment of cancer. The Innovation award is specifically designed to provide funding for extraordinary early career researchers who have an innovative new idea but lack sufficient preliminary data to obtain traditional funding. It is not designed to fund incremental advances. The research supported by the award must be novel, exceptionally creative and, if successful, have the strong potential for high impact in the cancer field. Awards are made to institutions for support of the Damon Runyon-Rachleff Innovation Investigators. All awards are approved by the Board of Directors of the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation acting upon the recommendation of the Innovation Award Committee. The Damon Runyon-Rachleff Innovation Award is being funded by the generous support of Andrew and Debra Rachleff.

Public Contact Information

Program Award Term and Application Process

• Award Term Fixed or Variable?    Fixed
• If fixed, enter total term?    3  Years
• Award Renewable?    No
• Does an individual or institution apply to the program?    Individual
• Is there an application deadline?    Yes
• Application deadline(s):
  06/01/2009
• Deadline Comments   
  June 1, 2009 Pre-Proposals Due; July 24, 2009 Notification of Semi-Finalists; September 3, 2009 Full Proposals Due from selected Semi-Finalists

Program FUNDS

• Stipend Information:
  
  
• Annual stipend type:    Fixed
• What is the annual or representative stipend amount?    $ 150,000
• Year 2:    $ 150,000
• Year 3:    $ 150,000
• Stipend Details:   
  An average of 3 awards will be granted each year. The awards will provide $450,000 in direct costs over three years.
• 
  Research Allowance Information:
  
  
• Annual research allowance type:    Not Applicable
• 
  Indirect Costs (Institutional Funds) Information:
  
  
• Indirect costs type:    Not Applicable
• 
  Other Costs Information:
  
  
• Other Costs type:    Not Applicable

Program Eligibility Requirements

Research Areas:

Cancer

Application by invitation or nomination only?

No

Are awards limited to specific groups?

None provided

Must applicants be U.S. citizens and/or permanent residents?

No

U.S. geographic limits?

No

International geographic limits?

Institutional limits?

No

Non-research activity allowed for postdoctoral and junior faculty awards?

Not Applicable

If yes, specify at least one of the following: percentage time and activities allowed

• Other eligibility requirements:   
  - Applicants (including non-U.S. citizens) must be working at a U.S. institution. - Applicants must be tenure-track Assistant Professors within the first three years of obtaining their initial Assistant Professor position or - Clinical Instructors and Senior Clinical Fellows (in their final year of their sub-specialty training) holding an MD who are pursuing a period of independent research before taking a tenure-track faculty position. *[Research Assistant Professors, Research Associate Professors and Research Scientists are not eligible.] - Basic and translational/clinical projects will be considered. - Individuals with a background in multiple disciplines are especially encouraged to apply. Please see the Web site http://www.damonrunyon.org/for_scientists/more/innovation_award_overview for full eligibility requirements.

Program competition information

• Number of Applicants in Most Recent Competition Year:    203
• Number of Awards in Most Recent Competition Year:    3
• Institutional Award Rates   

  Category	# Applicants	# Awards
  Institutional Awards

• Awardee's subsequent careers/accomplishments tracked after end of term?   
  
• Total dollars awarded in the most recent competition year