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March 31, 2008 | |
CASE CCC 2008 RETREATThe Case CCC 2008 Retreat is scheduled for July 11-12 at Sawmill Creek Resort in Huron, Ohio. The 235-acre resort has many features, including an 18-hole golf course, charter fishing on a Lake Erie marina, restaurants, shops, indoor/outdoor pools, exercise room and tennis courts. Nearby is Cedar Point, wineries, the Lake Erie Islands, and Maritime Museums. Details and an agenda will be circulated soon. NEW MEMBERS CORNERPlease join us in welcoming the following new members of the Case CCC: Rose Chu Beck, MD, PhD Mark Jackson, PhD Sanjay Patel, MD Diana Ramirez-Bergeron, PhD Mark Smith, PhD Xiongwei Zhu, PhD FUNDING OPPORTUNITY– TRECThe Case Center for Transdisciplinary Research on Energetics and Cancer and the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center invite investigators to submit developmental projects in the area of nutrition, energetics, energy balance, obesity, physical activity and cancer. These projects should provide an avenue for introducing and integrating new investigators and innovative technologies, methodologies, and/or research in the TREC infrastructure. Pilot projects can be funded though a maximum of $50,000 per year, direct cost and should be planned to lead to independent research funding preferably of the NIH R01 type. Please send original application via e-mail to lcc3@case.edu by Thursday, May 1. To view the RFA, please click here. To view the Application Facepage, please click here. FUNDING OPPORTUNITY– Damon Runyon-Rachleff Innovation AwardThe 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. This 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. Pre-proposal deadline is June 2. For more information, please click here. FUNDING OPPORTUNITY– Doris Duke CSDA Bridge GrantThe Doris Duke Charitable Foundation is accepting applications for CSDA Bridge Grants. The purpose of the Doris Duke Clinical Scientist Development Award (CSDA) Bridge Grant is to provide one-time bridging grants to eligible CSDA recipients whose new submission for an NIH R01 grant received excellent scores and supportive critiques but did not reach the cutoff for funding. The idea is to "bridge" the time between when an investigator learns of a very strong but unfunded score on an NIH application to when s/he is able to successfully obtain an R01 grant. Please note that this program is limited to New Investigator R01 submissions that are likely to be funded during the next year. Applications to other funding mechanisms and R01-A2 reviewed applications are not eligible. Eligible CSDA recipients are welcome to submit applications throughout the year up to the deadline of September 1; however, awardees will not be selected or notified until November 17, 2008. For details, please click here. FUNDING OPPORTUNITY– DOD Peer Reviewed Medical Research ProgramThe Fiscal Year 2008 (FY08) Defense Appropriations Act provides $50 million to the Department of Defense Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program (PRMRP) to support research that will make significant contributions in the following research areas:
There is an additional $1M Congressional appropriation for bone marrow failure disorder research. This program is administered by the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command through the Office of the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP). For details, please click here. Pre-Application LOI Deadline: June 4 DOD 2008 Ovarian Cancer Program AnnouncementThe Fiscal Year 2008 (FY08) Defense Appropriations Act provides $10 million to the Department of Defense Ovarian Cancer Research Program (OCRP) to support innovative research to eradicate Ovarian Cancer. This program is administered by the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command through the Office of the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP). Detailed descriptions of each of the funding mechanisms, evaluation criteria, and submission requirements can be found in the FY08 OCRP Program Announcements. Each Program Announcement is available electronically for downloading from Grants.gov, CDMRP website, and CDMRP eReceipt Website. MARK YOUR CALENDAR– AACR Annual Meeting 2008The Case CCC has 62 members participating in 57 presentations at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting scheduled for April 12-16 in San Diego, CA. In addition, Dr. Balazs Halmos is Chairperson of the Minisymposium, Molecular Markers for Cancer Diagnosis and Determination of Patient Outcomes on April 15. To view the Meeting Program, please click here. FUNDING OPPORTUNITY– V FoundationThe Case CCC has been invited to submit ONE application for the V Foundation Translational Grant. The purpose of this grant is to develop novel approaches to the prevention, detection and treatment of human cancer that requires collaboration of investigators from both the lab and the clinic. The Translational Grant is a $600,000 award paid in $200,00 installments over a three-year period. Ten percent of the grant annually may be used to offset the indirect costs of the project. The project team must have a minimum of two scientists from the same facility and the team must possess basic and clinical research expertise. If you are interested in applying, please submit abstract, biosketch and budget to Gillian Irwin (gmi@case.edu) by Tuesday, April 15. The full application of the selected team is due to the V Foundation by June 16. |
EVENTS**All events are open to anyone interested in attending March 31Cancer Genetics/ Biology Journal Club cancelled Pathology Seminar Physiology & Biophysics Seminar Skeletal Research Center Seminar April 1Taussig Cancer Center Core Curriculum Series April 2Grand Rounds CSCRM Seminar April 3Geriatric Oncology and Primary Care: Promoting Partnerships in Practice and Research Taussig Cancer Center Core Curriculum Series Neurosciences Seminar April 4Geriatric Oncology and Primary Care: Promoting Partnerships in Practice and Research Hematology/Oncology Fellows Taussig Cancer Center Grand Rounds Cancer Center Seminar Series/ Blood Club more MARK YOUR CALENDARS:UPCOMING CANCER CENTER SYMPOSIUMS**For more information on these symposiums, please contact Christine Rhoads. Update on Cervical Cancer Prevention: New Technology, New Evidence, and New Recommendations Annual Update on Breast Cancer: Highlights of the National Meetings Head and Neck Conference MARK YOUR CALENDARS:UPCOMING OUTSIDE SYMPOSIUMSISCT Regional Meeting Addressing Health Disparities in Appalachia through Academic and Community Partnerships NIH Symposium: Challenges & Promise of Cell-Based Therapies AACR Accelerating Anticancer Agent Development and Validation Workshop |
RACE FOR THE PLACE- Join Our Team!The Case Comprehensive Cancer Center has created a team for the Race for the Place, a fundraiser that benefits The Gathering Place in Beachwood, Ohio. For those of you that are not familiar with the Gathering Place, it is a support center providing programs and services free of charge for individuals and families touched by cancer. Each year, the first Sunday in June (June 1, 2008) is National Cancer Survivors' Day. On this day, The Gathering Place hosts a 5K / 1 Mile event called Race for the Place. This event helps to raise the money that allows The Gathering Place to offer all of their services free of charge. If you want to join the Case CCC team, please click here or email gillian.irwin@case.edu. Family and friends are also welcome to join our team! It really is a great experience for everyone who is involved. MARK YOUR CALENDARS– Midwest Blood Club Annual MeetingApril 3, 2008 The VI Midwest Blood Club meeting will take place on Thursday, April 3 at the Biomedical Research Tower of the Ohio State University. There will be exceptional keynote speakers, including Stan Gerson from CWRU, Merv Yoder from Indiana University, and Scott Armstrong from Harvard. There will also be an afternoon poster session where you will have the opportunity to review many research updates. For those of you interested in submitting an abstract, it is acceptable to submit an abstract/poster you have utilized in another venue within the past six months. The final meeting agenda will be available by mid-March. To view the Meeting Registration Form click here. A block of rooms is reserved at the Blackwell Inn on the campus of Ohio State University. Please call 614-247-4000 for reservations. The cost is $129 per night. You may want to take advantage of also attending the International Society for Cellular Therapy meeting that will take place on April 4-5 at the Biomedical Research Tower. FUNDING OPPORTUNITY– American Cancer SocietyThe American Cancer Society (ACS) is accepting applications for the following funding opportunities:
Deadline for all above opportunities: April 1 For more information, please click here. |
PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED FUNDING OPPORTUNITIESCancer Research Institute |
NIH Bulletin – Notices and Funding OpportunitiesTumor Stem Cells in Cancer Biology, Prevention, and Therapy (P01) (RFA-CA-08-020) Request for Information: NIH Public Access Policy (NOT-OD-08-060) Symptom Interactions in Cancer and Immune Disorders (R01) (PA-08-121) Symptom Interactions in Cancer and Immune Disorders (R21) (PA-08-122) |
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