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March 9, 2009 | |
MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR– Challenge Grants in Health and Science Research RFAThe NIH Office of Extramural Research has released information about the RFA for the Challenge Grants in Health and Science Research, which will be funded by the the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. To view general information about the RFA, please click here. The earliest date an application can be submitted to grants.gov is March 27. Application Deadline: April 27 We have compiled a list of cancer-related topics based on those designated as high priority by NIH and NCI. To view this list, please click here. I encourage you to talk to Program Leaders to coordinate efforts and to review ideas. Also, please feel free to contact any of the Senior Leaders for advice, review, or for collaboration facilitation: Drs. Stan Gerson, George Stark, Derek Raghavan, Janet Houghton, Li Li, Clark Distelhorst, Mark Schluchter, and James Jacobberger. You can also contact the NIH Program Officer for currently funded grants to get better insight into the emphasis intended. Please also remember the Cancer Center is always happy to provide administrative help as needed; in order to budget our time, a minimum of 3 weeks advanced notice is appreciated. Stan Gerson, MD CASE CCC POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING OPPORTUNITIESThe Case CCC is currently accepting applications for the following training opportunities: Computational Genomic Epidemiology of Cancer Funded Postdoctoral Fellowship Cancer Prevention and Control Funded Postdoctoral Fellowship Stipends and research funds are highly competitive. Review of applications for both programs will begin March 30 for positions starting August 1. Applications will be accepted until all slots are filled. Please contact Margy Weinberg, Training Grants Manager, at margy.weinberg@case.edu with any questions. FUNDING OPPORTUNITY– OCRP Ovarian Cancer Academy AwardThe OCRP is currently accepting applications for the Ovarian Cancer Academy Award. This award is intended to develop a unique, interactive virtual academy that will provide intensive mentoring, national networking, and a peer group for junior faculty. The overarching goal of the Ovarian Cancer Academy is to develop successful, highly productive ovarian cancer researchers in a collaborative and interactive research training environment. The Ovarian Cancer Academy will be a virtual career development and research training platform consisting of up to five (5) Early-Career Investigator/Designated Mentor pairs from different institutions and one Academy Dean. Applications to this award mechanism must be submitted by each Early-Career Investigator of the Early-Career Investigator/Designated Mentor pair, or by an individual applying to serve as the Academy Dean. Pre-Application Deadline: May 8 For more information, please click here. FUNDING OPPORTUNITY– William Guy Forbeck Research Foundation Forbeck Scholar AwardThe William Guy Forbeck Research Foundation is accepting nominations for the Forbeck Scholar Award. This award recognizes promising young scientists working in the field of cancer research, and serves as a scholarship for them to attend the annual Foundation Forum on November 5-8 in Hilton Head, South Carolina. During the meeting, recipients of the award have an unrivaled opportunity to interact with international experts in a particular field of cancer research. In addition, award recipients will be invited to participate in the Foundation's new program, Scholar Retreats. Scholars are selected by competitive application and have been consistently outstanding. Nomination must be made by a letter of recommendation from the applicant's director of studies. Applicants will be selected by our Scientific Advisory Board. Deadline: April 2 For details, please click here. FUNDING OPPORTUNITY– GI SPOREAll Faculty members are invited to submit outlines for pilot projects for potential inclusion in the GI SPORE (September 2009). Successful proposals will be included in the NCI SPORE Application and will be considered for Cancer Center funding beginning September 2009. Proposals must conform to the following guidelines: 2. Proposal (5 pages) in length (excluding references) as follows: 3. NIH biosketches for all faculty participants 4. Detailed budget in NIH Budget Format Note that a SPORE project must be directed toward translational research of a GI cancer. At least one specific aim should involve either direct patient contact or the study of patient derived tissue samples. For more information and forms click here. Deadline: March 27 Please email submissions by March 27th to: Terri Daso, Cancer Center Administration, 216-844-7252, tld6@case.edu. FUNDING OPPORTUNITY– CTSC Pilot ProjectsThe CTSC has announced its quarterly competition for pilot funding of up to $10,000 which will be made available to support studies conducted through any of the CTSC Core facilities. This program is being supported by Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals of Cleveland, and MetroHealth Medical Center, and investigators based at these sites are eligible for this competition. Investigators at the Cleveland Clinic have access to a separate pilot program and should access funds through this mechanism (contact Charlotte Bhasin at bhasinc@ccf.org). The institutions supporting the CTSC have contributed funds to support investigators at their own institutions under the following terms: Deadline: April 1 For details, please click here. FUNDING OPPORTUNITY– American Cancer Society IRG AwardsThe Case CCC is accepting applications for American Cancer Society (ACS) IRG pilot funding for cancer-related research in basic, clinical, prevention & control, behavioral, health services and epidemiology. These pilot project grants are intended to support independent, self-directed investigators early in their careers (usually assistant professor or equivalent). Applicants for the pilot project grants should be within six years of their first independent research or faculty appointment and eligible to apply for independent national competitive research grants, but may not currently hold such a grant. Recipients of IRG pilot project grants must be, at the time of the application, citizens or noncitizen nationals of the United States or its possessions and territories, or must have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence at the time of application. Application Deadline: April 6 Instructions, frequently asked questions, and applications available at http://cancer.case.edu. Contact Terri Daso, Cancer Center Administration, 844-7252, tld6@case.edu for more information. MARK YOUR CALENDARS– Signaling in Cancer SymposiumThe Case CCC is pleased the present the Signaling in Cancer Symposium, scheduled for May 18-19 in the Wolstein Research Building. This conference is intended for faculty, postdoctoral fellows and students interested in basic cancer research. The program is filled with many interesting presentations, including that of Keynote Speaker, Jerry E. Chipuk, PhD of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, who will present "Mitochondrial Outer Membrane Permeabilization And Apoptosis Are Regulated By Collaborative Interactions Between Mitochondrial Physiology And BH3-Only Proteins". Please note that students and postdoctoral fellows may attend this event for FREE. Registration is required. The deadline for registration and abstract submission is April 24. For details and registration information, please click here. |
EVENTS**All events are open to anyone interested in attending March 9Hematology/Oncology Research In Progress Seminar Pathology Research Seminar March 10Pathobiology Seminar Case CCC & Dept. of Biochemistry Faculty Candidate Seminar March 11Grand Rounds Clinical Research Scholars Master's Program (CRSP) Thesis Defense Case CCC & Dept. of Biochemistry Faculty Candidate Chalk Talk Physiology & Biophysics Faculty Candidate Seminar CSCRM Seminar March 12TREC Seminar March 13Hematology/ Oncology Fellows Seminar Cancer Center Seminar Series/ Blood Club Taussig Cancer Institute Grand Rounds more MARK YOUR CALENDARS:UPCOMING CANCER CENTER SYMPOSIUMSCase CCC Scientific Series Family-Centered Care Signaling in Cancer Ohio Collaborative Conference on Bioinformatics (OCCBIO) Annual Breast Cancer Update: Highlights of the National Meetings Case CCC Scientific Retreat 2009 **For more information on these symposiums, please contact Christine Rhoads. UPCOMING OUTSIDE SEMINARSSecond Annual David C. Hohn, MD Health Policy Lecture Neuropathic Cancer Pain Symposium 11th Annual Midwest DNA Repair Symposium |
MARK YOUR CALENDARS– Case CCC Scientific Series: Transcriptional Regulatory Networks in Breast CancerPlease mark your calendars for the next installment of the Case CCC Scientific Series, Transcriptional Regulatory Networks in Breast Cancer. Drs. Ruth Keri, Monica Montano, Noa Noy, Mukesh Jain, and Julian Kim will present on their pilot projects, which were funded by the Breast Cancer Working Group. This event is scheduled for Tuesday, March 24 in Wolstein Auditorium; the program will begin at 4:00 pm, with a reception immediately following. All are encouraged to attend. MARK YOUR CALENDARS– Ohio Collaborative Conference on BioinformaticsThe fourth annual Ohio Collaborative Conference on Bioinformatics (OCCBIO) will be hosted by Case Western Reserve University on June 15-17. The conference provides an interdisciplinary forum for the discussion of methods, research findings, and experiences. An important goal for the conference is to foster long-term collaborative relationships and networking opportunities within the domain of computational approaches to biology that benefit Ohio. Early registration opens March 14. Poster Presentation Abstracts are due by May 11 for review by the OCCBIO '09 committee. All appropriate posters submitted will be accommodated. For more information, please click here. FUNDING OPPORTUNITY– Association for International Cancer Research (AICR)AICR awards project grants of between one and three years to support fundamental and translational research into the causes, mechanisms, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of cancer. They will consider proposals in which a mixture of basic and clinical research is proposed. However, completely clinical applications, such as intervention studies, clinical trials or health care delivery research and many substantially clinical applications are beyond the remit of AICR. Before submitting applications of a clinical or semi-clinical nature, potential applicants are strongly encouraged to seek advice by e-mailing a brief description of the proposed project to the Scientific Co-ordinator (matfield@aicr.org.uk). Applications will be accepted April 1-24. For details, please click here. FUNDING OPPORTUNITY– James S. McDonnell FoundationThe Foundation offers Collaborative Activity Awards to initiate interdisciplinary discussions on problems or issues, to help launch interdisciplinary research networks, or to fund communities of researchers/practitioners dedicated to developing new methods, tools, and applications of basic research to applied problems. In each case the focus of the collaborative activity must meet the program guidelines for one of the following program areas: Applications are continuously accepted for these awards. For more information, please click here. |
PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED FUNDING OPPORTUNITIESACS Joseph S. Silber Student Fellowship |
NIH Bulletin – Notices and Funding OpportunitiesAddition of Recovery Funds to the Shared Instrumentation Grant Program (NOT-RR-09-008) Recovery Act Limited Competition: High-End Instrumentation Grant Program (S10) (PAR-09-118) |
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