American Association for Cancer Research

AACR /American Association for Cancer
RGP /Research Grants and Projects Office

WEBSITE: Access the AACR website.

AWARD MECHANISMS:

• Fight Colorectal Cancer-AACR Career Development Award, in memory of Lisa Dubow: a two-year grant of $50,000 per year.
Clinical and Translational Cancer Research Fellowships: Provides a 1-year $45,000 grant.
AACR-Genentech BioOncology Fellowship for Cancer Research on the HER Family Pathway: The fellowship provides $45,000 per year for 2 years.
Basic Cancer Research Fellowships: One-year grants of up to $45,000.
Raymond and Beverly Sackler AACR Fellowships for Ileal Carcinoid Tumor Research: provide a 2-year grant of $100,000 ($50,000 per year) to support the salary and benefits of the Fellow. A partial amount of funds, up to 25% of the total grant, may be designated for direct research expenses. It is anticipated that two fellowships will be funded. The Fellowships are open to postdoctoral and clinical research fellows. Applications are invited from researchers currently in the field as well as from investigators with experience in other areas of cancer research who have promising ideas or research approaches that can be applied to ileal carcinoid tumor research.

• Fight Colorectal Cancer-AACR Career Development Fellowship: Research projects are restricted to translational or clinical cancer research that has an ultimate goal of developing or improving therapeutic interventions for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer.
• Basic Cancer Research Fellowships: Basic cancer research only.
• Clinical and Translational Cancer Research Fellowships: Clinical and/or translational cancer research projects.
• AACR-Genentech BioOncology Fellowship for Cancer Research on the HER Family Pathway: research projects are restricted to basic, translational, clinical, or epidemiological projects that substantially advance the field of cancer research on the HER family pathway.
Raymond and Beverly Sackler AACR Fellowships: Proposed research may be basic, translational, clinical, or epidemiological in nature and must have direct application and relevance to ileal carcinoid tumors.

SUBMISSION DATE(S):

• Fight Colorectal Cancer-AACR Career Development Fellowship: 9 July 2012 (12:00 noon Eastern Time).
Clinical and Translational Cancer Research Fellowships: 11 January 2012 (12:00 noon Eastern Time).
AACR-Genentech BioOncology Fellowship for Cancer Research on the HER Family Pathway: 10 January 2012 (12:00 noon Eastern Time).
Basic Cancer Research Fellowships
• Letter of Intent: 31 October 2011 (12:00 noon Eastern Time).
• Full Proposal: 30 January 2012 (12:00 noon Eastern Time) - for those invited to apply
Raymond and Beverly Sackler AACR Fellowships: 11 October 2010.

• From the Feinberg Graduate School: Confirmation that if and when the fellowship is approved, the candidate will be eligible to be a post-doc at the Weizmann Institute for the entire duration of the proposed fellowship.
• From the candidate's supervisor (a Weizmann Institute researcher of rank Senior Scientist or higher): Confirmation that the supervisor agrees to host the post-doc for the entire period of the fellowship.

Please note that according to Weizmann Institute procedures, fellowships are paid as stipends at a fixed rate. Consequently, if the amount provided by the funding source is lower than this rate, the difference will have to be supplemented (with an a priori written commitment to this effect to the RGP) by the host researcher at the Institute.

If the fellowship on offer is higher than the Weizmann Institute standard rate, the Institute will be able to receive a stipend only up to its standard rate. Alternatively, if allowable by the funding agency, the fellowship can be paid by the agency directly to the bank account of the recipient. In such a case, the host researcher should apply for post-doctoral status for the fellow at the Institute, either with or without the additional standard Weizmann Institute post-doctoral stipend (as allowable by the external funding source, and according to the resources available to the prospective Weizmann Institute host). For further information and/or clarifications, please contact the Feinberg Graduate School or the RGP.

Please note that foreigners are required to obtain the relevant visa (i.e. for a fixed-amount stipend: category A2; or for an employment contract: category B1 = work permit) prior to taking up an appointment at the Weizmann Institute:

• Non-Israeli fellows receiving a post-doctoral fixed-amount stipend at the Weizmann Institute standard rate are required to obtain a category A2 [student] visa, with the assistance of the Feinberg Graduate School.
• In the case of an external funding source which is willing to provide support only in the form of a salary with social benefits (as opposed to a stipend), the fellow must be engaged by the Institute as a Visiting Scientist on an individual contract. In order to obtain approval for Visiting Scientist status, the prospective host must contact the Visiting Scientists Section at the Housing Directorate and follow their guidelines in this regard. The Visiting Scientsts Section will also assist in the procedures required for obtaining a B1 work permit visa. Please note that the procedures will be different, depending on the location of origin of the prospective Visiting Scientist:
  1. Foreigners intending to come to the Weizmann Institute from abroad, without having previously completed studies in Israel: the Visiting Scientists Section at the Housing Directorate must be contacted to initiate the B1 work permit visa application procedure, long enough in advance for the prospective Visiting Scientist to receive the visa at an Israeli embassy/consulate (outside of Israel), prior to his/her arrival in Israel.
  2. Foreigners who are currently in Israel and hold a category A2 [student] visa: According to the laws of the State of Israel as regards foreign citizens (who do not possess Israeli citizenship), engagement by the Institute of such researchers will only be possible if they a priori leave Israel and then return to an appointment as a Visiting Scientist (conditional upon approval of the Ministry of the Interior, which must agree to issue a category B1 work permit visa for this purpose).
  It should be noted that the work permit approval process - a prerequisite to the approval of the status of Visiting Scientist - usually takes several months. Consequently, a Weizmann Institute researcher intending to host a Visiting Scientist who is not an Israeli citizen should begin the relevant procedures several months in advance of the desired start date. For further details regarding the issue of obtaining a work permit for a Visiting Scientist, contact the Visiting Scientists Section at the Housing Directorate.