Lung Cancer Research: Pilot Grant - LOI; Disparities in Lung Cancer - LOI

Sponsor Deadline: 

May 29, 2020

Letter of Intent Deadline: 

May 29, 2020

Sponsor: 

Lung Cancer Research Foundation LCRF

UI Contact: 

Lung Cancer Research: Pilot Grant - LOI required May 29, 2020.
https://www.lungcancerresearchfoundation.org/research/funding-opportunit...
 

Eligibility:  Applicants from US-based and international institutions are eligible to apply and may hold any residency/citizenship status. Investigators must be affiliated with a non-profit academic or research institution and must fall into one of the following categories:
•Students and fellows
•Young and mid-career investigators with less than ten years’ experience since initial faculty appointment
•Non-tenure track researchers, staff scientists, and clinicians (any number years of experience)

2020 LCRF Pilot Grants fund projects focused on one or more of the following topics:
•Lung cancer biology
•Prevention and screening for early detection
•Identification of new biomarkers
•Development of more effective and less toxic therapies including but not limited to targeted and immune-therapies
•Mechanisms of sensitivity and resistance to lung cancer therapies
•Supportive measures for people with lung cancer and their families
•Quality of care and outcomes research.

Lung Cancer Research: Disparities in Lung Cancer - LOI required May 29, 2020.
https://www.lungcancerresearchfoundation.org/research/funding-opportunit...

Eligibility:  Applicants from US-based and international institutions are eligible to apply and may hold any residency/citizenship status. Investigators must be affiliated with a non-profit academic or research institution and must fall into one of the following categories:
•Students and fellows
•Tenure and non-tenure track investigators including assistant/associate/full professors, researchers, staff scientists, and clinicians 

We encourage applications on a wide variety of disparities-related topics including but not limited to the following:
•Gender disparities in lung cancer burden
•Causes and risk factors for lung cancer among never smokers
•Influence of social and biological risk factors on lung cancer outcomes, access to and use of care, and quality of care
•Genetic and gene-environment interactions
•Interactions and contributions of multiple factors (e.g. smoking, genetics, environment, societal factors) to disparities in lung cancer outcomes
•Contribution of healthcare access and quality to disparities in outcomes
•Disparities related to other factors such as geography, socioeconomic status, and age.

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