Cancer research transatlantic development and skills enhancement award 2024

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Grant Name

Funder

Medical Research Council (MRC)

UK Research And Innovation

Country or Region

United Kingdom

Deadline

2 August 2024

Grant Size

£1,850,000

Eligibility

This funding opportunity is for UK-based early or mid-career researchers.

You should be looking to obtain training, develop skills and experience, and establish international collaborations with NCI researchers, towards supporting your transition to independence in cancer research.

You are likely to have a background in cancer research. If you do not come from a cancer research background, you are eligible. However, you will be expected to demonstrate how the funding opportunity will enhance your skills and facilitate ongoing cancer research and sustained collaborations beyond the end of the award.

Who is eligible to apply

Standard UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) eligibility criteria apply and specific NIHR eligibility criteria is outlined in the guidance notes on the NIHR website.

We invite applications from individuals at eligible organisations, in accordance with standard UKRI and NIHR practice.

Before applying for funding, check if you are eligible for research and innovation funding.

You should:

have completed a PhD, MD or equivalent at the time of awarding
not already hold a chair at the point of awarding
show evidence of productivity and potential to lead independent research, for example as demonstrated by critical contributions to independent or collaborative research outputs
show clear plans for developing as a leader in your specialist area of cancer research
show due consideration as to how you can manage this award alongside existing awards and commitments
show what mentoring and support you will have in place to enable you to maximise value from this funding opportunity

For clinical academic applications, you must have completed the relevant pre-registration training.

You do not need to currently hold an MRC or NIHR fellowship and there are no eligibility rules based on years of postdoctoral experience.

Career stages

We welcome applications from all early or mid-career researchers. However, you will be required to demonstrate that you are at an appropriate career stage and describe how this award will support your trajectory to becoming a future leader in your field.

The ‘early postdoctoral’ and ‘transition to independence’ career stages in the MRC applicant skills and experience criteria describe target career stages well suited to these awards.

You must clearly demonstrate that you have the potential, and are on a trajectory, to become a future leader in your area of research.

You must describe how this award will provide significant support towards becoming a researcher leader.

Early postdoctoral applicants particularly need to provide evidence of productivity and potential to lead independent research. For example, as demonstrated by critical contributions to independent or collaborative research outputs and articulate how this award will support a step change in their career trajectory towards independence and leadership.

You must propose a clear and detailed training and development plan that will maximise the opportunity provided through the scheme to work with US collaborators. Plans must be supported by your host institution and mentors.

The ‘transition to independence’ is the primary career stage being targeted and while not ineligible, individuals that are already established as an independent researcher are not the priority career stage for this scheme.

If an established researcher applies, a clear justification should be provided to explain why the support is required and why it is not already available through the host organisation.

You should consider whether this award will provide significant support on your career trajectory.

There are no eligibility rules based on whether you currently hold a permanent or open-ended academic position or job role. However, you must be based in the UK and have the support of your UK host organisation for the duration of the proposed award.

We encourage you to get in touch if you are unsure about your eligibility.

Description

Following the UK-US Cancer Summit, MRC and NIHR, in partnership with NCI, are launching a second competition for the cancer research transatlantic development and skills enhancement (CRT-DSE) award.

Apply for funding to be hosted at NCI for six to 12 months to develop international collaborations and gain skills to underpin the next phase of your cancer research career.

You must:

be an early or mid-career cancer researcher, or looking to apply relevant skills and expertise within cancer research
be looking to establish yourself or transition to independence in your field
focus your research on any area within MRC’s or NIHR’s remit, or both

Website

https://www.ukri.org/councils/mrc/

Funding resources
Purdue Grant Writing Lab: Introduction to Grant Writing	Open Link
University of Wisconsin Writing Center: Planning and Writing a Grant Proposal	Open Link

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