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SUMMARY:Melanoma Research Alliance | Research Funding
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230920
DTSTAMP:20260427T225325Z
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CATEGORIES:Call for proposal
DESCRIPTION:Aim: The Melanoma Research Alliance (MRA) is pleased to announ
 ce a Request for Proposals (RFP) for preclinical\, translational\, and ear
 ly clinical research with the potential to produce unusually high impact\,
  near-term advancements in melanoma prevention\, detection\, diagnosis\, a
 nd treatment. \n\nProposals will be accepted for Team Science Awards (& A
 cademic-Industry Partnership Awards)\, Young Investigator Awards\, Pilot A
 wards\, and Dermatology Career Development Awards\, which are all summariz
 ed below.\nFull details can be found in the RFP.\n\nTeam Science Award: De
 signed to foster a collaborative research process and promote transformati
 onal melanoma research advances with the potential for rapid clinical tran
 slation. Evidence of prior collaboration among team members is encouraged\
 , but not required. Team must be multidisciplinary and consist of two or m
 ore established Principal Investigators from the same or different institu
 tions.\nFunding up to $300\,000 per year for three years. LOI due 20 Septe
 mber 2023.\n\nTeam Science Academic-Industry Partnership Award: Similar re
 quirements as Team Science Award above\, but Industry partner must provide
  funds and/or in-kind support (e.g.\, reagents\, clinical grade drugs\, eq
 uipment\, and contract services) that matches or exceeds MRA funds for the
  award period.\nFunding up to $300\,000 per year for three years. LOI due 
 20 September 2023.\n\nYoung Investigator Program: Aimed at early career fa
 culty researchers working on innovative and original\, preclinical\, trans
 lational\, and/or early clinical research projects. Applicants must be wit
 hin the first five years of their first independent academic faculty appoi
 ntment.\nFunding up to $85\,000 per year for three years. Eligibility chec
 k due 20 October 2023.\n\nPilot Award: Senior investigators who propose po
 tentially transformative ideas that do not have extensive preliminary data
  but articulate a clear hypothesis and translational goals. Applicants mus
 t be senior investigators\, past the first five years of their first acade
 mic faculty appointment.\nFunding up to $50\,000 per year for two years. F
 ull proposal due 3 November 2023.\n\nDermatology Career Development Award:
  Will support research projects (including epidemiological data gaps and p
 opulation health and education programs)\, practice changing demonstration
  projects\, and/or immersive studies aimed at improving melanoma preventio
 n\, early detection\, diagnosis\, and/or staging.\nFunding up to $75\,000 
 per year for two years. Eligibility check due 20 October 2023.\n\nHow to A
 pply: All letters of intent and full proposals should be submitted via Pro
 posalCentral. During the submission\, you will be prompted to enter detail
 s for the Host Institution. If EPFL will serve as you host institution\, p
 lease enter the name exactly as: Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausann
 e EPFL. At the Full Proposal stage\, the signature of the institution’s 
 signing official is required\; please contact the Research Office for this
  task.\n\nFurther information:\n\n	More information about the program is a
 vailable here\n	The application portal ProposalCentral can be found here\n
 	The full Request for Proposal is available here\n	For any other questions
 \, or for completing the signature page\, please contact the Research Offi
 ce\n\n\n 
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