Grants & Funding

American Cancer Society

Published Date: December 22, 2009

Program Information

Program Name:

MEN2 Thyroid Cancer Consortium

Program URL:

http://www.cancer.org/docroot/RES/RES_5_1.asp?sitearea=RES

Type of Scientists Funded:

Initial PhD Postdoc, Advanced PhD Postdoc, Junior Faculty, Administrator, Senior Scientist/Faculty

Program Description:

The American Cancer Society announces this revised request for applications for the American Cancer Society MEN2 Thyroid Cancer Consortium. Funds remain available for up to seven Research Scholar and/or Mentored Research Scholar grants, and up to five postdoctoral fellow grants will be awarded. The consortium will be led by a single renowned senior scientist who will be awarded the American Cancer Society MEN2 Thyroid Cancer Professorship and act as leader for the overall program. Appropriate areas of investigation include, but are not limited to: understanding consequences of RET mutations, molecular events underlying the development of MEN2-related tumors, improved animal models of MEN2, new screening and monitoring tools, new imaging approaches, and new pharmacologic and other strategies to blunt the effects of mutations in RET and other genes associated with medullary thyroid cancer.

Individuals applying for a Research Scholar Grant must have an independent research or faculty position and can be at any stage of their career. These grants will be awarded for up to $200,000 a year, direct costs, for 5 years. Mentored Research Scholar Grants will be awarded to junior faculty members with a doctoral degree in a clinical or cancer control research discipline (e.g., M.D., and/or Ph.D.) that are within the first 4 years of a full time faculty appointment or equivalent, and have no more than 4 years of postdoctoral research experience immediately prior to their faculty appointment. The successful applicant is expected to transition into a career as an independent investigator. Awards are for up to 5 years and for up to $135,000 per year direct costs.

Applicants for postdoctoral fellowships must have obtained their doctoral degree prior to activation of the fellowship. Awards are for 3 years with progressive stipends of $44,000, $46,000, and $48,000 per year, plus a $4000 per year institutional allowance. Individuals who have held a Ph.D. or MD and have been doing research for more than 4 years at the time of application are not eligible.

Public Contact Information

Program Award Term and Application Process

• Award Term Fixed or Variable?    Variable
• Minimum Term     
• Maximum Term     
• Award Renewable?    No
• Does an individual or institution apply to the program?    Individual
• Is there an application deadline?    Yes
• Application deadline(s):
  04/01/2010
• Deadline Comments   
  Deadline: Complete applications are due by April 1, 2010. Funding will begin January 1, 2011. All applicants must be American citizens or permanent residents. For additional information regarding funding policies or to obtain an application, please go to Access Electronic Grant application process at proposalCENTRAL.

Program FUNDS

• Stipend Information:
  
  
• Annual stipend type:    Not Applicable
• 
  Research Allowance Information:
  
  
• Annual research allowance type:    Not Applicable
• 
  Indirect Costs (Institutional Funds) Information:
  
  
• Indirect costs type:    Not Applicable
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  Other Costs Information:
  
  
• Other Costs type:    Not Applicable

Program Eligibility Requirements

Research Areas:

Cancer, Disease-Specific Research: Thyroid Cancer , Instrumentation, Pharmacology

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?

U.S. geographic limits?

No

International geographic limits?

Institutional limits?

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

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

• Other eligibility requirements:   
  Individuals applying for a Research Scholar Grant must have an independent research or faculty position and can be at any stage of their career.
  
  Mentored Research Scholar Grants will be awarded to junior faculty members with a doctoral degree in a clinical or cancer control research discipline (e.g., M.D., and/or Ph.D.) that are within the first four years of a full time faculty appointment or equivalent, and have no more than 4 years of postdoctoral research experience immediately prior to their faculty appointment. The successful applicant is expected to transition into a career as an independent investigator.
  
  Applicants for Postdoctoral Fellowships must have obtained their doctoral degree prior to activation of the fellowship.Individuals who have held a PhD or MD and have been doing research for more than 4 years at the time of application are not eligible.

Program competition information

• Number of Applicants in Most Recent Competition Year:   
• Number of Awards in Most Recent Competition Year:   
• 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