2023 V Scholar Cancer Research Grant

The selection process and submission of this funding program are coordinated by the University of Arizona Cancer Center (UACC). For any other questions, please contact UACC Research Development (UACC-PreAward@arizona.edu)
The University of Arizona Cancer Center (UACC) can nominate one applicant for the V Scholar Cancer Research Grant.
 

Purpose of Award:

The UACC is seeking nominations for the V Scholar Cancer Research Grant which supports young tenure-track faculty early in their cancer research career by funding projects that are either laboratory-based fundamental research or translational research.

This RFA is specifically for adult cancer research that is focused on laboratory research. This year, we have special interest and funding for therapeutic resistance and welcome research projects in this area. Please note that research areas not included in this scope are epidemiology, behavioral science, and health services research. We also strongly encourage applications from underrepresented minorities in cancer research including Blacks or African Americans, Hispanics or Latinos (non-European), American Indians or Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and other Pacific Islanders who may be eligible for funding through the Stuart Scott Memorial Cancer Research Fund.

The total amount of the grant is $600,000, paid in three annual installments of $200,000. Only direct costs of the research are supported by this award.

Applicant Eligibility

Inclusion: Nominee must be all of the following criteria by the nomination due date.

• Nominated by their Cancer Center Director or similar high ranking research official.
• Employed at a non-profit research institution (e.g., 501c3, Section 170).
• Either a US Citizen or a permanent legal resident in the US. This requirement does not apply to invited Canadian institutions.
• Possess at least 2 years post-doctoral (MD or PhD) fellowship training. For MDs, a minimum of one year is acceptable if only one year is required for their specialty.
• Clinical scientists are eligible if the research institution demonstrates that it will fully support the research applicant (e.g., dedicated lab space, committed research time, start-up funds).
• V Scholar applicants must have been appointed to their first full-time tenure track Assistant Professor position no more than 5 years prior to the nomination due date, and not yet promoted to Associate Professor (for e.g., must be eligible to apply for PI status on an R01 at your institution.

Exclusion: By the Nomination Due Date, nominee must:

• NOT be a previous or current V Foundation V Scholar awardee.
• NOT have accepted or received notification of an R01 award by the nomination due date.
• NOT have accepted or received award notification of any peer-reviewed, non-mentored single grant that totals or exceeds $750K in total direct funding at ANY point in their professional career. This calculation should exclude indirect costs.
• NOT have accepted or received award notification of any peer-reviewed, non-mentored funding that exceeds $1M in aggregated total direct funding at ANY point in their professional career. This calculation should exclude indirect costs.

Note: The V Scholar award is intended to support research to leverage these larger awards; so, the nominee should not have already received such awards.