Team Science Awards

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Grant Name

Team Science Awards

Funder

Melanoma Research Alliance (MRA)

Country or Region

United States

Research Field

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Biological Markers & Sensor Mechanisms

Cancer or Carcinogenesis

Cancer Prevention

Immunology

Immunotherapy

Medical Diagnosis

Medical Treatment

Oncology

Skin Diseases

Deadline

October 7, 2021 (Expired)

Grant Size

Upper $900,000USD Up to $300,000 per year for three years (up to $900,000 total).

Contact Info

Tasheema Prince, MRA Scientific Program Manager tprince@curemelanoma.org

Eligibility

- Team must be multidisciplinary, and consist of two or more established Principal Investigators and a Young Investigator with complementary expertise; - Teams may consist of investigators from the same institution, or different institutions, and may be international; - The designated Administrative PI is responsible for administrative leadership. All PIs in the team share authority for scientific leadership; - The Administrative PI and any collaborating PI Applicants must be senior investigators, past the initial four years of their first academic faculty appointment and must hold a full-time faculty appointment at the level of Assistant Professor (or equivalent) or above; - An investigator may serve as a PI, including Administrative PI or as a collaborating PI, on only one proposal this cycle; - Each team must include at least one Young Investigator as a Co-Investigator, whose work must be integral to one or more of the aims of the proposal; - An investigator may only be the designated Young Investigator on one application in the Team Science Award category. However, a Young Investigator identified within a Team Science Award application may also apply in the same cycle for their own, individual Young Investigator Award provided that application has a unique research focus and hypothesis.

Description

Team Science Awards are designed to foster a collaborative research process and promote transformational melanoma research advances with the potential for rapid clinical translation. Evidence of prior collaboration among team members is encouraged, but not required. Eligibility - Team must be multidisciplinary, and consist of two or more established Principal Investigators and a Young Investigator with complementary expertise; - Teams may consist of investigators from the same institution, or different institutions, and may be international; - The designated Administrative PI is responsible for administrative leadership. All PIs in the team share authority for scientific leadership; - The Administrative PI and any collaborating PI Applicants must be senior investigators, past the initial four years of their first academic faculty appointment and must hold a full-time faculty appointment at the level of Assistant Professor (or equivalent) or above; - An investigator may serve as a PI, including Administrative PI or as a collaborating PI, on only one proposal this cycle; - Each team must include at least one Young Investigator as a Co-Investigator, whose work must be integral to one or more of the aims of the proposal; - An investigator may only be the designated Young Investigator on one application in the Team Science Award category. However, a Young Investigator identified within a Team Science Award application may also apply in the same cycle for their own, individual Young Investigator Award provided that application has a unique research focus and hypothesis.

Website

https://www.curemelanoma.org/research/request-for-proposals/mra-general-rfp/

Funding resources
Purdue Grant Writing Lab: Introduction to Grant Writing	Open Link
University of Wisconsin Writing Center: Planning and Writing a Grant Proposal	Open Link