Grants & Funding

American Association for Cancer Research

Published Date: November 05, 2009

Program Information

Program Name:

AACR-AstraZeneca Fellowship for Translational Lung Cancer Research

Program URL:

http://www.aacr.org/Uploads/DocumentRepository/Grants/2010_az_lung_fellowship_pg.pdf

Type of Scientists Funded:

Initial PhD Postdoc, Initial MD Postdoc

Program Description:

The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)-AstraZeneca Fellowship for Translational Lung Cancer Research is open to postdoctoral and clinical research fellows working at an academic, medical, or research institution who will be in the first 5 years of their postdoctoral training at the start of the grant term.

Proposed research projects must relate directly to translational lung cancer research. The fellowship provides a 2-year grant of $90,000 ($45,000 per year) to support the salary and benefits of the fellow while working on a mentored translational lung cancer research project. A partial amount of funds, up to 25% of the total grant, may be designated for direct research expenses.

It is anticipated that one AACR-AstraZeneca Fellowship for Translational Lung Cancer Research will be funded

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):
  12/07/2009
• Deadline Comments   
  APPLICATION DEADLINE: December 7, 2009, at 12:00 noon, Eastern Standard Time
  DECISION DATE: Mid-February 2010
  RECOGNITION EVENT FOR GRANT RECIPIENTS AT AACR 101st ANNUAL MEETING 2010: April 20, 2010
  START OF GRANT TERM: July 1, 2010

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
• 
  Other Costs Information:
  
  
• Other Costs type:    Not Applicable

Program Eligibility Requirements

Research Areas:

Cancer, Clinical Research, Disease-Specific Research: Lung 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?

No

Institutional limits?

Yes

Details

Applicants can be in a medical, or research institution anywhere in the world.

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:   
  Applicants must have a doctoral degree (including Ph.D., M.D., D.O., D.C., N.D., D.D.S., D.V.M., Sc.D., D.N.S., Pharm.D., or equivalent doctoral degree, or a combined clinical and research doctoral degree) in a related field and not currently be a candidate for a further doctoral or professional degree. Applicants must be in the first 5 years of a Postdoctoral or Clinical Research Fellowship at an academic, medical, or research institution anywhere in the world at the start of the grant term on July 1, 2010. Applicants must have started their fellowship no earlier than July 2, 2005 and no later than July 1, 2010. There are no citizenship or geographic requirements.

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