Elsa U. Pardee Foundation announces Grants to Support Innovative Cancer Research (US)

The foundation funds research to investigators in United States non-profit institutions proposing research directed toward identifying new treatments or cures for cancer. The Foundation funds projects for a one-year period which will allow the establishment of capabilities of new cancer researchers or new cancer approaches by established cancer researchers.

Eligibility Criteria

• Post-docs who are on the tenure track and have a tenured mentor are eligible. Priority is given to researchers at non-profit institutions in the United States who are new to the field of cancer research, or to established research investigators examining new approaches to cancer cure.

Application Requirements

• General Information: General/Contact Information consists of the name of the Principal Investigator (PI), PI title, your recipient institution, project title, project duration/timeline, project cost, project summary, and PI and institution contact addresses.
• Project Summary: The project summary (1700 characters maximum) of the grant application should summarize the project hypothesis, goals, and experimental methods to be employed. Relevance of the project to cancer treatment and cure should be included.
• Experimental Approach or Project Plan (Text only, unformatted, no images, characters or symbols): Project Plan (maximum 20,000 characters). This section should provide a project introduction, define project principle aims, and define project experimental approaches in text form.
• References: References should be entered using the suggested format in the application.
• Preliminary Results (May include images, .PDF format): Preliminary results (two page maximum). Experimental results providing data supporting the application should be included. Graphs and pictures may be included in PDF format.
• Personnel: Personnel are known individuals who would be receiving compensation for work toward the project. This page provides space for a brief CV of the PI. Additional pages should be used for coPI’s and research associates.
• Budget: Budget information should include a personnel section detailing salary, fringes, percent effort on this grant, and calculated amounts requested for PI, coPI ’s and supporting personnel. Supplies and other items should be separately listed. Justification of the budget is also requested. Overhead is limited to 5%. Essential equipment cannot exceed $5000.
• Current and Pending Grants: The list of pending and active grants for the PI/co-PI, and all key personnel (e.g., Research Associate, Consultants, etc.) should include Title, Role, Grantor, grant duration, grant amount, time committed by the PI, and the extent of overlap with this Pardee grant application. Additionally, the original Abstract for each currently funded and pending grant must be provided. Failure to provide this information will result in your application being removed from the review process.
• Other Important Notes: Verification of institution nonprofit status will be requested and must be provided following grant application approval for funding.

For more information, visit Elsa U. Pardee Foundation.