Israel Cancer Research Fund

ICRF/ Israel Cancer Research Fund
RGP/ Research Grants and Projects Office

HOMEPAGE ON THE INTERNET: Access the ICRF website.

AWARD MECHANISM:

• Gesher Awards for Academic Excellence in the field of Cancer Research will be awarded, contingent upon the availability of funds, for 2 years for a total of NIS 200,000 per year for two years. Applicants must be returning postdocs, with preferentially to those who have concluded their doctoral dissertation no less than 2 years and no more than 7 years prior to the date on which the award is to begin. Applications must be submitted while the applicant is conducting research outside Israel; during the funding period, the applicant must conduct his or her research in Israel.
• Postdoctoral Fellowships are awarded for 2 years at a stipend of $25,000 per year. Funds for cancer research are available to citizens of Israel, and not available to visiting scientists. Preference is given to persons with no more than 3 years of postdoctoral fellowship or equivalent experience prior to the award commencement date. Applications are also encouraged from MDs who wish to pursue additional investigative work in a laboratory setting to acquire research experience.

SUBMISSION DATE(S): 14 January 2013

• 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.