US Army - Prostate Cancer Research Program

CDMRP / Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs
PCRP / Prostate Cancer Research Program
RGP/ Office of Research Grants and Projects

WEBSITE: Access the PCRP website

AWARD MECHANISMS:

• Postdoctoral Training Award: Supports training opportunities focused on prostate cancer research for recent doctoral graduates. The award is $115,000 per project for up to 2 years.
• Health Disparity Training Award: Supports predoctoral and postdoctoral training opportunities focused on prostate cancer health disparity research. The award is for up to 2 years, up to $92,500 per project for predoctoral PIs and up to $115,000 per project for postdoctoral PIs.

SUBMISSION DATE(S):

• Postdoctoral Training Award:
• Pre-proposal: 6 June 2012 - to the USAMRC.
• Full proposal: 14 June 2012 to the RGP (to reach the USAMRC by 20 June 2012) - only for those invited to submit.
• Health Disparity Training Award:
• Pre-proposal: 26 July 2012 - to the USAMRC.
• Full proposal: 2 August 2012 to the RGP (to reach the USAMRC by 9 August 2012) - only for those invited to submit.

MODE OF APPLICATION: The application must be prepared according to explicit guidelines issued by the USAMRMC. Electronic submission of proposals is required; no paper copy submissions will be accepted. Letters of Intent must be submitted electronically via the CDMRP eReceipt Online Proposal Submission site. The website contains all the information, forms, documents, and links you will need to apply. The Full Proposal must be submitted electronically through Grants.gov. The SF424 electronic application package should be downloaded from the Grants.gov website (please contact the RGP if you have trouble locating the relevant package), completed, and submitted to the RGP. The RGP will review the application to ensure it is complete and has been properly filled in, and will submit it via Grants.gov. Note: you will need the appropriate software in order to open and complete the application package downloaded via Grants.gov. Please make sure to provide the RGP with a copy of your application for review at least two weeks in advance of the submission deadline, and of the final submitted application for follow-up purposes. Applications require the following endorsements:

• 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.