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Objectiu de la convocatòria
The Prostate Cancer Foundation (www.pcf.org) champions investment in human capital to fast-forward solutions for prostate cancer with the ultimate goal of ending death and suffering from metastatic prostate cancer. We continue to focus significant efforts on developing gifted cohorts of young prostate cancer researchers and are pleased to announce a new round of funding for PCF Young Investigators. We especially seek young investigators with appointments in VA hospitals where research directly affects veterans with advanced prostate cancer.
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Característiques principals
In order to improve the health and wellness of our treasured US military veterans, applicants with Veterans Administration (VA) appointments are highly encouraged to apply. Projects that involve a VA Medical Center in their research proposal planning will be appreciated. This may include but is not limited to:
Creation of defined cohorts of prostate cancer patients annotated with the VA electronic medical record for the purpose of population science research.
Blood, tissue or other body fluid specimens collection from VA prostate cancer patients for translational or clinical trial correlate research.
Development of new biotechnologies for the diagnosis or treatment of prostate cancer patients within the VA healthcare system.
Activation of novel IRB- and FDAapproved phase 1 and 2 clinical investigations.
Unique genomic investigations of tumor or germline specimens from VA prostate cancer patients with the goal of understanding the unique mutations that might have occurred due to battlefield exposure to specific toxic materials.
Precision medicine clinical trials matching pathogenic germline or tumor alterations to experimental or FDA- pproved medications.
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Lloc de presentació
El personal de l'IMIM i PSMAR que necessiteu més informació adreceu-vos a:
Servei de Recerca. C/ Doctor Aiguader, 88. 08003-Barcelona. Tel.: 93.316.04.00.
Carol Barnwell: cbarnwell@imim.es Ext.: 1670
Marta López: mlopez4@imim.es Ext.: 1576
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Convocatòria (URL)
https://www.pcf.org/c/open-rfas/
On line aplication System: https://pcf.smartsimple.com
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Requisits
PCF Young Investigator Award Application Guidelines.
Applicant should be within six-years following completion of a professional degree (MD, DO, PhD, MD-PhD, DSc, ScD, DDM, DDS, DMD, MBBS, or equivalent) or subsequent mentored academic or clinical training program.
Applicant must hold the title of Postdoctoral Fellow, Instructor, Research Associate, Assistant Professor or equivalent.
Applicant must be under the direct supervision of a mentor(s). At least one mentor at the applicant’s institution is required.
Applicant should receive no more than $200,000 in current direct research funding from all sources including institutional funds during the 3-year term of this award. VA Career Development Awardees are excluded from this limit.
VA Career Development Awardees are eligible to apply for this award provided they have completed at least 3 years of.
the Career Development Award by the time of application submission to PCF.
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Dotació
$ 75.000 per year
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Durada
3 years
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Documentació
Applications must be submitted online at: https://pcf.smartsimple.com
Supporting documents:
Scientific abstract
A three-year Research Proposal
A letter of support from th applicant's mentor(s)
A letter of support from the applicant's Departmental Chairperson or Cancer Center Director (Associate Chief os Staff/Research for VA applicants)
A 1-2 page mentorship plan from the mentor
The applicant's NIH biosketch
An NIH biosketch for each mentor.
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