2015 -16 (FY16) Requests for Applications 

The three Komen Training and Career Development awards seek to bridge the funding gap faced by recently graduated PhDs and early faculty as they start their careers in breast cancer research. Grants funded by Komen provide the preparation necessary to compete for independent funding as an established and successful breast cancer researcher.

RFA Release Date: May 6, 2015
Application system open date: May 6, 2015
Pre-Application Submission deadline June 17, 2015 

1. 1.      CAREER CATALYST RESEARCH GRANTS – BASIC/TRANSLATIONAL and CLINICAL

Career Catalyst Research (CCR) Grants are intended to foster promising breast cancer researchers who are in the early stages of their faculty careers by providing support for up to three years of “protected time” for research career development under the guidance of a Mentor Committee. It is expected that awardees will launch independent research careers and successfully compete for subsequent research project funding in breast cancer following the successful completion of a CCR Grant, thereby playing key roles in reducing breast cancer incidence and mortality, with the ultimate goal of ending breast cancer forever. There are two research focus areas: Basic/Translational and Clinical.

$450,000 combined direct and indirect costs; ($150,000 per year for up to 3 years)

http://ww5.komen.org/ResearchGrants/FundingOpportunities.html

1. 2.      POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP GRANTS – BASIC/TRANSLATIONAL and   CLINICAL

Postdoctoral Fellowship (PDF) Grants are intended to attract and support promising scientists and clinician/scientists who are embarking on careers dedicated to breast cancer research. By providing funding to outstanding postdoctoral/postgraduate fellows under the guidance of a mentor, Komen seeks to ensure that a diverse pool of highly trained scientists will emerge as the next generation of leaders in the field of breast cancer research. These leaders will play key roles in reducing breast cancer incidence and mortality, with the ultimate goal of ending breast cancer forever.

Up to $180,000 direct costs only; ($60,000 per year for 2 to 3 years)

http://ww5.komen.org/ResearchGrants/FundingOpportunities.html

1. 3.         GRADUATE TRAINING IN DISPARITIES RESEARCH GRANTS

Graduate Training in Disparities Research (GTDR) Grants are intended to establish and/or to sustain a training program for graduate students who are seeking careers dedicated to understanding and eliminating disparities in breast cancer outcomes across population groups. By providing funding to outstanding training programs, Komen seeks to ensure that a diverse pool of highly trained scientists will emerge as the next generation of leaders in the field of breast cancer research focused on disparities in breast cancer outcomes.

Up to $135,000 per year, direct costs only, for up to 3 years

http://ww5.komen.org/ResearchGrants/FundingOpportunities.html

The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation 

Announces NewInstitutional Grant Opportunity:

2015 Fund to Retain Clinical Scientists 

Application Deadlines
Letters of Intent Due:                       June 15, 2015
Full Proposals Due:                         August 5, 2015
Award Start Date:                            January 1, 2016

The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (DDCF) is soliciting letters of intent from medical schools to establish a Fund to Retain Clinical Scientists. The Fund to Retain Clinical Scientists will provide supplemental, flexible funds to early-career physician scientists working on clinical research projects and facing extra-professional demands of caregiving. The goal of the program is to retain early-career physician scientists in research. 

DDCF will award approximately 10 grants of $540,000 each over 5 years

http://www.ddcf.org/Programs/Medical-Research/Goals-and-Strategies/Build-the-Clinical-Research-Career-Ladder/Fund-to-Retain-Clinical-Scientists/

 


American Heart Association


http://my.americanheart.org/professional/Research/FundingOpportunities/Strategically-Focused-Research-Networks_UCM_454438_Article.jsp

American Heart Association

Programs for Summer 2015 Deadlines

http://my.americanheart.org/professional/Research/FundingOpportunities/Funding-Opportunities_UCM_316909_SubHomePage.jsp#applicationsbelow

Applications for the Summer 2015 programs listed below will be available in Grants@Heart on May 15. 

Predoctoral Fellowship
Helps students initiate careers in cardiovascular and stroke research by providing research assistance and training.
Offered by: Founders, Greater Southeast, Midwest, SouthWest, and Western States Affiliates
Career Stage: Gaining credentials – doctoral student

Postdoctoral Fellowship
Helps trainees initiate careers in cardiovascular and stroke research while obtaining significant research results under the supervision of a sponsor or mentor; supports individuals before they are ready for some stage of independent research.
Offered by: Founders, Great Rivers, Greater Southeast, Midwest, SouthWest, and Western States Affiliates
Career Stage: Directed step - postdoctoral fellow

Mentored Clinical & Population Research Award (formerly Clinical Research Program)
Encourages early career investigators who have appropriate and supportive mentoring relationships to engage in high quality introductory and pilot clinical studies that will guide future strategies for reducing cardiovascular disease and stroke while fostering new research in clinical and translational science, and encouraging community- and population-based activities.
Offered by: Founders, National, SouthWest, and Western States Affiliates
Career Stage: Directed step/first independent step - master's degree. Healthcare professionals with a master's degree or certain doctoral degrees.

Beginning Grant-In-Aid
Promotes the independent status of promising beginning scientists.  
Offered by: SouthWest and Western States Affiliates
Career Stage: First independent step – instructor, assistant professor or other first academic appointment or equivalent.

Scientist Development Grant
Supports highly promising beginning scientists in their progress toward independence by encouraging and adequately funding research projects that can bridge the gap between completion of research training and readiness for successful competition as an independent investigator.
Offered by: Founders Affiliate and National Research Program
Career Stage: First independent step – instructor, assistant professor or other first academic appointment or equivalent

Grant-In-Aid
Encourages and adequately funds the most innovative and meritorious research projects from independent investigators. 
Offered by: Founders, Great Rivers, SouthWest, and Western States Affiliates
Career Stage: First independent step, intermediate level or recognized investigator – instructor, assistant professor or other first academic appointment or equivalent, associate professor or equivalent, professor or equivalent. Applicants are expected to be independent investigators.

Innovative Research Grant
Supports highly innovative, high-risk, high-reward research that could ultimately lead to critical discoveries or major advancements that will accelerate the field of cardiovascular and stroke research. 
Offered by: AHA National Research Program
Career Stage: First independent step, intermediate level or recognized investigator - instructor, assistant professor or other first academic appointment or equivalent, associate professor or equivalent, professor or equivalent. Applicants are expected to be independent investigators.

Established Investigator Award
Supports mid-career investigators with unusual promise and an established record of accomplishments; candidates have a demonstrated commitment to cardiovascular or cerebrovascular science as indicated by prior publication history and scientific accomplishments. A candidate's career is expected to be in a rapid growth phase. 
Offered by: AHA National Research Program
Career Stage: Intermediate level or recognized investigator - associate professor or equivalent, professor or equivalent. Applicants are expected to be independent investigators. 

Mentor/AHA Mentee Award
This unique program funds mentors to work with AHA early career grantees who are:

• working in new/difficult areas of inquiry or potential for new discovery,
• underrepresented racial and ethnic groups in science,
• or conducting research at NIH AREA-designated institutions.

Offered by: AHA National Research Program  

http://my.americanheart.org/professional/Research/FundingOpportunities/Funding-Opportunities_UCM_316909_SubHomePage.jsp#applicationsbelow