AACR-Novocure Career Development Award for Cancer Research Grant

The AACR-Novocure Career Development Award for Cancer Research supports early-career researchers focused on Tumor Treating Fields (TTFields), which disrupt cancer cell division. The award provides $300,000 over three years for various research expenses, promoting innovative studies that enhance understanding of TTFields and their therapeutic applications, particularly in transitioning from in vitro to in vivo systems and developing combination therapies. This initiative aims to advance cancer treatment strategies and foster new research avenues in the field.

The AACR-Novocure Career Development Award for Cancer Research represents a joint effort to promote and support early-career investigators who are conducting innovative research focused on Tumor Treating Fields (TTFields; intermediate frequency, low intensity, alternating electric fields that disrupt cell division in cancer cells) as well as to encourage early-career investigators to enter the TTFields research field. The Inovitro® system (which will provided by Novocure, if needed), must be included in the experimental design. These grants are intended to provide a deeper understanding of the mechanisms of action of this novel anti-cancer treatment modality and to accelerate the development of new treatment strategies to advance therapeutic options for cancer. The research proposed for funding may be basic or translational in nature; however, studies promoting the transition of in vitro work into in vivo systems, combination therapies involving TTFields, or translational projects bringing treatments involving TTFields into the clinic will be prioritized.
Funding
Each award provides $300,000 over three years for expenses related to the research project, which may include salary and benefits of the grant recipient and any collaborators, postdoctoral or clinical research fellows, graduate students and/or research assistants; research/laboratory supplies; equipment; travel; publication charges for manuscripts that pertain directly to the funded project; other research expenses; and indirect costs.

Eligibility

You must be a member of this organization to apply for this award - become a member. Applicants must be AACR Active members in good standing (dues paid for the current year).