"Building a Career in Cancer Survivorship Research: A Training Workshop"
Grant Application Training Workshop
Wednesday, October 4, 2006
1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Registration Deadline–Friday, July 14, 2006.

Purpose of the Workshop
The purpose of this workshop is to provide information about submitting successful grant applications to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the American Cancer Society (ACS), and the Lance Armstrong Foundation (LAF).

This workshop is recommended for graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, junior faculty, and/or researchers who have not received funding from the NIH, ACS, or LAF. At the completion of the workshop, participants should have the rudiments for submitting a competitive application to the three organizations.

What will the Workshop cover?

National Cancer Institute
An NCI Program Director from the Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, Office of Cancer Survivorship, will review:

1. Grant mechanisms, including investigator-initiated awards, training grants, conference grants, minority supplements, and career development awards;
   
   
2. Components of a grant application, including the abstract research plan, human subjects assurance and approval, data safety monitoring, biosketches, budgets, cover letters, and appendices; and
   
   
3. The steps by which applications are processed and reviewed, as well as the roles of Program Directors, Scientific Review Administrators, Grants Administrators, members of Scientific Review Boards, and the Board of Scientific Advisors.

American Cancer Society
An ACS Scientific Program Director will review:

1. Training grants, including grants for postdoctoral fellowships, clinical research training grants for junior faculty, career development awards (in cancer control) for primary care physicians, physician training awards (in preventive medicine), scholarships in cancer nursing (master’s and doctoral degree), and scholarships in clinical oncology social work (master’s and doctoral degree); and
   
   
2. Research grants for independent investigators, including research scholar grants for beginning investigators and research scholar grants in psychosocial, behavioral and policy research for beginning and senior investigators.

Lance Armstrong Foundation
An LAF representative will review:

1. Funding and eligibility requirements for investigator-initiated grant awards, including general research grants and young investigator grants;
   
   
2. The application process, including components of the letter of intent and grant proposal;
   
   
3. Review criteria and the steps by which applications are reviewed; and
   
   
4. Helpful hints for submitting a successful research proposal to the LAF.

Please fax or e-mail your application to the attention of Nakia Johnson at (301) 577-5261 or NJohnson@blseamon.com.  You may contact Ms. Johnson at (301) 577-0244, extension 21, to confirm receipt of your application.

If you have any questions about the content of the workshop, please contact:

Diana D. Jeffery, Ph.D., Program Director
Office of Cancer Survivorship, DCCPS, NCI
Phone:  (301) 435-4540; Fax:  (301) 594-5070, E-mail: jefferyd@mail.nih.gov

Note:  The Grant Application Training is limited to the first 50 registrants. Please register early.  Registration for the Grant Application Training Workshop is separate from registration for the Cancer Survivorship: Embracing the Future conference.

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