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November 15, 2010
CASE CCC IN THE NEWS University Hospitals Expands Services for Sickle Cell Patients Plain Dealer - Nov 8, 2010 So far in 2010, the Fast-Track Clinic has had roughly 250 patient visits, says UH oncologist Dr. Joseph Bokar, who leads a team of oncologists and oncology ... " Family First: Family History Better at Predicting Disease Risk Than Screening ABC News - Nov 5, 2010 Researchers led by Dr. Charis Eng, chairman and founding director of the Genomic Medicine Institute of the Cleveland Clinic, found that a thorough family ... FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES Prostate Cancer Foundation Creativity Awards The Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) is now accepting applications for the PCF 2011 Creativity Awards. This funding mechanism will provide two years of support (up to $150,000 per year for direct costs only) for highly innovative prostate cancer research proposals that are not fundable by other existing mechanisms. This round of awards will focus on funding Treatment Science: studies of new ideas in man or laboratory support of a high impact clinical investigation. Deadline: January 13, 2011 AACR Postdoctoral Fellowships Applications are being accepted for AACR Basic Cancer Research Fellowships. These fellowships are one-year grants of up to $45,000 to support the salary and benefits of the fellow. A partial amount of funds, up to 25 percent of the total grant, may be designated for direct research expenses. Research projects are restricted to basic cancer research. Deadline: December 13 The Colorectal Cancer Coalition-AACR Fellowship, in memory of Lisa Dubow, is a one-year grant of $45,000 to support the salary and benefits of the fellow. A partial amount of funds, up to 25 percent of the total grant, may be designated for direct research expenses. Research projects are restricted to translational or clinical cancer research that has an ultimate goal of developing or improving therapeutic interventions for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer. It is anticipated that one Fellowship will be funded. Deadline: November 17 Landon Foundation-AACR INNOVATOR Awards Applications are being accepted for the following opportunities: Landon Foundation-AACR INNOVATOR Award for International Collaboration This award was established to help overcome these barriers by providing funding to an existing collaboration for costs traditional grant mechanisms may not support and to raise the profile of the importance of collaboration to conquering the cancer problem. This support supplements existing funding for the collaboration and provides the means to facilitate travel and the sharing of knowledge that otherwise may have been difficult to achieve in the absence of this funding. This Award will recognize and support highly meritorious research that is being conducted collaboratively by investigators in different countries around the world. Deadline: December 8 Landon Foundation-AACR INNOVATOR Award for Cancer Prevention Research The field of cancer prevention research is rapidly advancing and evolving. To sustain the advancement of the field and the development of new thinking and strategies, younger investigators must be encouraged to pursue cancer prevention research, yet few vehicles exist to recognize their accomplishments or support their early research efforts. This Award was established and first given in 2008 to recognize the outstanding achievement of a junior faculty-level scientist, and to provide support for cancer prevention research of significant scientific merit in any discipline across the continuum of research. Past recipients of this award include Gregory P. Tochtrop, PhD for his project Novel Triterpenoid Chemopreventatives from the Natural Product Bryonolic Acid. Deadline: December 8 Landon Foundation-AACR INNOVATOR Award for Research in Personalized Cancer Medicine The Landon Foundation-AACR INNOVATOR Award for Research in Personalized Cancer Medicine represents a joint effort between the Landon Foundation and the AACR to accelerate progress in the area of personalized medicine by providing support for physician-scientists who conduct meritorious studies that hold promise for near-patient benefit. Deadline: December 8 2011 Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for Medical Research Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for Medical Research is accepting applications for 2011 Fellowship Awards. The Fund awards fellowships to suitably qualified individuals for full time postdoctoral studies in the medical and related sciences bearing on cancer. The interests of the Scientific Advisers are reflected in the research emphasis of the Fund as it has evolved from 1937 to the present: carcinogens of organic and inorganic origins, virus studies, epidemiology, endocrinology, tissue transplants, genetics and mutagenesis, microbiology, biochemistry, recombinant DNA, gene isolation, development, structural biology, growth control. Deadline: February 1 CTSC Pilot Funding The Clinical and Translational Science Collaborative (CTSC) announces the December 1, 2010 quarterly competition for core utilization pilot funding of up to $10,000 to support activities provided by any of the CTSC Core facilities. This program is being supported by CWRU, UH, and MetroHealth Medical Center, and investigators whose primary appointments are based at these sites are eligible for this competition. Details and instructions will be posted on the CTSC website. Please contact the CTSC research concierge with any questions. Investigators at the Cleveland Clinic have access to internal pilot funds for clinical and translational research through the RPC Program. Information and details can be found on the Lerner Research Institute website. Click "Apply" on the right sidebar for the on-line application. Contact Charlotte Bhasin with any questions about the Cleveland Clinic program.	EVENTS *All events are open to anyone interested in attending November 15 Physiology and Biophysics Seminar canceled* Pathology Research Seminar Cathleen Carlin, PhD Professor, Molecular Biology and Microbiology CWRU Topic: Adenovirus Exploits Host Autophagy Machinery to Down-Regulate Innate-Immune Responses 12 pm BRB 105 November 16 Department of Medicine Grand Rounds Afshin Dowlati, MD Associate Professor, Medicine-Hem/Onc CWRU/ UH Topic: Drug Development in Oncology 12 pm Kulas Auditorium Enrique Ecker Memorial Lecture Michel Nussenzweig, MD, PhD Professor, Molecular Immunology Rockefeller University Topic: Antibody Genes in Immunity in Cancer 12 pm WRB 1-413 Taussig Cancer Institute Core Curriculum Series John Sweetenham, MD Professor, Hematologic Oncology & Blood Disorders CWRU/ Cleveland Clinic Topic: Aggressive Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma 12 pm R3-002 Cleveland Clinic November 17 Developmental Therapeutics Program Meeting canceled Hematology and Oncology Division Research Conference canceled Immunology Seminar Frances Lund, PhD Professor, Medicine University of Rochester Topic: Regulation of Cellular Immune Responses by B Cells 12 pm NC1-202 Cleveland Clinic November 18 Pathology Dissertation Defense Dan Xu Qu Lab, Pathology CWRU/ UH Topic: Effects of Activating Mutations in Shp-2 (Ptpn11) Phosphatase on Hematopoietic Cell Development 1 pm WRB 5-136 Robert R. Kohn Memorial Lecture Robert Goldman, PhD Professor and Chair, Cell and Molecular Biology Northwestern University Topic: Nuclear Lamins Provide Unexpected Insights into Human Aging 4 pm WRB 1-413 November 19 Cancer Center Seminar Series canceled Hematology and Oncology Fellows Seminar Jennifer Eads, MD Fellow, Div. of Hem/Onc CWRU/ UH Topic: TBD 8 am Wearn 137 Taussig Cancer Institute Grand Rounds Ross Levine, MD Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Topic: Genetics and Therapy of Myeloid Malignancies 8 am R3/002-003 Cleveland Clinic Neurosciences Seminar Klaus Stiefel, PhD Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Topic: What I Understand About Phase Reset Curves, and Don't Understand About Stochastic Resonance 11:30 am SOM E501 Cancer Center Research in Progress Seminar John Letterio, MD Professor, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology CWRU/ UH Topic: TBD 4 pm WRB 3-136 Case CCC Calendar LRI Calendar UPCOMING CANCER CENTER SYMPOSIUMS & EVENTS Department of Genetics, Office of Graduate Education, Minority Graduate Education Student Organization, and PREP Program Seminar December 8 11 am BRB 105 Dr. Guillermina Lozano Professor and Chair, Department of Genetics MD Anderson Cancer Center Topic: Modulating p53 Activity for Better or for Worst Contact Melana Bey if you are interested in meeting with Dr. Lozano. ADDITIONAL UPCOMING SEMINARS & EVENTS Active Living Research Annual Conference February 22-24, 2011 San Diego, CA Call for Abstracts Deadline: August 6 Details Multilevel Interventions in Health Care: Building the Foundation for Future Research Goals March 4-5, 2011 Las Vegas, Nevada Details 4th Annual Biospecimen Research Network (BRN) Symposium: Advancing Cancer Research Through Biospecimen Science March 28-29, 2011 Bethesda North Marriot Hotel & Conference Center in Bethesda, Maryland Details Call for Abstracts: 2011 Clinical and Translational Research and Education Meeting: ACRT/SCTS Joint Annual Meeting April 27-29, 2011 Omni Shoreham, Washington, DC Abstract Deadline: December 16 Details

PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
AACR-GlaxoSmithKline Outstanding Clinical Scholar Awards Deadline: November 15 SU2C Innovative Research Grants LOI Deadline: November 15 Application Deadline: January 31, 2011 DOD CDMRP Breast Cancer Postdoctoral Fellowship Award Pre-Application Deadline: November 18 Application Deadline: December 2 DOD LCRP Lung Cancer Early Detection Clinical Consortium Pre-application Deadline: November 19 Application Deadline: December 7 NCRM Stem Cell-related Pilot Projects (SCPP) Deadline: November 22 AACR-Women in Cancer Research (WICR) Scholar Awards Deadline: November 30 International Clinical Research Fellows (ICRF) Program Deadline: December 1 Sidney Kimmel Scholar Award Deadline: December 1 Sidney Kimmel Translational Science Award Deadline: December 1 DOD CDMRP Breast Cancer Postdoctoral Fellowship Award Application Deadline: December 2 Susan G. Komen for the Cure Promise Grants Full Application Deadline: December 7	DOD LCRP Lung Cancer Early Detection Clinical Consortium Application Deadline: December 7 AACI Translational Cancer Research Fellowship Deadline: December 17 Susan G. Komen for the Cure Postdoctoral Fellowships Full Application Deadline: January 5, 2011 Susan G. Komen for the Cure Post Baccalaureate Training in Disparities Research Full Application Deadline: January 5, 2011 SU2C Innovative Research Grants Application Deadline: January 31, 2011 Translational Technology Concept Studies of Circulating Tumor and Endothelial Cells (CTC/CEC) Deadline: Open AACR Scholar-in-Training Awards - Special Conferences Deadline: Open International Union Against Cancer (UICC) International Cancer Technology Transfer Fellowships Application Deadline: Open NCI Short-Term Scientist Exchange Program Application Deadline: Open James S. McDonnell Foundation Application Deadline: Open
NIH BULLETIN – Notices and Funding Opportunities New Format Change Announced for NIH, AHRQ, CDC, and FDA Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOAs) (NOT-OD-11-019) Notice of Change to Anticipated Start Date for RFA-NR-11-002, NIH Basic Behavioral and Social Science Opportunity Network (OppNet) Short-term Interdisciplinary Research Education Program for New Investigators (R25) (NOT-NR-11-005) Notice of Clarification of the Project Period for TRANSLATIONAL SCHOLAR AWARDS IN PHARMACOGENOMICS AND PERSONALIZED MEDICINE (K23) (PA-11-009) (NOT-RR-11-001) Population-based Research Optimizing Screening through Personalized Regimens (PROSPR) (U54) (RFA-CA-11-003) Statistical Coordination Center for the Population-based Research Optimizing Screening through Personalized Regimens (PROSPR)(U01) (RFA-CA-11-004) Continued Development and Maintenance of Software (R01) (PAR-11-028) Methods and Approaches for Detection of Gene-Environment Interactions in Human Disease (R21) (PAR-11-032)
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