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LUNGevity issues RFA for 2018 Career Development Award in translational research in lung cancer

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LUNGevity Foundation has issued a Request for Application for translational research in lung cancer for the 2018 Career Development Award.

LUNGevity Career Development Awards support future research leaders who will keep the field of lung cancer research vibrant with new ideas.

The award, for translational early detection or therapeutics projects, including immuno-oncology projects, is open to junior faculty members who are within the first five years of their first faculty appointment.

Successful applicants may receive up to $100,000 per year for a possible period of three years and will participate as ex officio members of LUNGevity’s Scientific Advisory Board for the duration of the award. LUNGevity will grant only one Career Development Award per institution.

The Requests for Applications will be posted as of Jan. 16, 2018, on the LUNGevity website and on the proposalCENTRAL website.

For more information, contact Margery Jacobson at mjacobson@LUNGevity.org or 312-407-6109.

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