External Funding Opportunities

Federal funding for interdisciplinary approaches to cancer research are numerous. A listing of such opportunities will be maintained on a weekly basis to assist OSC members in locating federal funding of their research ideas.

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PA No.	PA Title
PAR-07-018	Understanding and Promoting Health Literacy(R21) Expiration Date: January 26, 2010
PAR-07-019	Understanding and Promoting Health Literacy (R03) Expiration Date: January 26, 2010
PA-07-022	Development, Application, and Evaluation of Prediction Models for Cancer Risk and Prognosis (R21) Expiration Date: January 3, 2010
PA-07-013	Research on Improving Health Care for Obese Patients (R01) Expiration Date: March 6, 2010
PA-07-021	Development, Application, and Evaluation of Prediction Models for Cancer Risk and Prognosis (R01) Expiration Date: January 3, 2010
PA-07-046	Research on Mind-Body Interactions and Health (R01) Expiration Date: January 3, 2010
PA-07-070	Research Project Grant (Parent R01) Expiration Date: January 3, 2010
PAR-07-020	Understanding and Promoting Health Literacy (R01) Expiration Date: January 26, 2010
PA-07-097	Chronic Illness Self-Management in Children and Adolescents (R01) Expiration Date: January 3, 2010
PA-07-098	Chronic Illness Self-Management in Children and Adolescents (R03) Expiration Date: January 3, 2010
PA-07-099	Chronic Illness Self-Management in Children and Adolescents (R21) Expiration Date: January 3, 2010
PA-07-100	Prioritizing Molecular Targets for Cancer Prevention with Nutritional Combinations (R01) Expiration Date: November 2, 2009
PA-07-165	Pathogenesis And Treatment Of Lymphedema And Lymphatic Diseases (R01) Expiration Date: December 31, 2009
PA-07-272	Understanding and Treating Ataxia-Telangiectasia (R01) Expiration/Closing Date: January 3, 2010
PA-07-273	Understanding and Treating Ataxia-Telangiectasia (R21) Expiration/Closing Date: January 3, 2010
PA-07-274	Understanding and Treating Ataxia-Telangiectasia (R03) Expiration/Closing Date: January 3, 2010
A-07-218	Diet Composition and Energy Balance (R01) Expiration Date: March 6, 2010
PAR-07-214	Academic-Industrial Partnerships for Development and Validation of In Vivo Imaging Systems and Methods for Cancer Investigations (R01) Expiration Date: March 6, 2010
PA-07-298	Epigenetic Approaches in Cancer Epidemiology (R01) Expiration Date: 1/3/10
PA-07-362	Exploratory Cancer Prevention Studies Involving Molecular Targets for Bioactive Food Components (R21) Expiration Date: March 17, 2010
PA-07-299	Epigenetic Approaches in Cancer Epidemiology (R21) Expiration Date: 1/3/10
PA-07-301	Application of Metabolomics for Translational and Biological Research (R01) Expiration Date: 1/3/10
PA-07-302	Application of Metabolomics for Translational and Biological Research (R21) Expiration Date: 1/3/10
PA-07-303	Novel Approaches to Enhance Animal Stem Cell Research (R01) Expiration Date: 1/3/10
PA-07-304	Novel Approaches to Enhance Animal Stem Cell Research (R21) Expiration Date: 1/3/10
PA-07-316	Research on Clinical Decision Making in Life-Threatening Illness (R21) Expiration Date: 1/2/10
PA-07-318	Occupational Safety and Health Research (R01) Expiration Date: March 6, 2010
PA-07-320	Development of Assays for High-Throughput Drug Screening (R01) Expiration Date: May 8, 2010
PAR-07-352	Bioengineering Research Partnerships (BRP)[R01] Expiration/Closing Date: May 8, 2010
PA-07-354	Bioengineering and Obesity (R01) Expiration Date: March 6, 2010
PA-07-356	Clinical Cancer Therapy and Prevention Research (R01) Expiration/Closing Date: May 8, 2010
PAS-07-382	Advancing Novel Science in Women's Health Research (ANSWHR) (R03) Expiration Date: January 8, 2010
PA-07-403	Nutrition and Alcohol-Related Health Outcomes (R01) Expiration Date:  September 8, 2010
PA-07-404	Nutrition and Alcohol-Related Health Outcomes (R03) Expiration Date: September 8, 2010
PA-07-405	Nutrition and Alcohol-Related Health Outcomes (R21) Expiration Date: September 8, 2010
PA-07-421	Health Promotion Among Racial and Ethnic Minority Males (R21) Expiration Date: September 8, 2010
PA-07-422	Health Promotion Among Racial and Ethnic Minority Males (R01) Expiration Date: September 8, 2010
PA-07-454	Research on Malignancies in the Context of HIV/AIDS (R21) Expiration Date: September 8, 2010
PA-07-455	Research on Malignancies in the Context of HIV/AIDS (R01) Expiration Date: September 8, 2010
PAR-08-010	Continued Development and Maintenance of Software (R01) Expiration Date: September 23, 2010
PA-08-012	ELSI Regular Research Program (R01) Expiration Date: January 8, 2011
PA-08-013	ELSI Small Research Grant Program (R03) Expiration Date: January 8, 2011
PA-08-015	Angiogenesis in the Nervous System in Health and Disease (R01) Expiration Date: January 8, 2011
PA-08-016	Angiogenesis in the Nervous System in Health and Disease (R21) Expiration Date: January 8, 2011
PAR-08-023	Predictive Multiscale Models of the Physiome in Health and Disease (R01) Expiration Date: September 16, 2010
PAR-08-025	Quick-Trials for Novel Cancer Therapies and Prevention: Exploratory Grants (R21) November 10, 2010
PA-08-030	Exfoliated Cells, Bioactive Food Components, and Cancer (R01) Expiration Date: January 8, 2011
PA-08-031	Exfoliated Cells, Bioactive Food Components, and Cancer (R21) Expiration Date: January 8, 2011
PA-08-032	Molecular Approaches to Diet and Pancreatic Cancer Prevention (R01) Expiration Date: January 8, 2011
PAR-08-045	Outcomes, Cost-Effectiveness and the Decision Making Process to Use Complementary and Alternative Medicine (R01)Expiration Date: May 20, 2010
PAR-08-046	NIDA Research "Center of Excellence" Grant Program (P50) Expiration Date:  May 8, 2010
PA-08-063	Decision Making in Cancer: Single-Event Decisions (R01) January 8, 2011
PA-08-064	Decision Making in Cancer: Single-Event Decisions (R21) January 8, 2011
PA-08-074	Community Participation in Research (R01) Expiration Date: May 8, 2011
PA-08-077	Research on the Economics of Diet, Activity and Energy Balance (R21) Expiration: November 6, 2011
PA-08-078	Research on the Economics of Diet, Activity, and Energy Balance (R01) Expiration Date: January 8, 2011
PAR-08-075	Community Participation Research Targeting the Medically Underserved (R01) Expiration Date: May 15, 2010
PAR-08-076	Community Participation Research Targeting the Medically Underserved (R21) Expiration Date: May 15, 2010
PA-08-083	The Effect of Racial and Ethnic Discrimination/Bias on Health Care Delivery (R01) Expiration Date: May 8, 2011
PA-08-084	The Effect of Racial and Ethnic Discrimination/Bias on Health Care Delivery (R21) Expiration Date: May 8, 2011
PA-08-085	The Effect of Racial and Ethnic Discrimination/Bias on Health Care Delivery (R03) Expiration Date: May 8, 2011
PA-08-097	Functional Links between the Immune System, Brain Function and Behavior (R01) Expiration Date: May 8, 2011
PA-08-098	Functional Links between the Immune System, Brain Function and Behavior (R21) Expiration Date: May 8, 2011
PA-08-121	Symptom Interactions in Cancer and Immune Disorders (R01) Expiration Date: May 8, 2011
PA-08-122	Symptom Interactions in Cancer and Immune Disorders (R21)Expiration Date: May 8, 2011
PAR-08-120	Cancer Education Grants Program (R25)Expiration Date: September 8, 2011
PA-08-131	Enhancing Tumoricidal Activity of Natural Killer (NK) Cells by Dietary Components for Cancer Prevention (R01) Expiration Date: May 8, 2011
PA-08-132	Enhancing Tumoricidal Activity of Natural Killer (NK) Cells by Dietary Components for Cancer Prevention (R21) Expiration Date: May 8, 2011
PA-08-133	Correlative Studies with Specimens from Multi-Site Trials (R21)Expiration Date: May 8, 2011
PA-08-134	Correlative Studies with Specimens from Multi-Site Trials (R01)Expiration Date: May 8, 2011
PAR-08-135	Exploratory/Developmental Grant for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Studies of Humans (R21) Expiration Date: May 8, 2011
PA-08-140	In Utero Exposure to Bioactive Food Components and Mammary Cancer Risk (R01) Expiration Date: May 8, 2011
PA-08-141	In Utero Exposure to Bioactive Food Components and Mammary Cancer Risk (R21) Expiration Date: May 8, 2011
PA-08-143	Mitochondria in Cancer Epidemiology, Detection, Diagnosis and Prognosis (R01) Expiration Date: May 8, 2011
PA-08-144	Mitochondria in Cancer Epidemiology, Detection, Diagnosis and Prognosis (R21) Expiration Date: May 8, 2011
PAR-08-138	Genetic Screens to Enhance Zebrafish Research (R01) Expiration Date: September 25, 2010
PAR-08-139	Enhancing Zebrafish Research with Research Tools and Techniques (R01) Expiration Date: September 18, 2010
PA-08-149	NIH Support for Conferences and Scientific Meetings (Parent R13/U13) Expiration Date: May 8, 2011
PAR-08-147	Quick-Trials for Imaging and Image-Guided Interventions: Exploratory Grants (R21) Expiration Date: April 12, 2011
PA-08-156	Biomarkers of Infection-Associated Cancers (R01) Expiration Date: May 8, 2011
PA-08-157	Biomarkers of Infection-Associated Cancers (R21) Expiration Date: May 8, 2011
PA-08-161	Transdisciplinary Research on Fatigue and Fatigability in Aging (R01) Expiration Date: May 8, 2011
PA-08-162	Transdisciplinary Research on Fatigue and Fatigability in Aging (R21) Expiration Date: May 8, 2011
PA-08-220	Investigational Nutrigenetic Studies for Cancer Prevention (R01) Expiration Date: September 8, 2011
PAR-08-223	Fogarty International Research Collaboration – Behavioral and Social Sciences (FIRCA-BSS) Research Award (R03) Expiration Date: September 30, 2010
PAR-08-224	Using Systems Science Methodologies to Protect and Improve Population Health (R21) Expiration Date: September 8, 2011
PAR-08-225	Quantitative Imaging for Evaluation of Responses to Cancer Therapies (U01) Expiration Date: September 8, 2011
PA-08-239	Impact of Health Communication Strategies on Dietary Behaviors (R01) Expiration Date: September 8, 2011
PA-08-240	Impact of Health Communication Strategies on Dietary Behaviors (R21) Expiration Date: September 8, 2011
PA-08-241	Reducing Risk Behaviors by Promoting Positive Youth Development (R01) Expiration Date: September 8, 2011
PA-08-242	Reducing Risk Behaviors by Promoting Positive Youth Development (R03) Expiration Date: September 8 , 2011
PAR-08-237	Small Grants Program for Cancer Epidemiology (R03) Expiration Date: November 19, 2011
PA-08-251	Metals in Medicine (R01) Expiration Date: September  8, 2011
PA-08-267	Exploratory Studies in Cancer Detection, Diagnosis, and Prognosis (R21) Expiration Date: September 8, 2012
PA-09-004	Understanding the Effects of Emerging Cellular, Molecular, and Genomic Technologies on Cancer Health Care Delivery(R01) Expiration Date: January 8, 2012
PAR-09-025	National Cancer Institute Program Project (P01) Applications. Expiration Date:  January 5, 2012
PAR-09-026	Collaborative Research in Integrative Cancer Biology and the Tumor Microenvironment (U01). Expiration Date: October 20, 2011
PA-09-121	Research on Clinical Decision Making in People with or at Risk for Life-Threatening Illness (R21) Expiration Date: May 8, 2012
PA-09-137	Basic and Translational Research in Emotion (R01) Expiration Date:  May 8, 2012
PA-09-140	Community-Based Partnerships for Childhood Obesity Prevention and Control: Research to Inform Policy (R03) Expiration Date: May 8, 2012
PA-09-141	Community-Based Partnerships for Childhood Obesity Prevention and Control: Research to Inform Policy (R21) Expiration Date: May 8, 2012
PA-09-143	Cancer Surveillance Using Health Claims-based Data System (R03) Expiration Date: May 8, 2012
PA-09-144	Cancer Surveillance Using Health Claims-based Data System (R21) Expiration Date: May 8, 2012
PA-09-145	Cancer Surveillance Using Health Claims-based Data System (R01) Expiration Date: May 8, 2012
PA-09-148	Studies of Energy Balance and Cancer in Humans (R01) Expiration Date: May 8, 2012
PA-09-149	Studies of Energy Balance and Cancer in Humans (R21) Expiration Date: May 8, 2012
PA-09-151	Pilot and Feasibility Clinical Research Studies in Digestive Diseases and Nutrition (R21) Expiration Date: May 8, 2012
PA-09-158	Developmental Research in Cancer Prognosis and Prediction (R21) Expiration Date: May 8, 2012
PA-09-167	Developmental Projects in Complementary Approaches to Cancer Care and Treatment (R21) Expiration Date: May 8, 2012
PA-09-168	Developmental Projects in Complementary Approaches to Cancer Care and Treatment (R03) Expiration Date: May 8, 2012
PAR-09-160	Exploratory/Developmental Grants Program for Basic Cancer Research in Cancer Health Disparities (R21) Expiration Date: November 24, 2011
PA-09-197	Biomarkers for Early Detection of Hematopoietic Malignancies (R01) Expiration Date: September 8, 2012
PA-09-198	Biomarkers for Early Detection of Hematopoietic Malignancies (R21) Expiration Date: September 8, 2012
PA-09-199	Identifying Non-coding RNA Targets for Cancer Early Detection and Prevention (R01) Expiration Date: September 8, 2012
PA-09-200	Identifying Non-coding RNA Targets for Cancer Early Detection and Prevention (R21) Expiration Date: September 8, 2012
PAR-09-162	Exploratory Grant Award to Promote Workforce Diversity in Basic Cancer Research (R21) Expiration Date: November 24, 2011.
PA-09-216	Mechanisms Underlying the Links between Psychosocial Stress, Aging, the Brain and the Body (R01) Expiration Date: September 8, 2012
PAR-09-224	Improving Diet and Physical Activity Assessment (R01) Expiration Date: July 6, 2012
PA-09-234	Diet, Epigenetic Events, and Cancer Prevention (R01) Expiration Date: September 8, 2012
PA-09-235	Diet, Epigenetic Events, and Cancer Prevention (R21) Expiration Date: September 8, 2012
PAR-09-225	Improving Diet and Physical Activity Assessment (R21)Expiration Date: July 17, 2012
PA-09-238	Exfoliated Cells and Circulating DNA in Cancer Detection and Diagnosis (R21) Expiration Date: September 8, 2012
PA-09-253	Image-guided Drug Delivery in Cancer (R01) Expiration Date: May 8, 2013
PAR-09-219	Exploratory Innovations in Biomedical Computational Science and Technology (R21) Expiration Date: September 8, 2012
PA-10-006	Mechanisms, Models, Measurement, and Management in Pain Research (R01) Expiration Date: January 8, 2013
PA-10-009	Bioengineering Research Grants (R01) Expiration Date: January 8, 2013
PA-10-010	Exploratory/Developmental Bioengineering Research Grants (EBRG) [R21] Expiration Date: January 8, 2013
PAR-10-016	Enabling Technologies in DNA Repair Research (R21) Expiration Date: January 11, 2010
PAR-10-018	Accelerating the Pace of Drug Abuse Research Using Existing Epidemiology, Prevention, and Treatment Research Data (R01) Expiration Date: January 8, 2013
PA-10-025	Development, Application, and Evaluation of Prediction Models for Cancer Risk and Prognosis (R01) Expiration Date: January 8, 2013
PA-10-026	Development, Application, and Evaluation of Prediction Models for Cancer Risk and Prognosis (R21) Expiration Date: January 8, 2013
PA-10-027	Obesity Policy Research: Evaluation and Measures (R01) Expiration Date: January 8, 2013
PA-10-028	Obesity Policy Research: Evaluation and Measures (R21) Expiration Date: January 8, 2013
PA-10-029	Obesity Policy Research: Evaluation and Measures (R03) Expiration Date: January 8, 2013
Research Development Awards (K Awards)
PA No.	PA Title
PA-08 -151	Midcareer Investigator Award in Patient-Oriented Research (K24) Expiration Date: May 8, 2011
PA-08-152	Academic Career Award (K07) Expiration Date: May 8, 2011
PA-09-037	Midcareer Investigator Award in Patient-Oriented Research (K24) Expiration Date: January 8, 2012
PA-09-039	Mentored Quantitative Research Development Award (K25) Expiration Date: January 8, 2012
PA-09-040	Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (K01) Expiration Date: January 8, 2012
PA-09-042	Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award (K08) Expiration Date: January 8, 2012
PA-09-043	Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award (K23) Expiration Date: January 8, 2012
PAR-09-069	NCI Transition Career Development Award to Promote Diversity (K22) Expiration Date: February 11, 2012
PAR-09-050	NCI Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award to Promote Diversity (K08) Expiration Date: January 8, 2012
PAR-09-051	NCI Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award to Promote Diversity (K23) Expiration Date: January 8, 2012
PAR-09-052	NCI Mentored Research Scientist Development Award to Promote Diversity (K01) Expiration Date: January 8, 2012
PAR-09-078	Cancer Prevention, Control, Behavioral, and Population Sciences Career Development Award (K07) Expiration Date: January 8, 2012
PAR-09-089	The NCI Transition Career Development Award (K22) Expiration Date: January 8, 2012
PAR-09-090	Short Term Career Development Award in the Environmental Health Sciences for Established Investigators (K18) Expiration Date:  September 8, 2012.
RFA	Request for Applications
RFA-GM-10-009	Exceptional, Unconventional Research Enabling Knowledge Acceleration (EUREKA) (R01) Expiration Date: November 25, 2009
RFA-CA-09-014	Cancer Nanotechnology Training Centers (CNTCs)(R25) Expiration Date: December 18, 2009
RFA-CA-10-001	Innovative and Early-Stage Development of Emerging Technologies in Biospecimen Science (R21) Expiration Date: October 1, 2010
RFA-CA-10-002	Validation and Advanced Development of Emerging Technologies in Biospecimen Science (R33) Expiration Date: October 1, 2010
RFA-CA-10-003	Application and Early Stage Development of Emerging Technologies in Cancer Research (R21) Expiration Date: October 1, 2010
RFA-CA-10-005	Innovative Technology Development for Cancer Research (R21) Expiration Date: October 1, 2010

Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation is dedicated to funding breast health and breast cancer research. Since its inception in 1982, the Foundation has awarded more than 1,000 breast cancer research grants totaling more than $180 million. Applications identified for funding are selected based on their scientific merit and their potential to have an impact on breast cancer.

Department of Defense - Army
Congressionally Mandated Medical Research Programs

International Union Against Cancer
UICC Translational Cancer Research Fellowships
UICC International Cancer Technology Transfer (ICRETT) Fellowships
UICC American Cancer Society International Fellowships for Beginning Investigators
UICC Yamagiwa-Yoshida Memorial International Cancer Study Grants (YY)

Breast Cancer
Prostate Cancer
Ovarian Cancer
Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia

American Cancer Society
Research Scholar Grants in Basic, Preclinical, Clinical and Epidemiology Research
Research Scholar Grants in Cancer Control: Psychosocial and Behavioral Research
Research Scholar Grants in Cancer Control: Health Services and Health Policy Research
Research Opportunity Grants for Beginning and Senior Investigators (ROG)
Institutional Research Grants
Mentored Research Scholar Grant in Applied and Clinical Research
Cancer Control Career Development Awards for Primary Care Physicians
Research Professorships
Research Proposals Directed at Poor and Underserved Populations


The Canary Fund
The Canary Fund and the American Cancer Society Early Detection Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
Canary Fund Research Grants

Lance Armstrong Foundation
The LAF disseminates grants focused on improving the quality of life for cancer survivors and aims to fund research that is not readily fundable from traditional sources. Since its inception, the LAF has awarded more than $9.6 million in research grants. The LAF focuses its funding on Cancer Survivorship Centers and Research Grants.

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
Career Development Program - The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Career Development Program provides awards intended to meet the specific needs of investigators at different states in their research careers
Specialized Center of Research Program - SCOR supports research programs in leukemia, lymphoma and Hodgkin lymphoma
Translational Research Program - This program supports projects that translate laboratory findings into clinical applications

American Joint Committee on Cancer
Improving AJCC/UICC TNM Cancer Staging: Developing and Validating New Algorithms for Cancer Prognosis, Staging, and Predicting Response to Therapy The American Association for Cancer Research Provides Support for Scientists (AACR)
The mission of the American Association for Cancer Research is to prevent and cure cancer. Founded in 1907, AACR is the world's oldest and largest professional organization dedicated to advancing cancer research. The membership includes more than 24,000 basic, translational, and clinical researchers; health care professionals; and cancer survivors and advocates in the United States and more than 60 other countries. AACR marshals the full spectrum of expertise from the cancer community to accelerate progress in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer through high-quality scientific and educational programs. It funds innovative, meritorious research grants. The AACR Annual Meeting attracts over 16,000 participants who share the latest discoveries and developments in the field. Special Conferences throughout the year present novel data across a wide variety of topics in cancer research, treatment, and patient care. AACR publishes fivemajor peer-reviewed journals:Cancer Research; Clinical Cancer Research; Molecular Cancer Therapeutics; Molecular Cancer Research;and Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention. Its most recent publication, CR, is a magazine for cancer survivors, patient advocates, their families, physicians, and scientists. It provides a forum for sharing essential, evidence-based information and perspectives on progress in cancer research, survivorship, and advocacy. Contact: Yarissa Ortiz,,215-440-9300 ext. 101,ortiz@aacr.org

AACR-GERTRUDE B. ELION CANCER RESEARCH AWARD
The AACR-Gertrude B. Elion Cancer Research Award was established in 1993 in honor of the late Nobel Laureate Dr. Gertrude B. Elion, Scientist Emeritus at Glaxo Wellcome Co. and Past President and Honorary Member of the AACR. This award fosters meritorious basic, translational, or clinical cancer research by a tenure-track scientist at the level of assistant professor by providing a one-year grant of $50,000. It is generously sponsored by GlaxoSmithKline.
Recipient: Scott M. Hammond, Ph.D., University of North Carolina , Chapel Hill , N.C.
Project: The Role of microRNAs in tumorigenesis

CAREER DEVELOPMENT AWARDS

AACR Career Development Awards were first established in 1999 to provide important transitional support for direct research expenses as researchers move from the ranks of early career scientists to faculty status. Each award provides a two-year grant of $50,000 per year.

AACR-Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation Career Development Award in Translational or Prevention Lung Cancer Research, given in memory of Lloyd Meeds
Recipient: Herta Huey-An Chao, M.D., Ph.D., Yale University , New Haven , Conn.
Project: The detection of pharmacodynamic changes in circulating tumor cells in response to chemotherapy using a novel robotic epifluorescent microscopy platform

AACR-Genentech BioOncology Career Development Award for Cancer Research on the HER Family Pathway
Recipient: Jayanta Debnath, M.D., University of California, San Francisco, Calif. Project: The role and regulation of autophagy downstream of HER family pathways

AACR-PanCAN Michael Landon Career Development Award in Pancreatic Cancer Research
Recipient: Daoyan Wei, Ph.D., The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston , Texas Project: The role of KLF4a in pancreatic cancer

AACR-PanCANCareer Development Award in Pancreatic Cancer Research
Recipient: David Z. Chang, M.D., Ph.D. The University of Texas M. D., Anderson Cancer Center , Houston , Texas
Project: Identification and verification of novel tumor antigens for cancer vaccine development in pancreatic carcinoma

AACR-Pennsylvania Department of Health Career Development Award in Basic Cancer Research (one-year grant)
Recipient: Edna Cukierman, Ph.D., Fox Chase Cancer Center , Philadelphia , Pa.
Project: In vivo-like 3D system to assess stroma permissiveness in tumor cell invasion

RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS
The AACR Research Fellowships were established in 1996 in response to the growing need for additional funds to train early career scientists by providing grants of $35,000-$40,000 per year for one, two, or three years.

AACR-Genentech BioOncology Fellowship for Cancer Research on Angiogenesis
Recipient: Marco Seandel, M.D., Ph.D., Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center , New York , N.Y.
Project: Regulation of bone marrow endothelium and endothelial progenitors by androgens in prostate cancer

AACR-Amgen, Inc. Fellowship in Clinical/Translational Cancer Research
Recipient: Andrew J. Armstrong, M.D., Johns Hopkins University , Baltimore , Md.
Project: A pharmacodynamic study of pre-prostatectomy rapamycin in men with advanced localized prostate cancer

Recipient: Rupal Satish Bhatt, Ph.D., M.D., Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center , Boston , Mass.
Project: ANGPTL4 as a potentially novel biomarker and/or therapeutic angiogenic target for renal cell cancer

AACR-MedImmune Fellowship for Research on Biologics-Based Therapies for Cancer
Recipient: Robert R. Jenq, M.D., Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center , New York , N.Y.
Project: Augmentation of immune responses to melanoma DNA vaccines after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation using interleukin-7 and keratinocyte growth factor

AACR Fellowship in Clinical Cancer Research
Recipient: Catherine S. Magid Diefenbach, M.D., Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center , New York , N.Y.
Project: YKL-40: A novel serum marker for the detection of epithelial ovarian cancer and a target for tumor directed therapy

AACR-AstraZeneca-Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation Fellowship in Translational Lung Cancer Research
Recipient: Anil Potti, M.D., Duke University Medical Center , Durham , N.C.
Project: Gene expression signatures of oncogenic pathway deregulation provide a novel approach to selection of molecular targets in recurrent non-small cell lung carcinoma

AACR-Anna D. Barker Fellowship in Basic Cancer Research
Recipient: Shih-Peng Chan, Ph.D., Yale University , New Haven , Conn.
Project: Potential oncogenes encoding microRNA binding proteins

AACR-Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation Melanoma Research Fellowship, given in memory of H. Theodore Shore
Recipient: Juan Chen, M.D., University of Miami School of Medicine , Miami , Fla.
Project: Two novel laminins in the angiogenesis and progression of melanomas

FELLOWS GRANT
The Fellows Grants provides a one-year grant of $25,000 to a fellow to pursue an independent line of investigation within the context of his/her current fellowship placement.

AACR-Pennsylvania Department of Health Fellows Grant
Recipient: Sibele I. Meireles, Ph.D., Fox Chase Cancer Center , Philadelphia , Pa.
Project: Contribution of estrogen synthesis and detoxification enzyme expression to tobacco smoke-induced lung cancer