Funding Opportunities
Baylor / U. T. M. D. Anderson Cancer Centers
Collaborative Multidisciplinary Research Program
General Information
The purpose of the Baylor / U. T. M. D. Anderson Cancer Centers Multidisciplinary Research Program (BCM / MDACC MRP) is to foster inter-institutional multidisciplinary collaborative translational research projects that engage multiple disciplines within and across the basic and clinical sciences. The aim of the program is to bring together research strengths across the two participating institutions to work on hypothesis-driven projects that have the potential to develop into large multi-project grants such as a SPORE or a P01.
Proposed programs should be designed as P01 or SPORE programs, with the following
components included:
- Leadership by a funded and established PI
- Multiple related projects supporting a single hypothesis-driven goal
- Core resources necessary to support the projects
We will award at least one MRP per year for each of 3 years. Each award will be for 2 ½ years of funding, for total project funding of $250,000. Funding is generally awarded as $100,000 in each of the first two years of funding, with the balance awarded in the third year. There are no restrictions on how the budget dollars are spent, however your budget must be well-justified.
MRP Proposal Process
The deadline for receipt of MRP proposals is January 15, 2008. Proposals may be submitted to Jenny Tektiridis (jtektir@mdanderson.org) in the Office of Translational Research, MDACC, or to e Administrative Offices of the Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center. It is strongly suggested that before submitting an MRP proposal, interested faculty have a pre-submission meeting with Dr. Robert Bast, MDACC, or Dr. Kent Osborne, BCM to discuss the MRP process and their proposal plans. Note: you do not have to initiate a pre-award research checklist for this proposal, nor do you need to establish inter-institutional consortium agreements. These will be established at the time of award and only need to be completed by award recipients.
Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center
Pilot Project Grant Announcement
July, 2007
The Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center will be coordinating a range of pilot projects open to all Cancer Center members funded through the Duncan Gift. We are seeking proposals that cover the full range of cancer investigation along the translational continuum including basic, pre-clinical, clinical and population based or epidemiological research. Individual pilot programs may require more focus.
All proposals will require project descriptions, limited to 6 pages not including references, to be written in the standard NIH grant format. The applications should include specific aims, background & significance, preliminary studies, research design & methods, as well as a few references, a budget and budget justification, biographical sketches and another support page. All proposals will be evaluated by peer review and scored in a manner that simulates the NIH peer review process. Cancer Center leadership may direct some awards in a way that assures balanced distribution of projects across programmatic and thematic spectrums or supports strategic aims.
Instructions for the Pilot Grant
Pilot Grant Proposal Submission Document
Following are the descriptions of the specific Pilot Fund programs.
Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences Pilot Projects
The Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center requests proposals for pilot project grants in the area of Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences. Areas of interest include cancer genetics, cancer epidemiology, molecular epidemiology, nutrition and dietary studies relating to cancer, minority health and disparities, cancer screening, risk assessment and outreach, and cancer preventative therapy. For questions pertaining to this program, please contact Dr. Powel Brown at 713.798.1609 or pbrown@breastcenter.tmc.edu. Applications will be accepted from any Baylor faculty. Funded investigators must be willing to become a Cancer Center member.
Approximately 4 one year grants will be awarded. Proposals cannot exceed $70,000 in total costs. No indirect costs will be required.
Deadline for Submittal is September 3, 2007.
Duncan Inter and Intra Programmatic Pilot Projects
The Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center is seeking proposals that will increase interactions between investigators who are members of the Molecular Carcinogenesis Program (Dr. Janet Butel), Cancer Biology Program (Dr. Larry Donehower) and the Prevention and Population Science Program (Dr. Powel Brown), and other cancer center members. Proposals will require at least two investigators – each from either a different focus group within one of the identified programs, or one investigator from an identified program and another investigator who may be aligned with a program, or an unaligned member. Consideration will be given to proposals that have a good potential to develop into externally funded multi investigator grants.
Approximately 4 one year grants of $70,000 will be awarded in this category. Proposals cannot exceed $70,000 in total costs. No indirect costs will be required.
Deadline for Submittal is September 3, 2007.
Duncan Inter-Institutional Pilot Projects
The Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center is seeking proposals that support interactions with investigators from other institutions. These proposals will require a member of the Cancer Center to partner with a co- investigator at another Texas Medical Center institution such as MD Anderson, Rice University, or UT Houston as well as UTMB. Proposals can cover any aspect of cancer investigation along the translational continuum including basic, pre-clinical, clinical and population based or epidemiological research. Consideration will be given to those proposals with comparable matching support from partner institutions or leverage additional external funding to support the interaction. For questions pertaining to this program, please contact Dr. C. Kent Osborne at 713.798.1641 or email kosborne@bcm.edu.
Funds in these proposals can be used to support any expenses on the BCM side of any interaction including BCM staff salary support, supplies, but major equipment purchases or PI salary are not allowed.
Approximately 2 one year grants of $70,000 will be awarded in this category. Proposals cannot exceed $70,000 in total costs. No indirect costs will be required.
Deadline for Submittal is September 3, 2007.
For general questions, please contact the Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center Administrative Office at 713.798.1354.
ACS-IRG Seed Funds for Cancer Research
The Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center is pleased to announce the availability of seed funds from the American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant (IRG) #93-034-12. The funds support promising new cancer-related research projects by junior faculty. One-year grants in the amount of $30,000 will be awarded. Two projects will be open to any area of investigation with one reserved for special interest for population based or health disparities research.
Applicants must be full-time, tenure-track assistant professors, appointed during the past five years (on or after January 1, 2001), who do not hold independent, nationally competitive research grants. Please submit your application electronically to cancercenter@bcm.edu by Monday, August 13, 2007:
American Cancer Society Allowable Expenses
ACS-IRG Medical Student Stipend
A $2,500 stipend from the College’s American Cancer Society IRG #93-034-23 is also available to a medical student to spend time in a research laboratory while still employed in his or her degree program. The research must be related to cancer.
Please submit to The Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center by Monday, August 13, 2007:
- One-page application outlining the proposed research
- Letter of recommendation from the mentor supervising the research
- Personal Statement (not to exceed one page)
- Official Medical School Transcript
2007 ACS Medical Student Stipend Application
Please contact Shari Stark at 798.2087 or email sharir@bcm.edu for additional information.
International Cancer Research Portfolio