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LUNG CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION LEADING EDGE RESEARCH GRANT PROGRAM

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Application Deadline: March 3, 2025

LOCATION: USA

Lung cancer continues to be the number one cause of cancer deaths worldwide, accounting for an estimated 130,180 deaths annually in the United States alone. Despite being the most common cancer killer of both men and women, lung cancer research remains critically underfunded. To help close this gap and improve outcomes, the goal of the LCRF Leading Edge Research Grant Program is to fund innovative projects across the full spectrum of basic, translational, clinical, epidemiological, health services, early detection, disparities, and social determinants of health research. 

ELIGIBILITY:

Investigators must be affiliated with a non-profit academic or research institution and must be post-doctoral researchers, clinical fellows, or early-career and mid-career investigators with less than ten years’ experience since their initial faculty appointment.

Applicants from US-based and international institutions are eligible to apply and may hold any residency/citizenship status. Any questions regarding eligibility should be directed to the LCRF Grants Office before the submission of an application.

Applicants are prohibited from applying if they have received funding from the LCRF within the last 4 years.

Applicants are prohibited from applying in more than one of LCRF’s funding tracks in the same cycle.

Senior investigators with more than ten years’ experience since faculty appointment are generally not eligible for funding and are encouraged to mentor a junior team member through the application process. However, exceptions will be made for investigators with more than ten years’ experience in other disease areas or topics.

Ineligible investigators with these or other special circumstances may request review by contacting the LCRF grants office (see Inquiries section below) before submitting an application and at least a week before submission deadline.

Ineligible applications and new requests under special circumstances will not be considered after submission deadline.

BENEFIT:

This award provides a maximum of $150,000 in funding over a period of two years. 

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Opportunities, PhD/post doctoral, Scholarships

NORDISKA AFRIKA INSTITUTET AFRICAN SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMME 2026

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Application Deadline: 31 March 2025

LOCATION: Sweden

An opportunity for early career researchers in Africa to pursue their own research projects in the fields of Social Sciences and Humanities. The scholarship offers access to the Institute’s library and other resources that provide for a stimulating research environment.

ELIGIBILITY:

The scholarship programme is directed at early career researchers based in Africa and engaged in Africa-oriented research. The research topic should be within the disciplines of Social Sciences and Humanities, and with a focus on contemporary Africa. The research should also be relevant to the core principles of the UN Agenda 2030, as indicated in the five impact ares of the InstituteOpens in new window..

The programme is open to two main categories of early career researchers:

Staff full-time employed by an African-based university or research center who are enrolled on a doctoral programme in the African region and who do not have access to an international scholarship

Postdoctoral researchers (within 4 years or less of PhD completion).

The Institute strives to achieve a fair distribution of scholarship positions in regards to gender and geographic focus. We especially welcome research topics that focus on gender issues and the position of women in society.

BENEFIT:

The scholarship includes a return air-fare (economy class), accommodation, a subsistence allowance of 400 SEK (approx. 40 USD) per day plus an installation grant of 2,500 SEK (approx. 250 USD) and access to a workspace, including a desk computer, in a shared office at the Institute. Please note that the subsistence allowance will be provided only for the days spent in Uppsala.

The Institute’s library is specialized in literature on contemporary Africa and focuses on Social Sciences. Furthermore, Guest Researchers have access to the Uppsala University Library and to the Library of the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.

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