LUNGevity Foundation Issues Request for Applications for Ninth Class of Career Development Awards for Translational Research in Lung Cancer

On January 16, 2020 LUNGevity reported that it has issued a Request for Applications (RFA) for translational research for Career Development Awards that will be granted in 2020 (Press release, LUNGevity Foundation, JAN 16, 2020, View Source [SID1234553298]). The RFA is available on the LUNGevity website at www.LUNGevity.org/CDA-RFA and is also posted on the proposalCENTRAL website at proposalcentral.com.

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LUNGevity’s Career Development Awards for Translational Research program was created to support future research leaders who will keep the field of lung cancer research vibrant with new ideas. Since 2002, LUNGevity has funded 130 projects at 59 institutions in 23 states, including 26 Career Development Awards.

Projects that will be funded in 2020 are expected to have a direct impact on the early detection of lung cancer and/or individualized lung cancer treatment, including through targeted therapy and immunotherapy.

Successful applicants may receive $100,000 per year for a possible period of three years and will participate as non-voting members of LUNGevity’s Scientific Advisory Board for the duration of the award. Applicants must be within the first five years of their first faculty appointment. The Career Development Awards are mentored awards, and a mentoring plan is part of the required submission.

"The 2020 awards will be the ninth round of LUNGevity Career Development Awards, and we are looking forward to this year’s applications," noted Dr. Upal Basu Roy, Vice President of Research. "This program has attracted outstanding young researchers who have gone on to become leaders in the lung cancer space. The impactful research we have supported has so far generated more than $27 million in follow-up funding, including independent NIH/NCI funding, indicating that the research and its findings have enough likelihood of benefiting patients to require additional funding."