Funding for Researchers

Funding is a basic necessity in the Center’s work and our member researchers receive funding through a variety of awards and grants. The following pages detail the funding guidelines and application requirements for each.
Purdue Center for Cancer Research INTERNAL* funding opportunities:
SIRG Graduate Research Assistantships: Deadline - March 1, 2012
Summer Undergraduate Research Award: Deadline - March 1, 2012
Lions Club Award for Cancer Research: Deadline - March 1, 2012
Innovative Cancer Research Pilot Projects
FASTR Deadline (for scheduling an appointment only): March 16, 2012
Proposal Deadline: April 16, 2012
*How to Acknowledge the Purdue University Center for Cancer Research
EXTERNAL funding opportunities:
Department of Defense
Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program Funding Opportunities for FY11
Department of Defense Prostate Cancer Research Program for FY11
Department of Defense Bone Marrow Research Program for FY11
Department of Defense Lung Cancer Research Program FY11
National Institutes of Health
NIH Development of Appropriate Pediatric Formulations and Drug Delivery Systems (R01)
NIH Solicitation of Assays for High Throughput Screening (HTS) to Discover Chemical Probes
(R21): Deadline February 16, 2012
NIH Validation of Molecular Diagnostics to Predict Patient Outcomes Using Specimens from Multi-Site Cancer Trials
(R21): Deadline February 16, 2012
NIH Mitochondria in Cancer Epidemiology, Detection, Diagnosis and Prognosis
(R21): Deadline February 16, 2012
NIH Small Grants Program for Cancer Epidemiology (R03): Deadlines: March 19, 2012; July 17, 2012; November 19, 2012
NIH Biomechanisms of Peripheral Nerve Damage by Anti-Cancer Therapy
(R01): Deadlines May 5 - LOI; June 5 - application
(R21): Deadlines May 16 - LOI; June 16 - application
NIH Exploratory/Developmental Grants Program for Basic Cancer Research in Cancer Health Disparities (R21): Deadline June 20, 2012
National Science Foundation
NSF Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences: Investigator-initiated Research Projects: Deadlines May 21, 2012; January 28, 2013.
Other
Ladies Auxillary of VFW Postdoctoral Cancer Research Fellowship: Deadline March 1, 2012.
Indiana CTSI - Collaboration in Translational Research Pilot Grant Program: Deadline March 5, 2012
Prostate Cancer Foundation-Honorable A. David Mazzone Special Challenge Award Research Program 2012: Deadline March 16, 2012
ACGT 2012 Investigator’s Award in Clinical Translation of Gene Therapy for Pancreatic Cancer: Abstract Deadline March 7, 2012; Invitation to Submit Application March 23, 2012; Deadline for Completed Application April 26, 2012