American Association for Cancer Research | Oncodisparity Fellowships in Lung and Urothelial Cancers
Event details
| Date | 18.03.2025 |
| Category | Call for proposal |
Aim: The AACR-EMD Serono “I’M IN” Oncodisparity Fellowships in Lung and Urothelial Cancers represent a joint effort to encourage and support postdoctoral or clinical research fellows to conduct cancer disparities research and to establish a successful career path in this field. The proposed research should specifically address disparities in oncology care in the area of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) or advanced urothelial carcinoma care and address barriers leading to inequality of cancer care that exist in institutions and within society at large.
Research projects should specifically address disparities in oncology care in the area of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) or advanced urothelial carcinoma care and address barriers leading to inequality of cancer care that exist in institutions and within society at large. Preference will be given to proposals which seek to implement strategies or interventions to address, mitigate or eliminate one of more of these areas:
Duration: 1 year
Funding: $65,000 USD
Eligibility:
Application Deadline: 18 March 2025, 1PM US Eastern Time.
Further information
Research projects should specifically address disparities in oncology care in the area of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) or advanced urothelial carcinoma care and address barriers leading to inequality of cancer care that exist in institutions and within society at large. Preference will be given to proposals which seek to implement strategies or interventions to address, mitigate or eliminate one of more of these areas:
- Awareness – raising awareness within the medical and patient communities that racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities in lung and urothelial cancer care exist and their impact.
- Access to care – access to care includes delays in diagnosis leading to higher stages at presentation and prolonged time intervals to treatment. Access also includes addressing community and societal factors which impact access to care and engaging stakeholders in developing culturally appropriate solutions.
- Outcomes – disparities in both access to care and timely cancer care are major drivers for poor outcomes. Identifying points of intervention at the patient/community level, as well as the individual, team and hospital administrative levels, is key to yielding significant improvement in patient outcomes.
Duration: 1 year
Funding: $65,000 USD
Eligibility:
- Applicants must have a doctoral degree (PhD, MD, MD/PhD, or equivalent) in a related field and not currently be a candidate for a further doctoral degree.
- Applicants must be AACR Active members. Non-members can apply for membership online. Please review the Membership Categories for the category that best fits your qualifications.
- There are no citizenship requirements, and the call is open to research institutions anywhere in the world.
- At the start of the grant term on 01 July 2025, applicants hold a faculty position with the title of postdoctoral fellow, clinical research fellow, or the equivalent. If eligibility is based on a future position, the position must be confirmed at the time of submission, and CANNOT be contingent upon receiving this grant.
- Have completed their most recent doctoral degree within the past five years (i.e., degree cannot have been conferred before 01 July 2020; the formal date of receipt of doctoral degree is the date the degree was conferred, as indicated on the diploma and/or transcript)
- Work under the auspices of a mentor at an academic, medical, or research institution anywhere in the world.
Application Deadline: 18 March 2025, 1PM US Eastern Time.
Further information
- More information about the program is available here
- Application portal can be found here and guidelines here
- For any other questions, please contact the Research Office
Practical information
- General public
- Free