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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D">Forwarding on behalf of
</span></i><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D">Sangita Pawar<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:#C00000"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:#C00000">LOI DEADLINE EXTENDED TO AUGUST 31, 2016 AT 5:00PM</span></u></b><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:red"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Four opportunities available from<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#002060"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:white;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Important Dates<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;background:white"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:#C00000;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">DEADLINE FOR PROPOSAL: Wednesday, October 5, by 5:00pm</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:#C00000"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Wingdings;color:#002060"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">v<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:#002060;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">CANCER RESEARCH FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR NEW INVESTIGATORS</span></b><b><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:#002060"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Qualified faculty from the University of Arizona and its affiliates are encouraged to apply for cancer research funds made available through an
American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant (ACS-IRG). These funds are intended to provide seed money to
<b>new investigators</b> to help them with starting their research programs and to obtain preliminary data in support of more extensive proposals. Only applications that relate to cancer research will be accepted. However, cancer-related research will be interpreted
using the broadest definition.</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:#002060">Three awards of $30,000 each<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Wingdings;color:#002060"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">v<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:#002060">CANCER RESEARCH FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR NEW INVESTIGATORS<i> IN AREAS OF SPECIAL INTEREST</i><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">Qualified faculty from the University of Arizona and its affiliates are encouraged to apply for cancer research funds made available through
an American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant (ACS-IRG). These funds are intended to provide seed money to
<b>new investigators</b> to help them with starting their research programs and to foster research in areas that are of special interest to the American Cancer Society. These areas include
<span style="color:black">psychosocial and behavioral research, health policy or health services research, cancer in the poor and medically underserved, and childhood cancer.
</span>Only applications that relate to cancer research will be accepted. However, cancer-related research will be interpreted using the broadest definition.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:#002060">One award of $30,000<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#002060"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:white">Eligibility</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:#002060"> both opportunities<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">Tenure-track, clinical-track, and research-track faculty at the assistant professor level who have not had independent federal or American Cancer Society funding in the past are eligible to apply, and applicants
must be within <b>six</b> years of their first independent research or faculty appointment.* A more detailed description of eligibility standards may be found in the “Definition of a New Investigator” document on the web site.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">*However, individuals whose initial nationally peer reviewed research grant was not reviewed and who are still at the level of assistant
professor may apply for an individual IRG—provided they are within the first six years of their independent faculty (or equivalent) appointment and have not received funds from the IRG before.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:#002060">Note
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">that new investigators who received ACS-IRG funding in previous years can reapply for continuation of their projects providing they still meet the other eligibility criteria. However, competitive renewals
MUST include a completed progress report.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:#002060"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:white">Budget<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">Budget requests may not exceed $30,000 in direct costs. Some restrictions on budgetary items apply. A detailed list is provided in the “ACS IRG Allowable Budget Items” document available on the web.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">LOI should include the following:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo5"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">Project Title<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo5"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">Collaborators<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo5"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">Abstract (brief description of proposed work)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;text-align:justify;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo5;background:white">
<span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">ACS IRG Biosketch (template available at
</span><a href="http://azcc.arizona.edu/research/pilotproject/acs"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">http://azcc.arizona.edu/research/pilotproject/acs</span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo5">
<span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">Description of current involvement in mentoring program<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">Awardee Obligations<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">ACS-IRG Pilot Project award recipients agree to the following:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">"This publication is supported by Institutional Research Grant number IRG-74-001-34-IRG from the American Cancer Society." (If you received your award before 2016)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">"This publication is supported by Institutional Research Grant number IRG-16-124-37-IRG from the American Cancer Society." (If you received your award 2016 or later)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo8"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">For 5 years following award receipt, awardees will complete an annual Pilot Project Progress Report for the University of Arizona Cancer Center (UACC).<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo8"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">Awardees agree to serve on a future Review Committee or participate in an ACS activity, if requested.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo8"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">Awardees may be requested to give a brief presentation or prepare a poster on their pilot project results at a future UACC research seminar or research
retreat.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo8"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">Awardees must submit IACUC and/or IRB approval documents to the UACC prior to beginning any animal/human related research.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo8"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">Awardees are expected to complete their pilot projects within their approved project period and budget, unless an extension is requested and approved in
writing. Cost extensions are not automatic and remaining funds cannot be transferred to another account.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo8"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">Awardees must provide documentation of their participation in a UACC approved mentoring program.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo8"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">Awardees will be contacted about presenting at the annual UACC Scientific Retreat.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Application documents can be found on The University of Arizona Cancer Center’s web site at:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><a href="http://azcc.arizona.edu/research/pilotproject/acs"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">http://azcc.arizona.edu/research/pilotproject/acs</span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">All applications are due in electronic form by October 5, at 5:00 p.m.</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">
and are to be emailed to Deb McDonnell </span><a href="mailto:dmcdonnell@uacc.arizona.edu"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">dmcdonnell@uacc.arizona.edu</span></a><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0563C1"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">Amanda Baker, Pharm.D., Ph.D., at<b>
</b></span><a href="mailto:ABaker@uacc.arizona.edu"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">ABaker@uacc.arizona.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">Deb McDonnell at<b>
</b></span><a href="mailto:dmcdonnell@uacc.arizona.edu"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">dmcdonnell@uacc.arizona.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif"> 520.626.7033<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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