Cancer Center Trainee Pilot Award Grant

The Cancer Center Trainee Pilot Award provides up to $10,000 in funding for trainees such as graduate students and post-docs to support innovative cancer research. This opportunity aims to enhance training in proposal writing and grant management, covering diverse topics from cancer biology to prevention strategies. Applicants must submit a Letter of Intent before applying. This initiative is facilitated by the IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute.

Note: Investigators wishing to apply to this funding mechanism must first submit a Letter of Intent for approval. Once approved, the link for submitting the online application will be sent.
The IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center requests applications from trainees (graduate students, post-docs, residents, and clinical fellows) for pilot funding to support innovative research focused on cancer. The primary purpose of this funding opportunity is to provide training on proposal writing, the grant review process, and, if funded, how to manage funds. Proposals may span cancer biology, early drug development, including target identification, new model systems development, and all aspects of cancer prevention and control including population science and symptom management to name a few.
Funding is for up to $10,000 for one year.

Eligibility

You must be a member of this organization to apply for this award - become a member. Mentors must be an IUSCCC member (Research Program member, Unaligned member or Affiliate member); trainees do not need to be IUSCCC members at the time of application submission but must have applied for trainee membership by the award funding date.