Research Western
Funding Opportunites - Research
Further details regarding this announcement can be found at:
http://www.prostatecancer.ca/Research/Current-Opportunities/Targeted-RFA-2018?lang=en-CA
Sponsor/Award: PROSTATE CANCER CANADA - TRANSLATION ACCELERATION GRANT - 2018 COMPETITION

Grant Amount: UP TO $1.5M FOR UP TO 3 YRS
Deadline: Dean's: Contact your Faculty Research Office for deadline details.
Internal: Jul 02, 2018
Sponsor's: Jul 09, 2018

Subject Areas: Prostate Cancer
Description:

Prostate Cancer Canada (PCC) invites applications for investigator-initiated Translation Acceleration Grants (TAG). This request for applications (RFA) solicits proposals from groups developing and validating methods to specifically and accurately predict treatment response and/or patient outcome using an appropriate assay. The end goal is clinical validation of the approach and more accurate and personalized selection of treatments for patients with prostate cancer.

Projects funded by this TAG mechanism will validate existing putative markers or tests in patient samples, either retrospectively or within a clinical trial. Assays can be biospecimen or imaging markers or other appropriate tests including histology or bioinformatics.

Application Details:

This funding opportunity has a two-step application process. Step 1 requires registration to the competition; step 2 requires the completion of a full application. See sponsor website for annual deadline dates. Access the online application is available at:https://pccgrants.smartsimple.ca/

Step 1 Registration is due May 15, 2018 with full application by July 9, 2018. It is critical that all applicants follow the instructions outlined in the Submission Information section of this document (Part 2: Section V). Conformance to all requirements is strictly enforced. Applications that do not comply with these instructions may not be accepted for review.

INDIRECT COSTS ARE NOT ELIGIBLE

NOTE: All Letters of Intent and Full Applications must be processed through Research Development & Services for institutional approval. Requests for Institutional approvals should be received no less than 3 days prior to the posted Sponsor deadline. A ROLA Proposal (bearing applicant, Chair and Dean electronic approvals) is required for each submission.
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