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The Center of Excellence in Integrative Cancer Biology and Genomics

The Center of Excellence in Integrative Cancer Biology and Genomics (CEICBG) is one of four Centers of Excellence established within the NCI Intramural Research Program (IRP). The Centers of Excellence build upon existing structures and areas of expertise. They lead new initiatives, projects, and collaborations, and position the IRP to play a significant role in interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary translational research. The CEICBG is a steward of resources and infrastructure, promotes interactions among NCI principal investigators and with other Institutes, extramural investigators, and the private sector, and provides leadership in facilitating new initiatives in cancer biology and genomics.

The CEICBG will promote the innovative use of genetic and genomic approaches and technologies for basic science discoveries and clinical research applications for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer.

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Request for Research Proposals

The Human Genetics and Genomics Working Group is seeking research proposals to follow up on validated regions of association from genome-wide association studies or from linkage analyses.

Proposals will be jointly funded by the Directors of the Center for Cancer Research (CCR) and the Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics (DCEG). Up to $100,000 per year will be awarded for a maximum of 2 years per project. Because funding is quite limited, only those projects with the most innovative scientific ideas will be accepted. An essential component for these awards is that the proposal must be a collaborative effort that includes investigators from both CCR and DCEG. Proposals will be peer reviewed and ranked by members of the Working Group and the Steering Committee of the CEICBG. Comments will be returned to the investigators who submit proposals. The format of the proposal and the description of the review process can be viewed here.

Proposals should be submitted to Geoff Tobias (tobiasg@mail.nih.gov). Next call for proposals will be in January, 2009.
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