Detall de la convocatòria

Característiques

Característica
Característiques principals
The Prostate Cancer Foundation (www.pcf.org) champions human capital investment to fast-forward solutions to prostate cancer.

These awards support large-scale research projects from teams of at least 3 highly experienced investigators capable of providing unique scientific expertise to the solution of a significant problem in prostate cancer research. The team may be assembled from one institution or several institutions from across the globe, and must embed a young investigator as an integral contributor to the team.

  • Focus on funding Treatment Sciences: Investigations to support the correlative research around either clinical trials of novel agents or strategies or standard of care. One emphasis is on developing or validating biomarkers that guide therapy in patients or further our understanding of the mechanism by which therapies work. While the emphasis is on research in humans, the actual trials or treatments themselves will not be supported. Human samples are highly preferred although at times model systems might be required to complement our understanding.
  • Multi-institutional biomarker studies will be looked at favorably.
  • Assay standardization across platforms and or institutions will be looked at favorably
  • Inclusion of a statistician and a clear statistical plan to justify size of study population is mandatory.
  • An IRB-approved protocol ready for activation is mandatory if applicable, including specimen acquisition.
    • Lloc de presentació
    El personal de l'IMIM i PSMAR que necessiteu més informació adreceu-vos a:
    Servei de Recerca. C/ Doctor Aiguader, 88. 08003-Barcelona. Tel.: 93.316.04.00.
    Carol Barnwell: cbarnwell@imim.es Ext.: 1670
    Marta López: mlopez4@imim.es Ext.: 1576
    Convocatòria (URL)
    http://www.pcfscience.org/
    Dotació
    $1,000,000 per team
    Durada
    2-3 years
    Documentació
    The application will include the following documents:
    i. Cover Page: Names, institutions and contact information of all investigators.
    ii. Statement of originality (1-page limit): This statement delineates why the work is first-in-field, original, and currently unfunded. PCF seeks new and never- before tested ideas, not derivatives of ongoing investigations or incremental research.
    iii. Research Proposal (10- page limit): includes both the narrative text and any preliminary data in support of the proposal.
    iv. A list of references of research cited.
    v. NIH Biosketch: Please submit a 4-page NIH Biographical Sketch for each investigator, including a list of relevant publications.
    vi. Budget page(s): Please include an annual budget for the proposal. PCF will cover only direct costs. The budget can be prepared using NIH Budget forms such as PHS 398, or other similar forms.
    vii. Clinical trial protocol and a timeline for activation of the clinical investigation: If applicable, to be included as an appendix to the application.
    AVÍS IMPORTANT
    The online application submission form will go live at http://www.pcfscience.org after July 22, 2014.

    Arxius

    Arxiu
    Request for Applications