Abramson Cancer Center Funding Opportunities: December 15
October 30, 2007, Volume 54, No. 10	Print Issue

American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant
The Abramson Cancer Center holds an American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant (ACS IRG) to support seed money grants to faculty to conduct innovative cancer research projects that have the potential for future peer review funding. Research projects currently funded through a national research grant will not be accepted. Prior recipients are eligible to apply for a renewal for a second year. Funding Level: $5,000-$30,000; Award Period: January 1, 2008-December 30, 2008.

Cancer Center Pilot Projects Program
The Cancer Center Pilot Projects Program funds innovative cancer research projects that have the potential for future peer review funding. Research projects currently funded through a national research grant will not be accepted. Funding Level Maximum $25,000; Award Period: March 1, 2008-November 30, 2008.

Gastrointestinal Cancer Pilot Program Grants
The Abramson Cancer Center and the University of Pennsylvania’s NIH Center for Molecular Studies in Digestive and Liver Diseases are pleased to announce a joint RFA for pilot grants focused on gastrointestinal (colon, pancreatic, upper GI, liver) cancer. We invite basic, translational, and cancer control research proposals in areas including developmental biology, physiology, pharmacology, immunobiology, virology, and genetics as they relate to gastrointestinal cancers. Funding Level Maximum $45,000; Award Period will be stated in the award letter.

Application Deadline: December 15, 2007; for information see www.penncancer.org or call (215) 662-3912.

—Steven J. Dennis, Scientific Administrative Coordinator, Abramson Cancer Center