Office of Research
Scholar Award 2016
This grant supports young tenure-track faculty to begin their cancer research career in projects that are either laboratory-based fundamental and translational research.
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Eligibility Requirements
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.
- 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.
- Clinical scientists are eligible if the research institution can demonstrate that it will fully support the research applicant (e.g. dedicated lab space, start-up funds, protected research time).
- Be either US citizens, or be a permanent legal resident in the US.
- Applicants who have been awarded R01 equivalent grants as PI or as Co-Leader at the time of application submission are not eligible for consideration as a V Scholar. In addition, applicants cannot be a Co-Leader on a SPORE project or Co-PI of the following NIH grant mechanisms: U01, DP1, DP2, R37, R23. In addition, PIs for Research Project Grants (RPGs), analogous to NIH/NCI R01 awards from the listed sources would be ineligible. The list of funding agencies that offer RPGs include:
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
- American Association of Cancer Research (AACR)
- American Cancer Society (ACS), (national office only)
- American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR)
- American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR)
- California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM)
- Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT)
- Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Central Office of the Veterans Administration (VA) - excluding local/regional awards and “block” grants
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- The Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute (FAMRI)
- Florida Biomedical Research Program (FBRP)
- Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
- Howard Hughes Medical Foundation
- Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
- Melanoma Research Alliance (MRA)
- Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF)
- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
- New York State Department of Health Wadsworth Center/New York State Stem Cell Science Program (NYSTEM)
- Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)
- Prevent Cancer Foundation
- Prostate Cancer Foundation
- Susan G. Komen for the Cure
- The California Breast Cancer Research Program (CBCRP)
- The California Tobacco Related Disease Research Program (TRDRP)
- U.S. Army (DOD) special research programs
Application Instructions
Please submit:
- a one-page letter of intent with a description of proposed aims and approach
- Biosketch or CV of the PI
to research@uw.edu by 5:00 PM Friday, February 12, 2016. The limited submissions review committee with then send its rankings on to the Fred Hutch, which is coordinating the nominations and submissions.
Inquiries and Contact Information
Investigators who identify a grant, award or fellowship program that restricts the number of applications that can be submitted from an Institution should immediately contact their Chairperson, Associate Dean for Research (or Dean, if no ADR) and the Office of Research (see below) if they intend to prepare a response. Failure to do so, or to meet the deadlines for submission of pre-proposal, will preclude submission of the application through the Office of Sponsored Programs.
For general inquiries, or to request a listing of a limited submission opportunity that should be but is not already listed, please email us at limitedsubs@uw.edu.