NCI POLICY ON SMALL RESEARCH GRANTS (R03)

Release Date:  April 26, 2001

NOTICE:  NOT-CA-01-012

National Cancer Institute

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) advises potential grant applicants 
that acceptance by the NCI of small research grants (R03) will be 
considered only in response to an NCI announcement specifically 
inviting such applications.  Unsolicited grant applications in areas 
not covered by the announcements proposing preliminary short-term 
research projects limited in time and amount of support will not be 
accepted by the NCI.  Currently, four specific program announcements 
inviting small research grant (R03) applications are ongoing annually.

o  PA-01-021 – Small Grants Program for Cancer Epidemiology.  
Application Receipt Dates:  April 20, 2001, August 20, 2001, December 
20, 2001, April 22, 2002, August 20, 2002, and December 20, 2002.  
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-01-021.html

o  PAR-00-025 – Cancer Prevention Research Small Grant Program.  
Application Receipt Dates:  July 20, 2001, November 20, 2001, March 20, 
2002, and July 20, 2002.  
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-00-025.html

o  PAS-00-121 – Small Grants for Geographic-Based Research in Cancer 
Control and Epidemiology.  Application Receipt Date:  July 19, 2001.  
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAS-00-121.html

o  PAR-99-006 – Small Grants Program for  Behavioral Research in Cancer 
Control.  Application Receipt Date:  August 20, 2001.  
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-99-006.html

INQUIRIES

Written, telephone and email requests for additional information 
concerning this notice may be directed to:

Referral Officer – Program Coordination & Referral Branch
Division of Extramural Activities
National Cancer Institute
6116 Executive Boulevard, MSC 8326
Bethesda, MD  20892-8326
Telephone:  301-496-3428
Email:  ncirefof@dea.nci.nih.gov

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