Children's Tumor Foundation

(formerly National Neurofibromatosis Foundation)

CTF / Children's Tumor Foundation
RGP / Research Grants and Projects Office

WEBSITE: Access the CTF website.

AWARD MECHANISM: YIA provides a two-year salary award commensurate to the applicant’s level of training and an allowance of $5000 over the life of the award to support attendance at research conferences, training courses relevant to NF, and other educational materials.
The YIA program will support:

1. Postdoctoral fellows up to 7 years after receipt of their first doctoral degree who are focused on NF and wish to continue their careers in the NF field.
2. Pre-doctoral students pursuing projects focused on NF. Note: the applicant must write pre-doctoral applications independently, not by the laboratory head/supervisor.

SCIENTIFIC AREAS: YIA research may focus on all of the NF1 manifestations, NF2 and Schwannomatosis. The program intends to include any type of study including translational and clinical research, and basic research.

SUBMISSION DATE(S):

• Letter of Intent - 4 February 2011
• Full Application - 8 April 2011

MODE OF APPLICATION: Guidelines and forms are available here. Applications should be submitted to the Feinberg Graduate School.