Cancer society announces three new grants

The American Cancer Society (ACS) is encouraging behavioral researchers to apply for three new grant opportunities, including funding for clinical research training and research into how prostate cancer affects quality of life.

The Clinical Research Training Grant for Junior Faculty provides new faculty members with up to $150,000 per year for up to three years as they work with mentors and obtain the experience they need to succeed as independent clinical researchers. During the third year, grant recipients may compete for a one- or two-year renewal, for a total of five years of research training support. Candidates must have doctoral or equivalent degrees and be within the first four years of their research careers.

Application deadlines are March 1 and Oct. 1, for awards that begin Jan. 1 and July 1, 1999. For further information or application materials, researchers can contact their local grants administration office or ACS at (404) 329-7558 or -5734, e-mail.

This grant cycle, ACS has also earmarked $1.5 million each for Behavioral, Psychosocial and Quality of Life Research Relating to Prostate Cancer and Health Policy and Outcomes Research in Prostate Cancer. Researchers will receive up to $250,000 per year for three years and can renew their grants as long as ACS continues to make these topics a priority. ACS will award at least two grants per topic each grant cycle, contingent on the quality of applications.

The next applications deadline is April 1. Subsequent deadlines will be Oct. 15, and on those same dates in 1999. Researchers can contact the grants administration or development office at their institution for applications, or download them from http://www.cancer.org. Questions concerning these requests for applications should be directed to Ralph Vogler, PhD, (404) 329-7542, or Frank Baker, PhD, (404) 329-7795.