$450000 paid in three annual increments per year.

Letter of Intent Due: November 3, 2010 (approximately)
Application Deadline: December 22, 2010 (approximately)

The Advanced Clinical Research Award (ACRA) in Colorectal Cancer is designed to fund investigators who are committed to clinical cancer research and who wish to conduct original research not currently funded.

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 effort in research (applies to total research, not just the proposed project) during the award period.

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. Please check the ASCO website for updates.