DoD Kidney Cancer, Academy of Kidney Cancer Investigators – Early-Career Scholar Award — Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA funding opportunity
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DoD Kidney Cancer, Academy of Kidney Cancer Investigators – Early-Career Scholar Award

The Academy of Kidney Cancer Investigators (AKCI) is a virtual career development and research mentoring platform that consists of Early-Career Scholar (ECS)/Designated Mentor pairs from different institutions and an Aca...

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Deadline 988 days ago Location Alabama Type grant Level Federal Closed posted Jun 5, 2023
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  • Who can apply: Federal-level applicants (see eligibility for details).
  • Funding amount: total funding pool ~$2,320,000.
  • Next deadline: October 6, 2023.
  • Issued by: Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA.
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Deadline
988 days ago
Oct 6, 2023
Total pool
$2.3M

About this opportunity

The Academy of Kidney Cancer Investigators (AKCI) is a virtual career development and research mentoring platform that consists of Early-Career Scholar (ECS)/Designated Mentor pairs from different institutions and an Academy Dean. The KCRP AKCIECSA is not a traditional career development award; the ECS is expected to conduct research, participate in monthly webinars, and annual workshops and to communicate and collaborate with other members of the Academy (other Early-Career Scholars, mentors, Dean) as well as with the kidney cancer advocacy community.The KCRP Academy of Kidney Cancer Investigators – Early-Career Scholar Award supports a unique, interactive virtual academy providing intensive mentoring, national a peer group for junior faculty emerging as potential leaders of kidney cancer research. The overarching goal of the AKCI is to advance kidney cancer research through development of highly productive kidney cancer researchers in a collaborative research and career development environment.The Academy Dean, selected in FY19, serves as a resource for the ECS and mentors, assessing the progress of the ECS, and facilitating communication and collaboration among all of the Early-Career Scholars and Designated Mentors, as well as with research and advocacy communities. In addition to fostering ECS scientific development, the AKCI, through its leadership by the Academy Dean, provides professional and leadership development of the ECS to include skills and competencies needed to fund and manage a productive laboratory or research team.This FY23 program announcement is soliciting Early-Career Scholars and Designated Mentors to join the existing Academy of Kidney Cancer Investigators. This award mechanism enables the ECS (the Scholar named as the Principal Investigator on the application) to pursue a kidney cancer project that may be basic, translational, and/or clinical research. The Designated Mentor is not required to be at the same institution as the ECS.The KCRP encourages applications from Early-Career Scholars whose ability to commit to conducting kidney cancer research is limited by minimal resources or a lack of resources, such as a qualified Designated Mentor at their institution, access to kidney cancer research tools, opportunities for establishing collaborations, or other obstacles, which should be identified in the application.Preliminary data to support the feasibility of the research applications and approaches are required; however, this data does not necessarily need to be derived from the kidney cancer research field.The ECS must be in the early-career stage. This award provides the ECS with collaborative opportunities, and research experience necessary to develop and sustain a successful, independent career at the forefront of kidney cancer research. This award also provides support and protected time for the ECS for 4 years of intensive research under the guidance of a Designated Mentor experienced in kidney cancer research. Although the AKCI will serve as a conduit to share knowledge and research experience among all Academy members, the ECS and Designated Mentor will be responsible for developing the career development plans of the ECS and for designing and executing the proposed research. The ECS must clearly articulate their commitment to a career as a kidney cancer researcher and to participating in and contributing to the growth of the AKCI.The Designated Mentor must have a strong record of mentoring and training early-career investigators. With the goal to expand and enrich mentorship capacity within the Academy, a Designated Mentor must agree to also serve as a Secondary Mentor to another ECS in the Academy. The Designated Mentor will be limited to one Primary (applicant ECS/mentor pair) and one Secondary Mentorship. Applicants are not permitted to list the Dean of the Academy as a Designated Mentor.

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Source ID348544
PostedJun 5, 2023

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