The Office of Foundation Relations is pleased to share this open call for funding from the LUNGevity Foundation.
UCSC Contact: Caroline Rodriguez | caroline@ucsc.edu
Funder: LUNGevity Foundation
Opportunity: Career Development Award
Deadline: February 9, 2024
Overview
The Career Development Award supports future research leaders who will keep the field of lung cancer research vibrant with new ideas. Research that will be funded in 2024 is expected to have a direct impact on the early detection of lung cancer and/or individualized lung cancer treatment, including through targeted therapy and immunotherapy.
Funded projects are expected to have a direct impact on the early detection of lung cancer or on the outcomes of lung cancer or to provide a clear conceptual or experimental foundation for the future development of methods for early detection and/or individualized treatment, including through targeted therapy and immunotherapy. High-risk, high-return proposals will receive equal consideration.
Research projects are restricted to translational lung cancer research, and the applicant must demonstrate the translational relevance of the research proposed. Translational research includes epidemiologic, clinical/correlative, or thoracic surgical research. Proposed projects must make use of human biopsies or samples. In vivo primary tumor explants meet these criteria, but xenografts from established cell lines do not.
See here for full RFP.
Award Amount & Terms
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Awards may be for a maximum of $300,000 ($100,000 per year for 3 years) inclusive of direct and indirect costs
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LUNGevity will grant only one award per institution
Eligibility
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Applicants must hold a doctoral degree and be within the first 5 years of their first faculty appointment with any academic institution
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Applicants must have completed a postdoctoral training fellowship
See here for a list of previous awardees.
Timeline
- LOIs due February 9, 2024, 8:59 pm PT
- Invitation to apply No earlier than March 25, 2024
- Applications due May 8, 2024, 8:59 pm PT
- Award announcement Late summer 2024
- Award start date November 1, 2024
Special Instructions
Please notify the Office of Foundation Relations if you are interested in applying to this opportunity (fr@ucsc.edu). For support developing your proposal, please contact the Research Development Specialist assigned to your unit or send a request to resdev@ucsc.edu.
Call sent: January 17, 2024
The Office of Foundation Relations is a unit of University Relations. The FR team creates and maintains mutually beneficial, long-term relationships with private organizations, matching grant initiatives with educational and research programs and centers. FR supports faculty and staff to identify and approach these and other private foundations for funding, to assist in strategic positioning of the grant application, and to facilitate funder campus visits. For a list of recent funding opportunities, please visit the FR website. FR Calls for Funding