Distinguished Scientist Awards

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资助机构

Sontag Foundation

地区

United States

研究领域

Brain

Brain Tumors

Cancer or Carcinogenesis

Medical Treatment

Oncology

截止日期

March 17, 2022 (已过期)

基金规模

$600,000USD The award provides $600,000 in funding over a four-year period. Over that time, recipients also receive additional support from the Foundation through its vast network of scientists in the field primarily through the Foundation's annual Scientific Retreat. The funding period for 2021 grants will begin on or about October 15, 2021 and end on September 30, 2025. The Sontag Foundation will allow up to $19,500 to support institutional overhead with the maximum annual grant payout remaining at $150,000.

联系方式

Shandra Koler, Senior Program Officer skoler@sontagfoundation.org

申请资格

Applicants must hold a doctoral degree in a discipline which can be brought to bear on the intractable disease, brain cancer. Applicants must have received their first independent faculty appointment no earlier than March 1, 2016 and no later than January 1, 2021 at a tax-exempt academic, research, or medical institution within the United States or an equivalent institution in Canada. If the institution grants tenure, the qualifying appointment must be on the tenure track. Research proposal submitted for funding must be a primary focus of applicant. Applicant's career track and proposed research should demonstrate potential to generate new knowledge relating to causes, cure or treatment of primary brain tumors/brain cancer. More than one individual from the same institution may apply for this award.

说明

The Distinguished Scientist Award (DSA) seeks to provide career and research support to early career scientists who demonstrate outstanding promise for making scientific and medical breakthroughs in the field of brain cancer research.Recipients of the award are inspired individuals with projects that show potential to generate new knowledge relating to causes, cure or treatment of primary brain tumors/brain cancer. Applicants are carefully considered and selected by The Sontag Foundation and its independent Scientific Advisory Board based on the scientific merit of the proposed project, career trajectory, peer and mentor references and an onsite research facility visit. In determining the overall scientific merit of an application, the Scientific Advisory Board scores applications based on the NIH review criteria of: significance, investigator, innovation, approach, and environment. Eligibility Applicants must hold a doctoral degree in a discipline which can be brought to bear on the intractable disease, brain cancer. Applicants must have received their first independent faculty appointment no earlier than March 1, 2016 and no later than January 1, 2021 at a tax-exempt academic, research, or medical institution within the United States or an equivalent institution in Canada. If the institution grants tenure, the qualifying appointment must be on the tenure track. Research proposal submitted for funding must be a primary focus of applicant. Applicant's career track and proposed research should demonstrate potential to generate new knowledge relating to causes, cure or treatment of primary brain tumors/brain cancer. More than one individual from the same institution may apply for this award.

网站

http://www.sontagfoundation.org/Display.aspx?id=38

基金资源
Purdue Grant Writing Lab: Introduction to Grant Writing	打开链接
University of Wisconsin Writing Center: Planning and Writing a Grant Proposal	打开链接