Funding Opportunities

The Prostate Cancer Research Program (PCRP) was established in 1997 to promote innovative research focused on eradicating prostate cancer. Appropriations for the PCRP from FY97 through FY10 totaled $1.05 billion. The FY11 appropriation is $80 million (M).

The overall goal of the FY11 PCRP is to find and fund innovative, high-impact research that will eliminate death and suffering from prostate cancer. Specifically, the PCRP seeks to support innovative, high-risk, high-gain research with potential near-term impact; sponsor multidisciplinary synergistic research; fund translational studies to promote the fluid transfer of knowledge between bedside and bench; invest in research on patient survivorship (quality of life); foster the next generation of prostate cancer investigators through mentored research; and promote research into prostate cancer health disparities.

The Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research Program (ALSRP) was established in 2007 to provide support for research of exceptional scientific merit aimed at preclinical assessment of therapeutics for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Appropriations for the ALSRP from FY07 through FY10 totaled $17.5 million (M). The FY11 appropriation is $8M.

The goal of the ALSRP is to promote the introduction of improved therapies for ALS by encouraging ALS investigators to undertake preclinical studies of novel and existing agents.

The Breast Cancer Research Program (BCRP) was established in fiscal year 1992 (FY92) to support innovative research focused on eradicating breast cancer. Appropriations for the BCRP from FY92 through FY10 totaled over $2.5 billion. The FY11 appropriation is $150 million (M).

The BCRP challenges the scientific community to design innovative, high-impact research that will address critical issues and foster new directions toward the vision of eradicating breast cancer. The BCRP promotes unique partnerships and multidisciplinary collaborations that will accelerate advances in breast cancer research. In addition, the BCRP supports training the next generation of breast cancer investigators through mentored research. The BCRP seeks applications from all areas of basic, translational, clinical, behavioral, and epidemiological
research. Applications focused on understudied areas, such as breast cancer prevention and health disparities, are encouraged.

 

Pilot Award - supports conceptually innovative, high-risk/high-reward research that could ultimately lead to critical discoveries or major advancements that will drive the field of ovarian cancer research forward.

Translational Pilot Award - supports innovative translational research addressing a critical problem or question in ovarian cancer that will accelerate the movement of promising ideas toward clinical applications.

Translational Leverage Award - supports the leveraging of existing human-based ovarian cancer resources in translational research to address high-impact research ideas or unmet needs in ovarian cancer.

Teal Innovator Award - supports the recruitment of a visionary individual from any field principally outside of, but not exclusive of, ovarian cancer to focus their creativity, innovation, and leadership on ovarian cancer research.

 

The Gruss Lipper Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program supports outstanding young Israeli scientists who have the opportunity to work in a biomedical research laboratory in the United States. The program will identify the most qualified candidates who have been awarded a postdoctoral position in a U.S. host research institution and train them to become world leaders in the following areas of the Biomedical Sciences:

• Cell Biology
• Biochemistry/Proteomics
• Bioinformatics
• Biomedical Engineering
• Computational Biology
• Developmental Biology
• Molecular Biology
• Stem Cell Biology
• Genetics and Genomics
• Neuroscience

The goal of this program is to promote collaboration between U.S. and Israeli scientists and to provide young Israeli researchers with a broad range of experience so that they may return to Israel to continue their research career.

In 2010, its inaugural year, the Gruss Lipper Postdoctoral Fellowship Program received over 65 applicants and awarded three multi-year fellowships. Since a limited number of fellowships will be awarded each year, only one fellowship per host institution will be awarded annually. Applications will be reviewed by a national review committee of highly qualified biomedical researchers. Fellows are chosen on the basis of their promise as young investigators, the quality of their U.S. host institution and mentors, as well as the innovative nature of the proposed research.

Through its Vincent Wright Fellowships the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (RSCAS) offers one or two year fellowships to post-docs in an early stage of their academic career. The fellowships are usually for the duration of one or two years (12 or 24 months from September to August). Candidates should indicate the preferred duration of the fellowship in the application form. 

Katrin H. Lamon Fellowship - One fellowship is available for a Native American scholar, either pre- or post-doctoral, working in either the humanities or the social sciences. Fellows receive a $40,000 stipend ($30,000 for PhD candidates) and housing and office space on the SAR campus.

SYNOPSIS:  The sponsor offers a fellowship for a scholar in the humanities whose work takes an interdisciplinary approach to some aspect of the visual. The preferred term of the fellowship is for one academic year, though applicants available for only one semester will also be considered. The ample stipend is dependent upon salary and sabbatical replacement needs.

Eligibility: Applicants should hold a Ph.D. or demonstrate equivalent professional experience. They may come from the academic or museum worlds, or from other professional backgrounds, and may be residents of any country. They may be

employed, full- or part-time, or be independent historians, curators, and/or critics.

Time: Fellows may come to the Clark for any period between one and ten months. Summer Fellows are in residence for six weeks.

Funding: Fellowships will be awarded on a scale related to need and earnings, up to a maximum rate of $60,000 per year.

Summer Fellows will be given an apartment and transportation reimbursement, but no stipend. Travel to and from the Clark will also be reimbursed for the scholar and an accompanying family member. Clark Fellows’ tax liability to the United States

government will be considered in accordance with the tax regulations of the Internal Revenue Service on a case-by-case basis.

 

Nominations for fifty-six national awards administered by the sponsor to be presented in 2011 are being solicited.  Awards consist of a cash amount that varies depending on the specific prize.  Nominations may be submitted by any individual.