V Scholar Grant 2015

LIMITED APPLICANT AWARD FUNDING OPPORTUNITY

THE V FOUNDATION FOR CANCER RESEARCH 2015 V SCHOLAR GRANT

Number of applications our institution may submit: 1 (we may nominate 2 if at least one of the V Scholar applicants is from an under-represented ethnic group in the sciences (African American or Hispanic) to be considered for the 2015 Stuart Scott Memorial V Scholar Award).

Synopsis:

This grant supports young tenure-track faculty to begin their cancer research career in projects that are either laboratory-based fundamental and translational research.

Eligibility: 

Candidates MUST at the time of application:

• Be approved by and nominated by the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Director in the formal application.
• Have at least 2 years post-doctoral (MD or PhD) fellowship training.
• For MDs, a minimum of 1 year is acceptable if only o1 year is required for the specialty.
• Have a tenure-track faculty appointment at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and/or University of Washington.
• Non-promotable, adjunct, affiliated, temporary, part-time or acting faculty positions are not eligible.
• Have been appointed to their first full-time assistant professor faculty position within the last 5 years, and have not yet been promoted to associate professor.
• Not have received or been notified that they will receive a R01 or R01-equivalent grants. R01-equivalent grants include research projects that are part of a P01, P50, U01, DP1, DP2, R37, R23 and R29 grant.
• Be either US citizens, or have legal status to work in the US.

Funding:

• $200,000 total paid in two annual installments of $100,000/year.
• This grant has a zero indirect cost policy; however is listed on Exhibit A. 
• Applicants will be notified regarding funding decisions beginning August/September 2015.
• First grant payment will be made Fall of 2015, contingent upon receipt of the executed grant agreement and other components of the award package.

Internal Pre-Proposal Deadline: Wednesday, February 11, 2015 by 5:00 pm PT

Interested and eligible investigators should submit a single PDF of the required pre-proposal materials (see attached) to fundinginfo@fredhutch.org by the internal deadline to be considered by the Fred Hutch’s Internal Awards Committee. 

Funding Agency Application Deadline: Wednesday, April 1, 2015 by 5:00 pm ET

The selected Fred Hutch candidate may be assisted by Corporate & Foundation Relations with preparing their application for submission.

For additional information, including eligibility guidelines and the required pre-proposal schedule and materials, please see the attached funding announcement.

Questions may be directed to fundinginfo@fredhutch.org.

Application Instructions

Given the extremely tight turnaround due to the V Foundation’s 2/23 deadline to be notified of nominees, we propose that UW investigators who are interested in this opportunity send their pre-proposals to BOTH fundinginfo@fredhutch.org and research@uw.edu by the 2/11 deadline stated below. We ask then that candidate rankings be sent to fundinginfo@fredhutch.org by Tuesday, 2/17 by 5:00pm.