Melanoma Research Alliance | Research Funding

The Melanoma Research Alliance (MRA) is pleased to announce a Request for Proposals (RFP) for preclinical, translational, and early clinical research with the potential to produce unusually high impact, near-term advancements in melanoma prevention, detection, diagnosis, and treatment. 

proposals will be accepted for Established Investigator Awards, Academic-Industry Partnership Award, Young Investigator Awards, Pilot Awards, Dermatology Career Development Awards and Special Opportunity Team Science Awards.  Full details can be found in the RFP.

Young Investigator Award: Aimed at early career faculty researchers working on innovative and original, preclinical, translational, and/or early clinical research projects.Applicants must be within the first five years of their first independent academic faculty appointment.
Funding up to $85,000 per year for three years. Eligibility check due 21 October 2024.

Established Investigator Award: Supports senior investigators with an established record of scientific productivity and accomplishment. Applicants must be a senior investigator, past the initial five years of their first academic faculty appointment, and hold a position of Assistant Professor or above.
Funding up to $125,000 per year for three years. Full proposal due 4 November 2024.

Pilot Award: Senior investigators who propose potentially transformative ideas that do not have extensive preliminary data but articulate a clear hypothesis and translational goals. Applicants must be senior investigators, past the first five years of their first academic faculty appointment.
Funding up to $50,000 per year for two years. Full proposal due 4 November 2024.

How to Apply: All letters of intent and full proposals should be submitted via ProposalCentral. During the submission, you will be prompted to enter details for the Host Institution. If EPFL will serve as you host institution, please enter the name exactly as: Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne EPFL. At the Full Proposal stage, the signature of the institution’s signing official is required; please contact the Research Office for this task.

Further information:

• More information about the program is available here
• The application portal ProposalCentral can be found here
• The full RFP is available here
• For any other questions, or for completing the signature page, please contact the Research Office