American Cancer Society (ACS) Institutional Research Grants

View the 2009 ACS Institutional Research Grant Awards.

Norris Cotton Cancer Center is pleased to announce that funds for seed money grants are again available from our ACS Institutional Research Grant. Applications will be accepted until February 16, 2009 (deadline extended from previously stated date of January 31) and will be reviewed for funding priority by the local ACS/IRG Review Committee. Download application.

The principal purpose of these grants is to support studies undertaken by investigators who are early in their careers and need pilot data before submitting individual research grant applications. Applicants must not have received prior R01 support from the NIH (or comparable support from NSF, ACS), unless the initial grant was not renewed. They must not hold an academic rank above Assistant Professor. Research associates, instructors, and postdoctoral fellows are not eligible.

Up to $30,000 may be requested, primarily to pay for necessary supplies, reagents, animals, etc. Major salary support for technicians is not allowed. No part of the principal investigator's salary will be provided. The award may not be used to augment programs already funded within a laboratory or group. Details on allowable and unallowable ACS expenses.

A reminder that there is a specific funding category for research in the special interest area of psychosocial and behavioral research, health policy research, or health services research, cancer in the poor and underserved, and childhood cancer.

We encourage applicants to discuss their plans with more senior faculty from the Cancer Center and, when appropriate, to seek biostatistical advice before submitting a proposal.