Solicitation of Potential Projects for Inclusion in the Greater Boston Head & Neck Cancer SPORE

Deadline for submission of projects: January 30, 2017
Shortlisted applicants notified: February 3, 2017
Deadline for submission of revised projects: February 17, 2017
Notification of final projects selected: March 22, 2017

The Greater Boston Head & Neck Cancer SPORE Proposal will be revised with a view towards submitting to the National Cancer Institute in September 2017. As part of this effort, we are soliciting potential scientific projects for inclusion in the revised proposal. Groups interested in participating in the revised proposal are encouraged to submit the information below. Submissions will be reviewed by the SPORE Executive Committee and Internal Advisory Board, and final decisions on projects to be included will be made by the SPORE Directors.

Please review the SPORE program guidelines for scientific projects. The Funding Opportunity Announcement is available at https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-14-353.html.

Please provide the information below in a single PDF (responses to all items are required):

  1. Proposal Title
  2. Overall Project Leader (please indicate just one individual)
  3. Clinical Project Leader
  4. Laboratory Project Leader
  5. Other Investigators (please indicate the roles played in the project)
  6. NIH Biosketches (please provide for all personnel listed)
  7. Four page proposal, to include:
    1. Specific Aims (1 page)
    2. Scientific Premise
    3. Significance
    4. Innovation
    5. Approach (include preliminary data)
    6. Rigor & Reproducibility
    7. Overall Impact
  8. Outline budget (the anticipated budget per project is $240,000 direct costs per year over 5 years)
  9. Institutional support Please provide a brief description of potential sources of institutional support for your project, e.g. commitment of percentage of indirect costs to SPORE cost share, subsidized access to Core facilities. This information will be considered separately.

Submissions should be emailed to OCRI@bu.edu. Please contact OCRI@bu.edu with any questions.

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