Request for Proposals
MELANOMA RESEACH ALLIANCE
Objecte
Topic: Melanoma.
Destination: Funding for pre-clinical, translational, and early clinical research with the potential to produce unusually high impact, near-term advancements in melanoma prevention, detection, diagnosis, staging, and treatment.
Types of awards:
- Young Investigator Award: Scientists within five years of their first academic faculty appointment. A mentorship commitment from a senior investigator is required.
- Team Science Award: Scientist past the initial five years of their first faculty appointment.
- Team Science Academic-Industry Partnership Award: Projects co-funded by MRA and an industry partner whose involvement is essential to the project.
- Pilot Award: Senior investigators who propose potentially transformative ideas that do not have extensive preliminary data but articulate a clear hypothesis and translational goals
Budget:
- Young Investigator Award: $85,000/year.
- Established Investigator Award: Up to $125,000/year.
- Established Investigator Academic-Industry Partnership Award: Up to $125,000/year.
- Pilot Award: $50,000/year.
Duration:
- Young Investigator Award: 3 years.
- Team Science Award: 3 years.
- Team Science Academic-Industry Partnership Award: 3 years.
- Pilot Award: 2 years.
