LCRF Research Grant on Prevention and Early Detection in Lung Cancer

This funding mechanism is focused on identifying, characterizing, and developing approaches and techniques that will allow early detection and/or prevention of lung cancer and gaining insight into pre-neoplastic processes in the lungs. The ultimate goal is to detect lung cancer at the earliest stages and subsequently increase survival and survivorship.

Focus Areas

• While this list is not exclusive, general areas of interest include:
  • Improvements in risk stratification of patients and uptake for screening
  • Identification and characterization of new biomarkers for NSCLC and SCLC
  • Development of predictive, diagnostic, or prognostic biomarkers
  • Liquid biopsy assays and related techniques
  • Genomic and histological approaches to improve early detection in tissue samples
  • Novel imaging and computational modalities to identify and risk stratify pre-neoplastic lesions
  • Implementation science with systematic uptake of evidence-based research findings into routine practices to improve quality and effectiveness of health services for early detection
  • Studies of pre-neoplasia and progression to lung neoplasia to inform prevention strategies
  • Development of pathways to increase uptake and utilization of lung cancer screening
  • Epidemiology studies to identify risk factors and implementation of prevention measures
  • Development of any new technologies that will aid in identifying early-stage lung cancers.

Funding Information

• The maximum award amount is $150,000 for a period of two years (disbursed at $75,000 per year).

Eligibility Criteria

• Investigators must be affiliated with a non-profit academic or research institution and must be post-doctoral researchers, clinical fellows, or early-career and mid-career investigators with less than ten years’ experience since their initial faculty appointment.
• Applicants from US-based and international institutions are eligible to apply and may hold any residency/citizenship status.
• Senior investigators with more than ten years’ experience since faculty appointment are generally not eligible for funding and are encouraged to mentor a junior team member through the application process. However, exceptions will be made for investigators with more than ten years’ experience in other disease areas or topics.
• Ineligible applications and new requests under special circumstances will not be considered after submission deadline.

Ineligibility Criteria

• Applicants are prohibited from applying if they have received funding from the LCRF within the last 4 years.
• Applicants are prohibited from applying in more than one of LCRF’s funding tracks in the same cycle.

For more information, visit LCRF.