Call for Applications: Mentored Investigator Grant

This grant provides funding for trainees who are working under the supervision of a mentor who is a recognized leader in the field of ovarian cancer research, or relevant area.

Funding Information

• The Mentored Investigator Grant provides a total of $100,000USD to be used over one or two years. MIGs have an anticipated start date of March 1, 2025.

Eligibility Criteria

• Applicants must be either clinical fellows or post-doctoral fellows with protected time to do the proposed work. Candidates for this grant must have an MD/DO and/or PhD degree at the time of submitting the LOI.
• Applicants must be working in institutions with well-developed ovarian cancer research programs, in a school of medicine or public health, or a recognized non-profit scientific research facility.
• Applicants should be involved in either laboratory, clinical, epidemiologic or health services research. The research leader who will serve as the mentor should have significant independent cancer research funding (NCI, DOD, OCRA, etc.).
• Submissions may only have one mentor listed. Each mentor may support only one applicant per year. They encourage research groups to vet concepts so that only one LOI is submitted for this grant. Mentors must be at the same institution as the applicant.
• PhD applicants must be no more than 5 years out of their terminal degree at time of application (e.g. terminal degree must have been awarded during 2019 or later); MD/DOs and MD/PhDs must be currently enrolled in a fellowship program.
• This year OCRA intends to prioritize funding for at least one proposal that spans the entire range of Cancer Control and Population Sciences (CCPS), including (but not limited to): risk and outcome studies, survivorship, and health services research.
• The selection committee will consider the strength of the research environment and project proposal, the trainee’s prior academic track record, and the likelihood of them pursuing a research career dedicated to ovarian cancer. Ideally, the project proposed should be one that the trainee’s mentor believes will advance the overall scientific objectives of the research group. Proposed projects should focus on ovarian cancers and/or related gynecologic cancers.
• Although the trainee may take part in some non-research activities (e.g. class work, clinical activities), at least 80% effort should be devoted to research during the tenure of the OCRA grant.
• International applicants are welcome to apply.
• If invited to submit a full proposal, applicants will be required to provide a minimum of 1 letter of recommendation from someone in a position to mentor the applicant.

For more information, visit OCRA.