Funding for research and other projects is available through a variety of sources ranging from private foundations to federal agencies. It is important to have a clear definition of what you're looking for before starting your search. You and your project may meet the eligibility requirements for a number of different programs.  However, you must first identify what these opportunities are and where to find them.

As a starting point for your search, we have divided funding opportunities into Internal and External Opportunities.  Please follow the links below to find out more information on each.

Need help?  Contact ORSPA's IT Coordinator Carole Thomason at 9-6059 or thomasoc@etsu.edu.

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ETSU  subscribes to the Community of Science. COS offers the largest Internet repository of funding opportunities in all fields and provides access to more than 20,000 grant programs. Among the COS services is COS Funding Alert, a customized service that automatically e-mails individual researchers about funding opportunities that apply to their research.   If you want to learn more about how to use COS, attend a workshop at ETSU or download one of the COS power point tutorials and learn at your own pace:  COS Overview,  Using COS Funding Alerts,   Using COS Funding Opportunities.          

 

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   Grants.gov allows organizations to electronically find and apply for competitive grant opportunities from all Federal grant-making agencies. Grants.gov is the single access point for over 1,000 grant programs offered by the 26 Federal grant-making agencies.

Timely and Supplemental Info:

American Heart Association:  Established Investigator Award
Supports mid-term investigators with unusual promise who have demonstrated a commitment to the cardiovascular or cerebrovascular science area as indicated by prior publication history and accomplishments.
Offered by National
Deadline: July 11, 2007

American Heart Association:  Scientist Development Grant
Supports highly promising beginning scientists in their progress toward independence by encouraging and adequately funding research projects that can bridge the gap between completion of research training and readiness for successful competition as an independent investigator.  
Offered by Greater Midwest and National  
Deadlines

New DoD Ovarian Cancer Research Program, Translational Research Partnership Award:
Pre-application deadline is May 9, 2007.
http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/pdf/07ocrpreftable.pdf , page 2.
 

New DoD Breast Cancer Research Program, Synergistic Idea Award
Pre-application deadline is May 22, 2007.
http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/pdf/07bcrpreftable.pdf , page 5.
 

New DoD Prostate Cancer Research Program, Synergistic Idea Development Award
Pre-application deadline is May 22, 2007. 
Visit:  http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/pdf/07pcrpreftable.pdf , top of page three.
 

New Award Program for Cancer Research
 The Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation is proud to announce an exciting new award program, the Damon Runyon-Rachleff Innovation Award. This award is specifically designed to provide funding for extraordinary early career researchers who have an innovative new idea but lack sufficient preliminary data to obtain traditional funding. The research supported by the award must be novel, exceptionally creative and, if successful, have the strong potential for high impact in the cancer field.

The awards will provide $450,000 in direct costs during a three year award term and a maximum of 5 awards will be granted each year. No indirect costs will be covered.  Applicants must be conducting independent research and belong to one of the following categories:  1) Assistant Professors (tenure-track) or equivalent within the first three years of obtaining their initial Assistant Professor position; 2) Clinical Instructors (or equivalent) and Senior Clinical Fellows who are pursuing a period of independent research before taking a faculty position; or, 3) Senior Postdoctoral Fellows and highly motivated recent PhD and MD graduates (e.g., Whitehead Fellows, Cold Spring Harbor Fellows, Beckman Fellows) who are pursuing a period of independent research before taking a faculty position.

The deadline for pre-proposals is June 1, 2007. Complete guidelines and application information are available at http://www.drcrf.org.

The Department of Defense Prostate Cancer Research Program (PCRP)
The overall goal of the PCRP is to find and fund innovative, high impact research that seeks to (1) prevent prostate cancer, (2) detect prostate cancer, (3) cure prostate cancer, and (4) improve the quality of life for individuals living with prostate cancer and for their families.

Clinical Trial Awards: The PCRP Clinical Trial Award Awards supports rapid execution of Phase I, Phase I/II, or Phase II clinical trials of novel interventions (e.g., drugs, biologics, and devices) with the potential to have a significant impact on prostate cancer prevention, detection, diagnosis, or treatment. Exploratory clinical trials may be submitted, but they must be accompanied by a Phase I Clinical Trial.

Pre-application (LOI) deadline is July 19, 2007.  The deadline for submitting proposals is August 9, 2007.  For more details, go to  http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/pcrp.htm.