UAB: Comprehensive Cancer Center

Qualifications

--Applicants are limited to junior faculty members (Assistant Professors and Instructors) who have held any faculty position for two years or less and who have not received funding from a major national funding agency (such as NIH, ACS, VA, US Army/DOD), except training awards.

--The purpose is to provide "seed" money for the initiation of a promising new cancer related project by a junior faculty member to obtain preliminary results that facilitate successful competition for a national research grant. This award is intended to support an, independent, self-directed investigator early in his or her career, for whom the university has provided research facilities and space customary for an independent junior faculty investigator.

--This award is limited to a maximum of $40,000 for a 12-month period beginning September 1, 2010, and ending August 31, 2011.

For questions about preparation and submission of applications, contact:

Mike Bertram

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(205) 975-0358

Format of Applications

--Proposals should represent NIH R01-type research grant applications, with the important additions and exceptions noted below. Use standard NIH 398 forms (rev. 06/2009) or similarly formatted pages http://grants2.nih.gov/grants/funding/phs398/phs398.html

--Arrange the application as follows, using NIH guidelines except where noted otherwise. Items # 1 - 12 must be included.

1. Cover Letter from the principal investigator -- Describe your career goals and how this award would promote your research career development.

2. Face Page (NIH Form Page 1) -- Under official signing for applicant organization, enter the chairman of the principal investigator’s primary department, with the chairman’s signature on line 15.

3. Description and key personnel (NIH Form Page 2) -- Note this form is two pages. List consultants/collaborators in the “Other Significant Contributor” section.

4. Table of Contents (NIH Form Page 3)

5. Detailed Budget (NIH Form Page 5) -- Modular budget is not acceptable. See below for allowable expenses. Do not list any personnel with percent effort unless salary is budgeted.

6. Budget Justification (use NIH continuation page) -- Describe roles of key personnel and explain any unusual budget requests.

7. Biographical Sketches (NIH Biographical Sketch Format Page) -- For principal investigator and all other key personnel listed on form page 2. Two page limit for each sketch. List other support on separate other support pages.

8. Other Support (NIH Other Support Format Page) -- For principal investigator, list all past, current and pending extramural and intramural support. Include awards with other principal investigators, if the applicant is listed in the key personnel. Give award dates and total direct costs, and briefly describe each project. For all other key personnel, list only current and pending extramural and intramural awards.

9. Resources (NIH Resources Format Page)

10. Research Plan: (sections A. – D. not to exceed 10 pages)

(Introduction to revised application - one page)

A. Specific Aims

B. Background and Significance

C. Preliminary Studies

D. Research Design and Methods

E. Human Subjects

F. Vertebrate Animals

G. Literature Cited

J. Consultants and Collaborators (optional) -- Describe their roles; include Biographical Sketches, and letters of support.

11. Appendix (optional) -- Do not include manuscripts or abstracts that have been submitted and are pending acceptance for publication.

--UAB extramural checklist is not needed, and the YSB JFDA does not require full UAB OGCA signatures (“walk-through”). However, items listed below must be addressed, and the face page should be signed by the applicant’s departmental chairman.

--Human Use Approval must be filed with the UAB Institutional Review Board (IRB) for all proposals involving studies of human samples or data, at the time of submission. Funding cannot be activated until certification of UAB IRB human use approval has been received. Complete guidelines and forms for human use are available at the website http://main.uab.edu/show.asp?durki=30246, or from the IRB Director’s office, AB 470, phone 4-3789.

--Animal Use Approval must be filed with the UAB Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) if animals are planned for study, at the time of submission. Funding cannot be activated until certification of UAB animal use approval has been received. Guidelines and forms are available at the website http://www.uab.edu/iacuc/ or from the IACUC Director’s office, VH B-10, phone 4-7692.

--Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) registration must be filed at the time of the YSB JFDA submission. See http://www.healthsafe.uab.edu/pages/home/writingagrant.html for guidelines and forms.

Budget

Indirect costs are not applicable. The following types of expenditures are allowable:

--Research supplies and animal maintenance

--Technical assistance

--Domestic travel when necessary to carry out the proposed research

--Publication costs, including reprints

--Cost of computer time

--Special fees (pathology, photography, etc.)

--Stipends for graduate students and postdoctoral assistants if their role is to promote and sustain the project presented by the junior faculty member

--Equipment costing less than $2,000 (excluding computers)

--Registration fees for scientific meetings

The following types of expenditures are NOT allowed:

--Construction or building maintenance, major alterations

--Dues and membership fees in scientific societies

--Foreign travel (except for scientific meetings held in Canada, see above)

--Honoraria and travel expenses for visiting lecturers

--Non-medical services to patients

--Office and laboratory furniture

--Office equipment and supplies, including computers and peripherals

--Per diem charges for hospital beds

--Purchasing and binding of periodicals and books

--Recruiting and relocation expenses

--Rental of office or laboratory space

--Salary of the Principal Investigator or of secretarial/administrative personnel

--Tuition

Submission

Applicants must submit one complete electronic version of the application (PDF preferred). Scan all signed form pages and documents. It is recommended that the Research Plan section be directly converted into a PDF using Adobe Acrobat software (instead of scanning), so that figures and diagrams retain original color and resolution. Assemble the entire electronic application, in the same order laid out above, all together into one PDF.

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Both the paper and electronic versions must be received no later than 5:00 pm on Friday, August 6, 2010.

Review of applications and awards 

Applications are scheduled for review the latter part of August by a committee of UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center faculty. Awards are projected to start September 1, 2010. Awards cannot be activated until all applicable UAB conflict of interest, human use, animal use, and OHS reviews have been completed.

For questions about preparation and submission of applications, contact:

Mike Bertram

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(205) 975-0358