The following funding news and opportunities were collected recently by Cancer Center Pre-Award Services and published in Cancer Center Update, a weekly e-newsletter for members and staff.

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September 25, 2007

American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant
Deadline: October 15, 2007
Funding: Up to $30,000
This grant is for assistant professors who have no independent national funding and are engaged in cancer-related research. Cancer-related research includes genetic mechanisms of cancer, molecular mechanisms of cancer progression and metastasis, development of novel cancer therapeutic models and translational research, cancer immunology and immunotherapy. Applications may be obtained by calling LeAnn Micek, 612-626-1926, micek003@unn.edu.

Multidisciplinary Fellowships in Cancer Nanotechnology Research (F32 and F33)
(RFA-CA-08-003)
National Cancer Institute
Application Receipt Date(s): December 20, 2007
Funding: Stipend, Tuition, Institutional Allowance, Other Training Costs (+overhead)
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is designed to support the multidisciplinary training of individuals with background in the basic, biomedical, clinical, and information sciences and/or engineering who are pursuing research that applies the development and application of nanotechnology to the prevention, detection, diagnosis, and/or treatment of cancer.

NCI Limited Competition: Cooperative Human Tissue Network-CHTN (U01)
(RFA-CA-08-503)
National Cancer Institute
Application Receipt Date(s): October 30, 2007
Funding: Up to $833,000 in direct costs/yr. for 5 years
The Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) invites competing renewal applications from the current Cooperative Human Tissue Network (CHTN) awardees to collect and distribute high quality human tissue specimens to facilitate basic and developmental cancer research.  This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is designed to continue the mission of CHTN to: (1) prospectively collect and distribute high quality tissue specimens to investigators throughout North America and elsewhere; (2) assist individual investigators with regard to specific needs of their research; (3) assist in developing and disseminating knowledge on high quality practices for successfully operating a biospecimen repository; and (4) educate the community about the importance of the availability of high quality human tissue specimens to medical research.

Request for Applications in Ovarian Cancer Research
Marsha Rivkin Center for Ovarian Cancer
Application receipt Date: 7 p.m. CST, Dec. 3, 2007
Funding: $30,000/yr for 1 year (Direct Costs only, no F&A)

Pilot Studies: The pilot study program awards will support investigator initiated projects in all areas of ovarian cancer research. Priority for funding will be given to proposals that are: innovative, multidisciplinary, likely to lead to a submission of grant applications for independently funded investigations, and have translational research potential.

Scientific Scholar Awards: The Scientific Scholar Award is intended to assist promising laboratory and clinical scientist to pursue a career as an independent investigator in ovarian cancer research. Potential candidates will have an M.D., Ph.D., or equivalent degree with career goals focused on ovarian cancer.

September 18, 2007

NIH Announcements:
Research on malignancies in the context of HIV/AIDS
(PA-07-455) — R01
(PA-07-454) — R21
National Cancer Institute (among others)
Application Receipt Date(s): Multiple dates, see announcement.
Funding: Various, see announcement.
The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to advance our understanding of the risks, development, progression, diagnosis, and treatment of malignancies observed in individuals with an underlying Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection or Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Through this FOA, the NCI and NIDCR seek to encourage research in areas such as the study of the etiologic factors, cofactors, pathogenesis, and consequences of HIV-associated malignancies in [the members of] diverse populations. Research on non-AIDS defining malignancies in the context of HIV infection is also encouraged.

September 11, 2007

No listings were published.

September 4, 2007

American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant
Deadline: October 15, 2007
Funding: Up to $30,000
This grant is for assistant professors who have no independent national funding and are engaged in cancer-related research. Cancer-related research includes genetic mechanisms of cancer, molecular mechanisms of cancer progression and metastasis, development of novel cancer therapeutic models and translational research, cancer immunology and immunotherapy. Applications may be obtained by calling LeAnn Micek, 612-626-1926, micek003@unn.edu.