The Early Career Award in Cancer

• ICR is proud to support new investigators through this program and congratulates past recipients.

The Program

This award was established to recognize the excellence of research being conducted in Canada. This award in the amount of $25,000 will be given annually to a new investigator (under five years as an independent researcher) in the field of cancer with the highest ranking (by percent (%) rank) in the Spring or Fall Open Operating Grant competition. This award is non-renewable and aims at supporting research in accordance to the CIHR Funding Policies.

Next period of eligibility: year 2013
Next expected funding start date: March 2014

Eligibility

• The candidate must be a grant recipient of the CIHR Open Operating Grant Program from the March 1, 2013 or September 15, 2013 competitions.
• The funded research must align with the following ICR research priorities:
  • Lifestyle, environment and cancer
  • Diagnosis and guided therapy: towards personalized medicine
  • Cancer initiation and progression
  • Survivorship
• The candidate must have chosen ICR as the primary or secondary Institute on their Open Operating Grant application.
• The candidate must have started her/his independent investigator position no more than five years from the application deadline date of his/her CIHR Open Operating Grant application.

Evaluation

The award will be given to a New Investigator that is a recipient of a grant from the Spring or Fall competitions of the CIHR Open Operating Grant Program, with the highest ranking (by percent (%) rank). CIHR's staff will provide the list of ICR grantees and will determine with Institute staff the eligibility of the recipient. In the case of a tie, the award will be split among the finalists.

Contact Information

For questions on this award, contact:

Nicolay Ferrari, Ph.D.
Associate, Institute Strategic Initiatives
CIHR Institute of Cancer Research
3655, Promenade Sir-William-Osler, suite 701, Montreal QC H3G 1Y6
Telephone: 514-398-2981
nicolay.ferrari@mcgill.ca