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The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network will award more
than $4 million to research through its 2013 grants program,
representing the largest annual total distributed by the
organization to date.
In the decade since our grants program’s inception in
2003, 80
grants have been awarded for a sum of more than
$12.7 million.
A major goal of our research grants program is to build
and strengthen the community of scientists and clinicians
committed to fighting the disease. During the past decade,
our grants have been administered by the American
Association for Cancer Research (AACR), the oldest and
largest scientific organization in the world focused on cancer,
to ensure that the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network funds
the most meritorious research projects without any bias.
This year, we are pleased to introduce a new grant
mechanism: the Research Acceleration Network grant,
or RAN. The RAN grant is our largest yet, providing an
unprecedented sum of $1 million for collaborative and
especially innovative research efforts. The RAN grant was
designed with a razor-sharp focus on our goal to double the
pancreatic cancer survival rate by 2020.
Our remaining investment for this year will fund
preexisting grant mechanisms aimed at growing the research
community by two main strategies: attracting and retaining
earlier career scientists to and in the field (Pathway to
Leadership, Fellowship, and Career Development Awards),
and supporting out-of-the-box ideas and drawing new
experts from other disciplines to focus on pancreatic cancer
(
Innovative Grants). These approaches remain critical to
building and sustaining a strong foundation of researchers
dedicated to the disease, and permitting further growth and
expansion of our knowledge about pancreatic cancer.
Inadditiontoresearchfunds,thePancreaticCancerAction
Network offers grant recipients considerable professional and
career development opportunities through our Community
for Progress program. The aim of these mentorship and
professional activities is to foster collaborations amongst
scientists, build future scientific leaders, and strengthen the
pancreatic cancer research community.
If you are a scientist seeking additional information, please
visit
www.pancan.org/grants
or contact Rhonda Aizenberg,
PhD, at
raizenberg@pancan.org
.
If you are a donor interested
in supporting our research program, please contact Pamela
Acosta Marquardt at
pmarquardt@pancan.org
.
OVER $4 MILLION IN RESEARCH
GRANTS AVAILABLE
2013
GRANTS PROGRAM FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
New! Research Acceleration Network (RAN) Grant
One-to-three year grant totaling $1,000,000 to support
a project currently underway within the pancreatic can-
cer research community that is ready to be accelerated,
includes a clinical component, and will help double the
survival rate for pancreatic cancer by the year 2020.
Eligibility:
For a research collaboration involving at least
two independent investigators from distinct institutions.
Innovative Grant
Two-year grant totaling $200,000 intended to further
the development of new and innovative ideas and
approaches, including those successful in other areas of
cancer that show promise for pancreatic cancer.
Eligibility:
Applicant must be an independent junior or se-
nior investigator (not including postdoctoral/clinical fellows).
Pathway to Leadership Grant
Up to five years of support totaling $600,000 for
highly promising early career scientist beginning in a
postdoctoral position and continuing through transition
to independence.
Eligibility:
Applicant must be in the first five years of a
postdoctoral or clinical research fellowship at the begin-
ning of the grant term.
Fellowship Award
One-year grant totaling $45,000 for early career scientist
to support his/her mentored research.
Eligibility:
Applicant must be in the first three years
of a postdoctoral or clinical research fellowship at the
beginning of the grant term.
Career Development Award
Two-year grant totaling $200,000 for a newly indepen-
dent investigator to develop or strengthen a research
program in pancreatic cancer.
Eligibility:
Applicant must be in the first five years of a
faculty appointment at the beginning of the grant term.