2007 NIH Director's New Innovator Award Program

The goals of the New Innovator Award (http://grants.nih.gov/grants/new_investigators/
innovator_award/) are to stimulate highly innovative research and support promising new investigators. New investigators may have exceptionally innovative research ideas, but not the required preliminary data to fare well in the traditional peer review system. As part of its commitment to increasing the success of new investigators, NIH has created the NIH Director's New Innovator Award to support exceptionally creative new investigators who propose highly innovative approaches that have the potential to produce an unusually high impact. The New Innovator Award program complements the more traditional R01 mechanism, which continues to be the primary source of funding for new investigators. Total funding available for this five-year program is at least $40 million for the five-year period. It is anticipated that at least 14 awards will be made. The application deadline is May 22, 2007; applications cannot be submitted before April 25, 2007.

The NIH Director's Bridge Award

The NIH is taking specific steps to buttress investigators whose R01 applications receive review scores near the Institute or Center nominal payline and who have limited additional support. The NIH Director's Bridge Award (NDBA) is designed to provide continued but limited funding for new and established grantees who have submitted a competing renewal grant application that describes a highly meritorious project. The continued funding will permit the Principal Investigator additional time to strengthen a revised application. The Guidelines for this award are similar to those described for the High Priority, Short-Term Project Award (R56) (see http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/
notice- files/NOT-OD-04-047.html). NDBA recipients will receive R56 awards for a single year.

Investigators submitting a competing renewal research project grant (R01) application or the first revision of the competing renewal application (A1), who just miss the nominal funding payline for the IC to which it is primarily assigned may be nominated for the NDBA by the administering NIH Institute, provided the PI has less than $200,000 in other support (total costs) from all sources to fund their research. Nominations will be sent to the NIH Office of the Director for final selection for the NDBA. Total costs approved by the Institute or Center for the first year of the project up to $500,000 will be provided using a one year R56 grant. At this time, the second revision (A2) of an R01 will not be considered for selection as an NDBA. Note that applicants may not apply for an R56 grant and applicants may not nominate themselves.

NIH received $91 million in the FY 2007 Revised Continuing Appropriations Resolution to support vulnerable research programs. Applications submitted for funding in FY 2007 and applications submitted in FY 2006 that are still being considered for funding may be nominated for the NDBA.

AACR Funding Opportunities for Pediatric and Ovarian Cancer Research

Application Deadline: May 8, 2007
Grant Term Begins: July, 1 2007

The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) is now accepting applications for two Career Development Awards. These grants are open to junior faculty who complete postdoctoral studies or clinical fellowships between July 2, 2004 and July, 1 2007 and who are at an academic or medical institution anywhere in the world. The awards, listed below, provide two-year grants of $50,000 per year for direct research expenses.

AACR-Aflac, Incorporated Career Development Award for Pediatric Cancer Research: Research projects must have 100% applicability to pediatric cancer.

AACR-Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation Career Development Award for Ovarian Cancer Research, in memory of Barbara A. Lytle: Research projects are restricted to prevention, early detection, or translational research with 100% applicability to ovarian cancer.

Click here ( http://www.aacr.org/home/scientists/travel-grants--research-funding/research-funding/career-development-awards.aspx )for the complete guidelines and instructions or visit proposalCENTRAL (https://v2.ramscompany.com/ )to access the online application.

Inquiries may be directed to Julia Laurence at awards@aacr.org.

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