The Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) Nina Nicolai Innovation in Collaboration Award is available to members of the SU2C scientific community to explore synergistic and innovative collaborations that enhance the SU2C mission to accelerate the development of new cancer treatments for pancreatic cancer. Emphasis will be placed on submissions that involve new SU2C collaborations.
Eligibility:
- At least one of the Co-leaders must be an Early Career Investigator.*
- At least one of the applicants must be affiliated with an academic, medical, or research institution.
- Industry applicants, non-profit applicants, and applicants from governmental agencies are eligible to apply but are not eligible to receive funds.
- Both you and your Co-leader are submitting only 1 application.
*Early Career Investigators are defined as junior faculty (e.g. independent investigators who have completed their training within the past seven years), postdoctoral fellows, clinical research fellows, or other researchers-in-training who are working under the direction of a scientific mentor.
Selection Process: The recipients will be selected by a committee comprised of SU2C Scientific Advisory Committee Members, based on ideas submitted by eligible applicants. The selected recipients must provide a one-page project description, a budget, and a budget justification for the collaborative research to be funded. The SAC Executive Committee will review these materials and may provide comments and suggestions to the recipients. Funding is contingent upon SU2C approval of the final project and budget.
Award Amount: Depending on the scope of the project, up to $225,000 will be available for a period of 1-2 years.
Requirements: The grantees will be required to submit progress and financial reports annually to SU2C in advance of the SU2C Scientific Summit (reports due no later than January 15 of each year) and may also be asked to provide a brief update of their funded research to the SU2C community during a subsequent SU2C Scientific Summit.
Application Submission: You may submit applications through Proposal Central by clicking on the link below. The application window will be open from Tuesday, March 12, 2024 through Friday, April 12, 2024.
Questions: Please email any questions to proposals@su2c.org.