Call for Applications: Special Purpose Grants (New Zealand)

These projects may be related to the biomedical, clinical, epidemiological or psychosocial aspects of cancer.

Funding Information

• Maximum value is $80,000 + GST, awarded over a maximum of two years.

Eligible Costs

• Salary costs for named investigators can be included in the budget if the individual is dependent on external funding sources for salary support (so-called soft money). Salary buyout for permanent staff is not an eligible expense.
• Salary costs for post-doctoral research fellows, research assistants and/or technicians that are dependent on external funding are also eligible budget expenses.
• Only actual costs for ACC and superannuation should be included in salary associated costs.
• Working expenses should be itemised in the budget by adding a new line for each item and providing sufficient detail about the item (e.g. cost of the item and quantity needed).
• Travel costs that are essential to the project may be included in the budget.
• Attendance at conferences and training courses cannot be included in a Special Purpose Grant application. A separate application for travel funds must be made by using the Professional Development Award application form.
• Cancer Research Trust does not fund overheads including: property costs; depreciation; utility charges such as lighting, heating and water; telephone line charges; library; office stationery and accessories; or laboratory “bench fees.

Eligibility Criteria

• In order to provide the broadest possible support to the cancer research sector, the Trust caps the number of applications any individual investigator can submit:
  • Each applicant can only submit one proposal as Principal Investigator. They may also be named as Associate Investigator on one other application. In addition to this they can be a mentor on a Fellowship or Scholarship application.
  • This caps applications at a maximum of three per researcher.
  • Special Purpose Grant projects must be based in New Zealand.

Application Requirements

• CVs should be in the standard New Zealand MSI Curriculum Vitae template. This can be downloaded from the link within the application form. Each applicant should complete all of Parts 1 and 2a, and upload the CV in PDF format.
• Applicants may attach any images, figures, charts or diagrams referred to in the body of the application. Clinical trial protocols may also be attached. Applicants must not use these attachments to circumvent the application word limit and supply additional details. Such information will be disregarded by the Committee and your application may be rejected.
• Attachments may include details of other sources of partial funding, ethics approval letters, quotes for items of equipment, sub-contracts with other institutions, and letters of support for collaborations.
• Applicants are strongly encouraged to include as much information as possible within the word count to enable the proposal to be assessed.
• Clearly written proposals that are highly valued. Applicants should bear in mind that proposals are reviewed by both experts in the relevant field and also the Assessment Committee which is necessarily broad in composition. As such, proposals should be readily understandable by experts unfamiliar with the field.

For more information, visit Cancer Research Trust.