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Cancer League Research Grants Program
Research Grants Information
Research Grants
Awarded
To Apply for Research Grants, submit these application forms:
Research Grant Application Form
as Word File
Research Grant Application Form as PDF
NIH form
398 and example for biographical sketches
Research Support
form
The following text is available as a PDF file
Cancer League of Colorado, Inc. grants are made possible by the fund
raising efforts of the membership. The purpose of the League’s Cancer
Research Grants Program is to support exceptional research projects that
will help lead to the conquest of cancer. Research Grants
awarded.
Projects in laboratory, clinical, or cancer control research will be
considered for funding. Particular emphasis will be placed on
support of independent junior investigators, post-doctoral and research
fellows (M.D. or Ph.D. certified), and pilot studies that will become
eligible for further funding through conventional support mechanisms.
High quality collaborative projects will be considered. Emphasis will
be placed on those projects that explore highly innovative,
unconventional or high-risk approaches to the cancer problem, and
projects with special significance to cancer in Colorado. In 2008, CLC
has additional designated funds to be used for Brain Cancer and
Esophageal Cancer Research.
ELIGIBILITY
Scientists and clinicians
of non-profit research, medical service
and educational institutions located in
the State of Colorado are eligible to
apply for grants. Educational
institution members must have faculty
status or a mentor with faculty status.
Research projects, which
have been previously funded by another
agency, may be eligible for grants from
the Cancer League of Colorado if
adequate justification is provided.
Each Principal Investigator or head of a
laboratory is limited to one application
per year.
DURATION
Research grants will be
made for research to take place in the
next 12 months beginning July 1. Under
exceptional circumstances grants may be
extended for n o longer than one year
with the approval of the Board of
Directors of the Cancer League.
Requests for extensions must be filed
with Cancer League 30 days prior to
expiration of the grant term.
INDIRECT COST RECOVERY
It is the policy of the
Cancer League of Colorado that no
indirect cost recovery (ICR) is granted
and that all funds are direct cost
only. Applicants from institutions must
obtain a waiver of ICR to receive Cancer
League funding.
APPLICATIONS
The Cancer League of
Colorado Cancer
Research Grant Application Form
must be utilized for all applications to
be considered for funding.
Both the Principal
Investigator and an Institutional
Official authorized to accept
responsibility for administration of the
grant must sign the face page signifying
their assurance that they will abide by
the requirements of the Cancer League of
Colorado and this program. In the
case of a fellowship, the Fellow must
write the proposal and the signature of
the Mentor is also required. Grant
applications in the proper form must be
received by March 12, 2008. Any
application received after this date
will not be accepted.
Research Grant Application Form
as Word File
Research Grant Application Form as PDF
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LAY SUMMARY
Applications must include
a summary of the project, limited to a
single-spaced, half page of type. Using
12 pt. Times or Arial Font. It should
consist of a brief description of the
objectives, rationale, methods, and
expected results, written so that it
will be understandable by a lay
audience. Applicants must provide a
list of key personnel, institutions and
role on project including consultants
and collaborators.
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BUDGET
I. Fellowships. The
Cancer League will consider up to 50% of
the salary for a post-doctoral fellow.
In general, stipends will be considered
depending on experience as per NIH
guidelines, plus reasonable remuneration
for supplies and fringe benefits.
II. Research Grants. A
detailed, categorical budget request for
the project must be provided. Only
direct costs are allowed. Up to 50% of
salaries and fringe benefits may be
included for technicians with at least a
bachelor’s degree, post doctoral
fellows, and graduate students training
to be Principal Investigators (PI),
except that no salaries will be allowed
for faculty or equivalent positions.
Justification should be included for any
costs that are unusual. Travel funds or
items of major equipment (cost per item
exceeding $5,000 with useful life of
more than one year) are not allowed and
costs for Publication of results will be
allowable up to $1,000. Funds will not
be provided to pay for clinical services
or equipment that is otherwise a
reimbursable cost. Individual Awards
cannot exceed $30,000; collaborative
projects cannot exceed $60,000.
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Fellowship applications
should include biosketch for the Fellow
and the Preceptor who is the Principal
Investigator. Research grant
applications should include biosketch of
the Principal Investigator and all
personnel included in budget. Use the
NIH form
398 - biosketch
Biographical sketches
should use
NIH form
398 - biosketch (includes bio example)
A letter of support from the Mentor is
required for independence of his
position, research space, and other
funding.
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CURRENT AND PENDING
SUPPORT
All applicants must
include a complete list of all current
and pending research support for all key
personnel. Describe overlap with
current application.
Research
Support form
Pages 7 to 12
PROJECT PLAN
A complete, but concise
description of the project must be
included. This portion of the
application should contain the specific
aims (no more than 1-1/2 pages),
experimental design and methods (limited
to three pages), and any other
information required to fully describe
the proposed work. The project plan
should be no more than a total of six
typed pages including figures, tables
and other relevant data.
Specifications: Fonts should be 12 pts.
or larger, Times Roman or Arial; fonts
for figure legends-- no smaller than 10
pts. Margins –3/4” all around.
Failure to follow instructions results in administrative
disqualification and submission will not be reviewed.
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LITERATURE CITED
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OTHER FACTORS AND
ASSURANCES
Applicants may include a
concise description of any other factors
that should be considered in evaluation
of the proposal; for example,
specialized resources of equipment
available to the study, collaborative
arrangement (verified by letter of
agreement) or special relevance to
Colorado.
If the proposed work
involves human subjects, vertebrate
animals, or recombinant DNA research,
the Principal Investigator and
Institutional Official, and Mentor, if
applicable, must certify that they will
adhere to appropriate regulations of the
United States Public Health Service,
National Institute of Health, including
approval of the study by a properly
constituted Institutional Review Board,
Institutional Animal Use and Care
Committee, or Biosafety Committee,
respectively. If the proposed grant is
for a fellowship, the Mentor must
include his assurance of proper
supervision and conduct of the research.
PUBLICATIONS
All publications,
abstracts or similar communications
resulting from work supported by the
Cancer League of Colorado must
acknowledge this support by inclusion of
the statement: “Supported (in part) by
a research grant from the Cancer League
of Colorado, Inc.” A reprint or copy of
the publication or abstract must be sent
to the Cancer League of Colorado, Inc.
PROGRESS REPORTS
Recipients of Cancer
League of Colorado research and
fellowship grants are required to submit
the following two (2) reports, to be
written in lay terms:
*A SIX (6) MONTH UPDATE
SHALL BE A ONE-PARAGRAPH PROGRESS
REPORT.
*A FINAL REPORT SHALL
SUMMARIZE THE RESULTS OF THE STUDIES
SUPPORTED BY THE GRANT AND INCLUDE ALL
PUBLISHED RESULTS FROM THE WORK.
The final report, if a
fellowship grant, should be cosigned by
the Mentor. The final report must be
submitted to the Cancer League of
Colorado within 60 days of the
conclusion of the grant.
Failure to submit a final
report will jeopardize future funding to
the individual and the institution.
FINANCIAL AUDIT
The Cancer League of
Colorado requires that the applicant’s
institution provide a full accounting of
the expenditure of funds from the
grant. Please send this accounting to
the Cancer League within 60 days of the
grant’s completion. The Cancer League
of Colorado reserves the right to
rescind the grant or to disallow
expenditures when it deems them
inappropriate to the approved goals of
the project, or to be contrary to the
best interests of the League and its
Cancer Research Grants Program.
SUBMITTAL
Applicants must submit an
original and eighteen (18) copies of the
completed grant application on or before
March 12, 2008, to:
Cancer League of
Colorado, Inc.
c/o Ruth Pana
4060 S. Ivy Lane
Englewood, CO 80111
rrpana@comcast.net
303-757-7087
Alternate contact: Jody
Coates 303-333-0344
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