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

The KCRP Academy of Kidney Cancer Investigators Award mechanisms, which are being offered for the first time in FY19, support a unique, interactive virtual academy providing intensive mentoring, national a peer group for...

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Deadline 2454 days ago Location Alabama Type grant Level Federal Closed posted Jun 18, 2019
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  • Who can apply: Federal-level applicants (see eligibility for details).
  • Funding amount: total funding pool ~$4,640,000.
  • Next deadline: October 1, 2019.
  • Issued by: Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA.
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Deadline
2454 days ago
Oct 1, 2019
Total pool
$4.6M

About this opportunity

The KCRP Academy of Kidney Cancer Investigators Award mechanisms, which are being offered for the first time in FY19, support a unique, interactive virtual academy providing intensive mentoring, national a peer group for junior faculty emerging as potential leaders of kidney cancer investigation. The overarching goal of the Academy of Kidney Cancer Investigators (AKCI) is to develop successful, highly productive kidney cancer researchers in a collaborative research and career development environment. The AKCI will be a virtual career development and research training platform that will consist of Early-Career Investigator (ECI)/Designated Mentor pairs from different institutions, and an Academy Dean. The KCRP AKCIECIA is not a traditional career development award; the ECI is expected to participate in monthly webinars and annual workshops and to communicate and collaborate with other members of the Academy (other ECIs, Mentors, Dean) as well as with the advocacy community. The Academy Dean will serve as a resource for the ECIs and Mentors, assessing the progress of the ECIs, and facilitating communication and collaboration among all of the ECIs and Mentors, as well as with national research and advocacy communities. In addition to fostering ECI scientific development, the Academy, through its leadership by the Academy Dean, will provide for professional and leadership development of the ECIs to include skills and competencies needed to fund and manage a productive laboratory or research team. A separate funding opportunity (W81XWH-19-KCRP-AKCIDA) will solicit applications for the Academy Dean. This FY19 Program Announcement is soliciting ECIs and Designated Mentors to join the inaugural class for the Academy. This award mechanism enables the ECI (the investigator 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 ECI. The KCRP encourages applications from ECIs 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 his/her 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, these data do not necessarily need to be derived from the kidney cancer research field. The ECI must be in the early-career stage. This award provides the ECI 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 ECI 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 ECI and Designated Mentor will be responsible for developing the ECI’s career development plans and for designing and executing the proposed research. The ECI must clearly articulate his/her 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 ECI in the Academy. The Designated Mentor will be limited to one Primary (applicant ECI-Mentor pair) and one Secondary mentorship. The Dean of the Academy cannot be listed as a Designated Mentor.

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Source ID317183
PostedJun 18, 2019

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