Women Scientists Innovation Translational Award

Note: Fred Hutch is managing the limited submission review for this opportunity. See the link below to their funding portal.

Sustaining the careers of women in research and preventing the loss of women from academic careers focused on cancer is paramount to accomplishing the V Foundation’s mission. Women are underrepresented in many STEM fields and this disparity becomes more pronounced further along the career continuum. To make significant progress towards Victory Over Cancer®, we need all voices at the table. The V Foundation’s Women Scientists Innovation Award for Cancer Research helps promote.

This request for applications is specifically to fund women cancer researchers. This opportunity is restricted to adult cancer research. This year, we have special interest and funding for colorectal cancer research and welcome projects in this area. Note: Research areas not included in this scope for any grant type are epidemiology, behavioral science, and health services research.

Translational grant applicants can propose cancer research that moves a novel strategy from the laboratory into a human clinical trial or uses specimens from a clinical trial to develop biomarkers or mechanisms. The research should apply in some direct way to human beings within the time frame of less than 3 years from the end of the grant. If biomarker research is undertaken, a validation set or independent clinical trial is essential. A plan for biomarker validation, if applicable, must be included in any proposal. The endpoint of the project should be the planning or initiation of a new clinical trial.

Eligibility Requirements

Nominee must be the lead Principal Investigator (PI) on the Translational research team and must meet all the following criteria by the nomination due date:

• Self-identify as a woman.
• Nominated by their Cancer Center Director or similar high ranking research official.
• Employed at a non-profit research institution (e.g., 501c3, Section 170).
• Hold a tenure-track or tenured faculty position at their cancer research institution. Non-promotable adjunct, affiliated, temporary, part-time, or acting faculty positions are not eligible for Principal Investigator nomination.
• Must be either a US Citizen or have a legal permit (temporary or permanent) to work in the US. This requirement does not apply to invited Canadian institutions.

Application Instructions

Fred Hutch application portal:

https://fredhutch.infoready4.com/CompetitionSpace/#freeformCompetitionDetail/1927359