AHNS Presidential Award: Best Practices for Treating Head and Neck Cancer in Non-academic and Rural Communities

Overview

AHNS Presidential Award: Best Practices for Treating Head and Neck Cancer in Non-academic and Rural Communities

$10,000, one year. One available.

Purpose

There is growing complexity in the delivery of head and neck cancer care and strong evidence to prove the importance of timely care. Given these facts and the dispersal of the population, it is imperative that high-quality, multidisciplinary care is available in a variety of different practice settings. This RFA seeks proposals that examine the delivery of head and neck cancer care in non academic and rural settings. Areas of interest include studies that evaluate quality control across heterogenous health systems, the benefits and risks of head and neck cancer care regionalization, efforts to improve time-to-treat by providing high quality care locally and overcoming the challenges with the implementation of multidisciplinary care in the community setting.

Conditions

Research supported by this award should be specifically directed to studying best practices for treating head and neck cancer in non-academic and rural settings. Projects that demonstrate collaborative effort with members of other related disciplines are encouraged. Projects must be designed so as to yield useful information within the period of award, but priority will be given to projects that are also innovative with promise to develop into new long-range or expanded research programs capable of attracting funding from other sources.

The grant application must be accompanied by letters of support from the Chair of the candidate’s academic department and from the principal scientific advisor or mentor. These letters are to indicate a general level of support of the applicant, the fact that the Department will make time, space, and other resources accessible for completion of the project, and that the applicant will have appropriate supervision/support throughout the period of the grant. Applicants must obtain letters of support/understanding from all key personnel on the project.

Use of Funds

A detailed budget and budget justification constitute part of the application and will be evaluated as part of the review process.  Allowable expenses include consultant fees (e.g., statistician); salary support for research assistants or other technical personnel; computer software or hardware; purchase and maintenance of experimental animals; laboratory supplies and services; and expenses related to publication of results directly related to the supported project, exclusive of reprint costs. Equipment and supplies purchased with this Award become the property of the recipient institution. The AHNS prefers not to pay institutional (indirect) costs for this very modest award; if the institution is unwilling to waive such costs, however, they are limited to no more than 10% of the Total Direct Costs (sum of amounts requested for personnel, consultant costs, equipment, supplies, patient/animal care costs, and other expenses). The Total Costs (direct + indirect) may not exceed $10,000.

Eligibility

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* Candidates for this award should reside in the U.S. or Canada, be medical students, residents, PhDs or faculty members at the rank of associate professor or below and be an AHNS member in good standing.

* Previous AHNS or AAO-HNS Foundation research grant recipients are eligible to compete for this grant.
* Candidates who have applied for support of the same research from other funding sources, and who are notified of an award from both another agency and from AHNS must choose only one of the awards.
* The grant is legally awarded to the institution with which the Principal Investigator is affiliated, not to the investigator or his/her Division or Department.

_You must be a member of this organization to apply for this award - become a member. Must be AHNS members in good standing_

Ineligibility

* Candidates who have successfully obtained funding from a private or federal funding agency for the same research are ineligible.
* Funding may not be used to support the Principal Investigator’s salary during the period of the award.