DoD Ovarian Cancer Academy - Early-Career Investigator Award

Funding Opportunity Number: W81XWH-15-OCRP-OCA Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementGrantCategory of Funding Activity: Science and Technology and other Research and DevelopmentCFDA Number: 12.420Eligible Applicants Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"Agency Name: DOD-AMRAAClosing Date: Aug 12, 2015Award Ceiling: Expected Number of Awards: 2Creation Date: Mar 23, 2015Funding Opportunity Description: The OCRP Ovarian Cancer Academy, which was initially created in FY09, is intended to be a unique, interactive virtual academy providing intensive mentoring, national networking, and a peer group for junior faculty. The overarching goal of the Ovarian Cancer Academy is to develop successful, highly productive ovarian cancer researchers in a collaborative research training environment. The Ovarian Cancer Academy is a virtual career development and research training platform that currently consists of 11 Early-Career Investigator/Designated Mentor pairs from different institutions and 1 Academy Dean; 3 additional Early-Career Investigator/Designated Mentor pairs and the new Academy Leadership (Dean and Assistant Dean) are pending awards. In addition, three to four Early-Career Investigators are expected to graduate from the Academy in the summer of 2015, but may remain associated with the Aca...

Source: Grants.gov - March 23, 2015 Category: Research Tags: Science and Technology and other Research and Development Source Type: funding