Funding for 2-year projects focused on overcoming disparities in lung cancer.

We encourage applications from investigators of all career levels and on a wide variety of disparities-related topics including but not limited to the following:

Gender disparities in lung cancer burden

Causes and risk factors for lung cancer among never smokers

Influence of social and biological risk factors on lung cancer outcomes, access to and use of care, and quality of care

Genetic and gene-environment interactions

Interactions and contributions of multiple factors (e.g. smoking, genetics, environment, societal factors) to disparities in lung cancer outcomes

Contribution of healthcare access and quality to disparities in outcomes

Disparities related to other factors such as geography, socioeconomic status, and age.

Duration

2 years

Funding 

$150,000 for a period of two years (disbursed at $75,000 per year). The LCRF grant must be the primary source of support for the project.

Investigators must be affiliated with a non-profit academic or research institution and must be post-doctoral researchers, clinical fellows, or early-career and mid-career investigators with less than ten years' experience since their initial faculty appointment.

Applicants from US-based and international institutions are eligible to apply and may hold any residency/citizenship status. Senior investigators with more than ten years' experience since faculty appointment are generally not eligible for funding and are encouraged to mentor a junior team member through the application process.

However, exceptions will be made for investigators with more than ten years' experience in other disease areas or topics. Ineligible investigators with these or other special circumstances may request review by contacting the LCRF grants office.

All applications must be submitted through LCRF's online grants management system: https://lcrf.org/grantinterface

A preview of the full application is available at: http://lcrf.org/application_preview

In case of interest, contact with FSJD Research Dpt.