Sponsor
V Foundation
Sponsor deadline:
Internal deadline:
Deadline projected/TBC
Award Details
UBC is invited to nominate one candidate for this award.
*In 2025, the sponsor is allowing UBC to nominate a second candidate for an "All-Star" grant. Only those who have previously won and completed a V Foundation grant/award are eligible for "All-Star" grants. Please contact ORPA (Kevin McCartney) if you are considering nomination as an "All-Star."
V Foundation is seeking to fund translational research in the broad area of adult cancers. Applicants may propose adult cancer research that moves a novel strategy from the laboratory into a human clinical trial or uses specimens from a clinical trial to develop biomarkers or mechanisms. The research should apply in some direct way to human beings within the time frame of less than 3 years from the end of the grant. If biomarker research is undertaken, a validation set or independent clinical trial is essential. A plan for biomarker validation, if applicable, must be included in any proposal. The endpoint of the project should be the planning or initiation of a new clinical trial.
Research areas such as epidemiology, behavioural science, and health services research are not eligible for this competition.
The grant amount is $800,000, paid in four annual instalments, and allows for 10% indirect costs (not to exceed $80,000 within the award).
Eligibility:
- Nominees must be the lead Principal Investigator (PI) on the Translational research team and must meet all of the following criteria by the nomination due date:
- Nominated by their Cancer Center Director or similar high ranking research official.
- Employed at a non-profit research institution (e.g., 501c3, Section 170).
- Faculty must have dedicated lab space and committed research time (vs sole focus on clinic)
- Additionally, they must be able to apply for PI status on major research grants (such as the equivalent to R01 in the US).
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UBC is holding an internal competition to identify one candidate for nomination to the sponsor.
UBC internal selection deadline: Feb 28, 2025 (5pm)
• Sponsor nomination deadline: March 21, 2025 (to be confirmed)
• Full application deadline: April 19, 2025 (to be confirmed)
Interested candidates should submit the following items by the internal selection deadline of February 28 to kevin.mccartney@ubc.ca:
1) UBC CV
2) Draft recommendation letter (3 pages max), with confirmation that this has been vetted by a Department Head empowered to allot resources (e.g. teaching and service release, lab space, etc.), addressing:
- Why you should be selected
- How you incorporate EDI considerations in your research
- Institutional resources that will be available to you
- If the nature of the research is bench to bedside with patient contact, describe your record and intentions regarding patient advocacy/communication
- Your record and intentions regarding science communication with diverse audiences
4) Summary of research proposal (1 page max)