Limited Submission Funding Announcements

These are research funding opportunities where there is a limit to the number of applications that can be submitted. Faculty interested in applying are asked to provide a preliminary proposal for an internal selection committee. Please see below the current available funding opportunities and their internal submission deadlines.

Damon Runyon Clinical Investigator Award │ December 2

The Damon Runyon Clinical Investigator Award is designed for early career assistant professors who are independent physician-scientists conducting innovative, disease-oriented cancer research. The award prioritizes candidates whose work involves direct patient interaction, in line with the “Handshake Rule,” although this rule does not apply to pathologists. The program aims to support outstanding young researchers dedicated to enhancing cancer medicine.

Funding Information: $600,000 over three years, providing $200,000 annually to support the clinical investigator. Funds can be used flexibly for the investigator’s stipend, personnel salaries, equipment, supplies, and research-related expenses, but cannot cover indirect costs or institutional overhead.

Eligibility/Restrictions:

BU Cancer Research Center can submit up to five nominations.
Only one application is permitted from a mentor or investigator per review session, including co-mentorships.
Applicants must be independent assistant professors (or equivalent) at a U.S. institution with significant institutional support (start-up package, lab space, protected research time).
Applicants must have an MD, DO, or MD/PhD, completed subspecialty training, and be U.S. Board eligible, holding a valid U.S. medical license.
Applications must be submitted within five years of the assistant professor appointment (as of July 1, 2020).
Candidates with R01 or equivalent grants are ineligible.
Applicants must commit to 80% research time, with rare exceptions possible upon compelling justification.
A mentor experienced in clinical cancer research is required; no more than two candidates can work with the same mentor at once.
Candidates may apply twice during the eligibility period, with one application accepted per mentor per review session.

For more information about eligibility and application requirements visit Damon Runyon Cancer Research website.

INTERNAL SELECTION PROCESS: Interested candidates please submit the following documents, combined into a single pdf file, to Diana Lehman at dlehman@bu.edu by Monday, Dec. 2, 2024. If you are a faculty who works in BMC space (i.e., your research mentor is a BMC investigator) and wish to apply, please contact the Director of Strategic Research Growth, Jessica Howard, at Jessica.Howard@bmc.org, by Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024.

One page project summary of proposed research
CV/biosketch for PI and mentor(s)

A faculty committee drawn from the BU Cancer Research Center will review the internal proposals and select nominees.

DEADLINES: Internal Materials Due: Monday, Dec. 2, 2024 │Sponsor Deadline: Monday, Feb. 3, 2025

In requesting to be considered for this limited submission funding opportunity, you are making a commitment, if selected, to submit your proposal to the sponsor in a timely manner and to Sponsored Programs in accordance with the Proposal Submission Policy.

NIH Biomedical Research Shared Instrumentation Grants │ March 28

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