At a glance
This NIH NCI grant funds R01 projects that use in vivo molecular imaging to study inflammation in cancer and how it affects tumor behavior, including work that develops or adapts imaging probes and related tools. Applications must use multiple principal investigators with expertise in both imaging and cancer biology or closely related fields; single-PI applications will not be reviewed. Eligible applicants include many U.S. institutions, nonprofits, governments, small businesses, and foreign organizations are not eligible, though foreign components of U.S. applications are allowed. Awards are limited to less than $500,000 in direct costs per year, with up to a 5-year project period, and no cost sharing is required.
What it funds
Official description from grants.gov
The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to invite research grant applications (R01) for the development and use of current and emerging molecular imaging methods to gain fundamental insights into cancer inflammation in vivo. The motivation for this initiative is that much of current imaging research into the role of inflammation in cancer is largely based on in vitro and ex vivo methods with limited utilization of imaging approaches that could lead to significant new insights relevant to dynamic cancer and inflammation interactions. Utilization of molecular imaging probes in pre-clinical and clinical investigations for precise temporal resolution at the molecular and cellular level are valuable approaches for identification and characterization of in vivo inflammatory cellular physiology in cancers and of molecular changes in response to treatment. This FOA encourages applications that focus on developing integrated imaging approaches to interrogate the role of inflammation in cancer through strong cross-field collaboration between cancer basic science researchers and imaging scientists. These collaborations are expected to advance science and understanding of cancer inflammation interactions.
Who can apply
- City or township governments
- County governments
- For-profit organizations other than small businesses
- Independent school districts
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized)
- Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than higher education)
- Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (other than higher education)
- Others
- Private institutions of higher education
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Public housing authorities / Indian housing authorities
- Small businesses
- Special district governments
- State governments