R450,000 paid in three annual increments per year.

Letter of Intent: October, 2010 (approximately)
Application Submission: December, 2010 (approximately)

The Advanced Clinical Research Award (ACRA) is designed to provide funding to investigators who are committed to clinical cancer research, and is intended to support original research not currently funded. This research must have a patient-oriented focus, including a clinical research study and/or translational research involving human subjects. By continuing to support proven clinical researchers at a critical stage in their early career, ASCO hopes to expand the cadre of expert clinical oncology researchers who are developing promising research initiatives.

• Be a physician (MD, DO, or international equivalent) who is in the fourth to ninth year of a full-time, primary faculty appointment in a clinical department at an academic medical institution at the time of grant submission.
• Have completed productive post doctoral/post fellowship research and demonstrated the ability to undertake independent investigator-initiated clinical research.
• Be an active member of ASCO or have submitted a membership application with the grant application.
• Be able to commit 75% of full-time

Award Term: July 1, 2011-June 30, 2014

This is an annual award.  More information on this funding opportunity will be posted as it becomes available.  Check the ASCO website for updates.