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July 5, 2006 • Volume 3 / Number 27 E-Mail This Document  |  Download PDF  |  Bulletin Archive/Search  |  Subscribe


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Funding Opportunities Funding Opportunities

Alliance of Glycobiologists for Detection of Cancer and Cancer Risk
Announcement Number: RFA-CA-07-020
Letter of Intent Receipt Date: July 23, 2006. Application Receipt Date: Aug. 23, 2006.

This funding opportunity will use the U01 award mechanism. For more information, see http://cri.nci.nih.gov/4abst.cfm?initiativeparfa_id=3496. Inquiries: Dr. Karl E. Krueger - kruegerk@mail.nih.gov; Dr. Sudhir Srivastava - srivasts@mail.nih.gov

Note: A pre-application meeting for investigators planning to submit applications in response to this RFA will be held on Friday, July 14, 2006, 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m., at the Natcher Conference Center, Balcony B, on the NIH campus in Bethesda, Md. For more information, see http://www.grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-CA-06-030.html.

Community Clinical Oncology Program
Announcement Number: RFA-CA-07-025
Letter of Intent Receipt Date: July 28, 2006. Application Receipt Date: Aug. 28, 2006.

This is a renewal of RFA-CA-05-014. This funding opportunity will use the U10 award mechanism. For more information, see http://cri.nci.nih.gov/4abst.cfm?initiativeparfa_id=3498. Inquiries: Dr. Lori Minasian - minasilo@mail.nih.gov

The overall objective of this program is to develop and conduct state-of-the-art cancer prevention clinical trials and control and treatment clinical trials with a prominent involvement of the community oncologists and populations that they serve.

Minority-Based Community Clinical Oncology Program
Announcement Number: RFA-CA-07-026
Letter of Intent Receipt Date: July 28, 2006. Application Receipt Date: Aug. 28, 2006.

This is a renewal of RFA-CA-05-015. This funding opportunity will use the U10 award mechanism. For more information, see http://cri.nci.nih.gov/4abst.cfm?initiativeparfa_id=3499. Inquiries: Dr. Worta McCaskill-Stevens - mccaskiw@mail.nih.gov

The purpose of this program is to support, as a national resource, clinical trial research activities of physicians involved in the care of minority cancer patients who are eligible for participation in clinical trials pertinent to cancer prevention/control/treatment.

Small Grants for Behavioral Research in Cancer Control
Announcement Number: PAR-06-458
Application Receipt Dates: Aug. 21 and Dec. 22, 2006; April 20, Aug. 22, and Dec. 20, 2007; April 20, Aug. 21, and Dec. 22, 2008.

This is a renewal of PAR-06-073 and will use the R03 award mechanism. For more information, see http://cri.nci.nih.gov/4abst.cfm?initiativeparfa_id=3487. Inquiries: Veronica Chollette - vc24a@nih.gov

Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Institutional Research Training Grants
Announcement Number: PA-06-468
New Application Receipt Dates: Sept. 10, 2006; Jan. 10, May 10, and Sept. 10, 2007; Jan. 10, May 10, and Sept. 10, 2008; Jan. 10 and May 10, 2009.

This is a renewal of PA-02-109 and will use the T32 award mechanism. For more information, see http://cri.nci.nih.gov/4abst.cfm?initiativeparfa_id=3494. Inquiries: Dr. David J. Eckstein - eckstein@mail.nih.gov; Dr. Lester S. Gorelic - gorelicl@mail.nih.gov; Dr. Nancy C. Lohrey - lohreyn@mail.nih.gov

Using Metabolomics to Investigate Biological Pathways and Networks
Announcement Number: RFA-RM-06-010
Letter of Intent Receipt Date: Sept. 22, 2006. Application Receipt Date: Oct. 20, 2006.

This funding opportunity will use the R01 award mechanism. For more information, see http://cri.nci.nih.gov/4abst.cfm?initiativeparfa_id=3497. Inquiries: Dr. Young S. Kim - yk47s@nih.gov; Dr. Padma Maruvada - pm155a@nih.gov

The NCI Transition Career Development Award
Announcement Number: PAR-06-455
New Application Receipt Dates: Oct. 1, 2006; Feb. 1, June 1, and Oct. 1, 2007; Feb. 1, June 1, and Oct. 1, 2008; Feb. 1, and June 1, 2009.

This is a renewal of PAR-04-040 and will use the K22 award mechanism. For more information, see http://cri.nci.nih.gov/4abst.cfm?initiativeparfa_id=3486. Inquiries: Dr. David J. Eckstein - eckstein@mail.nih.gov

The Role of Nuclear Receptors in Tissue and Organismal Aging
Announcement Number: PAS-06-467
New Application Receipt Dates: Oct. 1, 2006; Feb. 1, June 1, and Oct. 1, 2007; Feb. 1, June 1, and Oct. 1, 2008; Feb. 1 and June 1, 2009.

This funding opportunity will use the R01 award mechanism. For more information, see http://cri.nci.nih.gov/4abst.cfm?initiativeparfa_id=3495. Inquiries: Dr. Neeraja Sathyamoorthy - ns61r@nih.gov

Paul Calabresi Career Development Award for Clinical Oncology
Announcement Number: PAR-06-449
Letter of Intent Receipt Dates: May 1, 2007 and May 1, 2008. New Application Receipt Dates: June 1, 2007, and June 1, 2008.

This is a renewal of PAR-04-096 and will use the K12 award mechanism. For more information, see http://cri.nci.nih.gov/4abst.cfm?initiativeparfa_id=3484. Inquiries: Dr. Dorkina Myrick - myrickd@mail.nih.gov

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