Rethink Breast Cancer is committed to developing an innovative grants program that addresses gaps in breast cancer research funding by national granting agencies and that can be responsive to new opportunities/initiatives within the research community.
Our 2003 and 2005 calls for proposals garnered great applications and we are hoping to once again attract some of the most promising Canadian talent available. Rethink is looking for proposals from PhDs and MDs who have shown productivity and creativity early in their research careers and are looking to take their career in breast cancer research to the next level.
The purpose of Rethink’s Career Development Awards program is to encourage and provide junior scientists with early-stage support for training in translational research in breast cancer under the direction of an established research supervisor. The program provides salary and reagent stipends to trainee investigators thereby allowing them to devote themselves to breast cancer research and encouraging their transition into independent research careers.
Rethink Breast Cancer aims to fund research that shows promise for translating basic biomedical knowledge to the development of innovative approaches to breast cancer treatment, diagnosis or prevention and is specifically intended to support work that is clinical in orientation.
Rethink’s Career Development Awards are intended to provide support over a three to four year period, contingent on satisfactory yearly progress reports. An important goal of the program is to permit the acquisition of sufficient data to apply to an appropriate national funding agency for sustained support.
The deadline for submitting a Letter of Intent is Monday December 3rd, 2007.
If you have any questions or suggestions, please contact us via email at research@rethinkbreastcancer.com
