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SUMMARY:[ Susan G. Komen Foundation - The Komen Tissue Bank Challenge | Re
 search funding ]
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200925
DTSTAMP:20260427T233117Z
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CATEGORIES:Call for proposal
DESCRIPTION:Aim: Komen is excited to announce a new funding opportunity fo
 r researchers to use a truly unique resource: The Susan G. Komen Tissue Ba
 nk at the IU Simon Cancer Center (Komen Tissue Bank\, or KTB)\, the first 
 and only biorepository in the world containing breast tissue and blood pro
 ducts from donors that show no evidence of breast cancer at the time of do
 nation. Since 2007\, over 8\,000 women have donated their blood and/or tis
 sue to help the research community. To leverage this valuable resource\, w
 e are seeking the best ideas in innovative research proposals to move the 
 field of breast cancer forward.\n \nKomen is asking researchers to submit
  Letters of Intent to describe their innovative research projects that wil
 l use KTB resources.\n \nDuration:      Max. 2 years\n \nFunding:  
       Max. USD $200’000\n \nEligibility: Applicants must have facu
 lty-level appointments.\n \nHow to Apply:  Applicants should submit a 2-
 page Letter of Intent\, describing their project and its impact. These mus
 t be submitted on the platform proposalCENTRAL. On proposalCENTRAL\, pleas
 e enter the name of the host institution exactly as “Ecole Polytechnique
  Fédérale de Lausanne EPFL”. For more information on the Letter of Int
 ent\, see the LoI instructions. Decisions on the Letter of Intent will be 
 returned by November 11th. Selected applicants will be invited to prepare 
 a full Application\, which will be due December 16th. The top applications
  will be invited to present their proposal at the Komen Tissue Bank Compet
 ition\, held during the Komen Scholars meeting on February 27th\, 2020. Fi
 nal award notification will be on or around April 15th.\n \nDeadline\, Le
 tter of Intent:             25 September 2020 (1:00 pm EST)\n 
 \nFurther information\n\n	More information about the program is available 
 here.\n	Instructions for the Letter of Intent can be found here.\n	The app
 lication portal proposalCENTRAL can be found here.\n	If EPFL will serve as
  the host institution\, contact the Research Office to request an institut
 ional support letter at the full application round.\n	For any other questi
 ons\, please contact the Research Office.\n
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