The V Foundation for Cancer Research 2016 V Scholar Grant
The V Foundation for Cancer Research is soliciting nominees for the 2016 V Scholar Grant Application
Cycle. The V Scholar Award supports young tenure-track faculty early in their cancer research career by
funding projects that are either laboratory-based fundamental research or translational research. The
total amount of the grant is $200,000 awarded in two annual installments of $100,000, each.
Two nominees from our Institution may be submitted for the V Scholar Grant , if at least one of the
two nominee applicants identifies as someone from an underrepresented in science ethnic group (for
the purposes of this application: African American or of African descent, Hispanic American, Hispanic or
Latino/Latina persons and Native American and/or an Alaskan Native).
Among the highly ranked finalists for the 2016 V Scholar program, the foundation will designate at least
one of the highest ranked applications from a minority applicant as the recipient of a 2016 Stuart Scott
Memorial Fund V Scholar Award.
Special Focus area: Any area of cancer research is eligible.
Applicant Eligibility: All nominated applicants must meet all of the following criteria to be eligible to
submit an application:
 Applicant must by nominated by the Cancer Center Director
 Applicant must be employed at a non-profit research institution (eg. 501c3, Section 170).
 Applicant must have at least 2 years post-doctoral (MD or PhD) fellowship training. For MDs, a
minimum of one year is acceptable if only one year is required for the specialty.
 By the Due Date of the Application, applicants must have all the following:
o hold a tenure-track faculty position at their cancer research institution. Non-promotable,
adjunct, affiliated, temporary, part-time or acting faculty positions are not eligible for
this grant competition.
o Have been appointed to their first full-time Assistant Professor position within the last 5
years, and not yet been promoted to Associate Professor.
o Clinical scientists are eligible if the research institution can demonstrate that it will fully
support the research applicant (e.g., dedicated lab space, start-up funds, protected
research time).
o Applicants must be either US Citizens or be a permanent legal resident in the US.
Applicant can NOT already have been awarded an RO1 or RO1-equivalent grants.
As of the Due Date of the Application, Applicants who have been awarded RO1 equivalent grants as
principal investigators or as co-leader at the time of application submission are not eligible for
consideration as a V Scholar. In addition, applicants cannot be a co-leader on a SPORE project or (co)PI of
the following NIH grant mechanisms: U01, DP1, DP2, R37, R23. In addition, principal investigators for
‘research project grants (RPGs), analogous to NIH/NCI R01 awards, from the listed sources would be
ineligible. The list of funding agencies that offer RPGs include:
1. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
2. American Association of Cancer Research (AACR)
3. American Cancer Society (ACS), (national office only)
4. American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR)
5. American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR)
6. California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM)
7. Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT)
8. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
9. Central Office of the Veterans Administration (VA) - excluding local/regional awards and “block”
grants
10. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
11. The Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute (FAMRI)
12. Florida Biomedical Research Program (FBRP)
13. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
14. Howard Hughes Medical Foundation
15. Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
16. Melanoma Research Alliance (MRA)
17. Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF)
18. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
19. National Science Foundation (NSF)
20. New York State Department of Health Wadsworth Center/New York State Stem Cell Science Program
(NYSTEM)
21. Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)
22. Prevent Cancer Foundation
23. Prostate Cancer Foundation
24. Susan G. Komen for the Cure
25. The California Breast Cancer Research Program (CBCRP)
26. The California Tobacco Related Disease Research Program (TRDRP)
27. U.S. Army (DOD) special research programs
Review Process: This solicitation requires an internal review process by the Cancer Center. To
be considered for this opportunity, please complete the following information by Wednesday,
February 3, 2016 and upload the documents to the Cancer Center’s funding opportunities
website at: http://pilotprojects.onc.jhmi.edu:
1) Complete online registration information on SKCCC Funding Opportunities Website
2) 1-page summary of proposed research
3) Biosketch or CV of Principal Investigator
The Cancer Center will then conduct an internal review process and select the final nominees in
enough time to submit to the Foundation by their nomination deadline of February 26, 2016.
Once the foundation receives our nominations, they will issue log-in credentials to our
nominees who can then submit their applications online. The final deadline for application
submission is Tuesday, March 29, 2016 at 5:00 PM.
Important Dates:
Internal deadline: Wednesday, February 3, 2016
Nomination Due Date: Friday, February 26, 2016
V Scholar Grant Application Due Date: Tuesday, March 29, 2016
If you have any questions, please contact Gail Voelker via email at voelkga@jhmi.edu, or by
phone at 410-955-8823. Thank you.